Why the listings look like this

A job board is a strange product. Its users are two groups who want opposite things from the same page: companies want a wide net, and people want to know whether it is worth their Sunday. Almost every board resolves that tension in favour of the side that pays.

We resolved it the other way, and then had to build a business that survives the decision. Companies pay a flat fee to list. There is no commission on a hire, no charge per application, and nothing you can buy that moves a listing up the page. The order is by date. It has never been anything else.

What we will not sell

We do not sell a candidate database. There is no browse-the-talent product, no public profile page, and no directory — a company learns you exist when you write to them, and not before. Several of the offers we have turned down would have doubled revenue.

We also do not sell placement. We are not a recruiter and we take no fee from an outcome, which means we have no reason to push you toward an offer that is wrong for you.

What we get wrong

Our reply-rate checks depend on candidates telling us they heard nothing, and most people do not bother. The four-week rule is therefore enforced unevenly, and we know it. We publish the numbers every quarter anyway, including the quarters where the enforcement slipped.