“A Tech Vet’s Hire Calling”: Business Week reports on Jobster and John Connors
Jobster is delighted to welcome to its board John Connors, former CFO of Microsoft. This week’s business weekup has a good writeup about Jobster and Connors’ active participation in formulating strateging and spreading the word.
“Never heard of startup Jobster? If its latest recruit, former Microsoft CFO John Connors, has his way, you will soon… Connors plans to do more than show up for board meetings at the job-recruitment company. He expects to lend a hand in developing long-term strategy and will hit the road to speak on Jobster’s behalf at industry events. He’s already mining his contact list to give Jobster some sales leads, recently sending out e-mails to CFOs at some of the world’s largest companies, including General Electric (GE ) and Intel (INTC ).Already, one of his contacts has paid off. Connors, who also sits on the Nike (NKE ) board, sent an e-mail two weeks ago inviting it to try Jobster, which had earlier approached the sneaker titan. Connors’ e-mail helped seal the deal, with Nike signing on as a customer last week…
Part of the appeal of the board position, Connors says, is Jobster’s approach to the recruiting business. Unlike giant job-posting sites, such as Monster.com (MNST ) and HotJobs, Jobster helps recruiters advertise vacancies to a select group of only the most qualified candidates…”