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More Jobs, Recommendations, and New Features

We've been hard at work making TrueJob the most valuable tool available for startup job seekers anywhere. Here's what's new: More Jobs TrueJob has 20x as many startup jobs as it did two

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Startup Hiring Series: Rob Hanel from TentCraft

Last week we spoke with Rob Hanel, the People Manager at TentCraft. TentCraft builds custom tents and signs for companies, which typically get used at events as part of a branding strategy. They

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Startup Hiring Series: FarmLogs with Kiersten Mutchnick

Last week we spoke with Kiersten Mutchnick, former Director of Talent and now VP of People Operations at FarmLogs, an Ann Arbor based startup that develops unique software to help farmers manage their

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Understanding and Evaluating Startup Job Offers - a Quick Guide

Choosing between different job offers can be a difficult process. How do you evaluate equity against salary or benefits? Does the ability to work remotely matter? Are there ‘traps’ that might seem good

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What tools do startups use to list jobs on their website?

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Why Job Search Matters

Why should we work on improving job search? Why is building a better job website like TrueJob worth doing, when there are already so many out there (Monster, Indeed, and thousands of other

Hunting for Startups

Where the Wild Jobs Are One of the most important decisions you can make when beginning your job search is location. Savvy hunters know where their quarry can best be found, and in

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Why a Cover Letter's Important and How to Make it Awesome

While the players in recruiting and hiring seem to be torn on the subject of whether an applicant should, or should not, submit a cover letter with their résumé across the internet --

Maintenance Changes for March

Hey All, During the next few weeks, I'll be making long overdue maintenance changes to the app to make everything faster and better, meaning that you may experience temporary outages. I'll try to

TrueJob Release v 0.2.1

We just launched our brand new Profile to PDF feature, so while you wait for us to add jobs to the database, you can still have a great resume to take everywhere. To

Who I'm thankful for this Thanksgiving

I've been wanting to build TrueJob since 2009, after I graduated with a degree in Psychology and entered one of the worst job markets in years. Job websites were awful (they still are

TrueJob Downtime

Hey guys, I'm updating the site again, so the site will be down from around 5PM EST to Dec 1st at 1AM.

TrueJob Downtime

Hey guys, The site will be down tonight starting at 8PM EST to fix some bugs and add some features. It should be back by 12AM EST.

TrueJob has Social Media!

Hey everyone, I've spent some time adding different social media sites for TrueJob. If you like TrueJob, and want to support it, check out the links below! Facebook Twitter Google+ Reddit

TrueJob Release v 0.2.0

For release v0.2.0, we've added notifications to TrueJob so you can always stay up to date on the latest features, news, and more with just the click of a button. Here's

TrueJob Downtime

Hey all, I'll be taking the site down for about 20 minutes while I add a new feature. We'll be back soon!

TrueJob Release v 0.1.9

Added "Agree to Terms / Privacy Policy" during signup A new user was still not being redirected to the dashboard path after sign in - sorry about this. Fixed some styles for

TrueJob Release v 0.1.8

Some cool stuff today You can now style your bio/profile with basic HTML tags: You can also style job descriptions. It works the same way!

TrueJob Release v 0.1.7

New big features are coming soon -- stay tuned :) Minor fixes: Fixed a few bugs on the registration page -- autofill should have less issues (although still might bug out -- send me

TrueJob Release v 0.1.6

Downtime took a little longer than normal, sorry about that guys. Configured some stuff behind the scenes to optimize connections to the app Page load time should be highly reduced for home page

TrueJob Downtime

Hey Guys, Sorry for the downtime -- hoping to add a few more features, scale the service a litte better, and fix some bugs. Should be up by 8PM EST tonight!

TrueJob Release v 0.1.5

Added header column to jobs list table to show what each column does - Job Title, Company, Salary, etc. Users now redirect to dashboard after signing up (it's where all the action happens!

TrueJob Downtime

Hey all, happy Friday! The site will be down for a few hours as I implement some much needed features before the weekend. If I caught you in the middle of signing up,

TrueJob Release v 0.1.4

Added Terms of Service and Privacy Page to homepage header / footer Added tour through the dashboard site for new users who might not know how the features of the site work Added a

TrueJob Release v 0.1.3

Added profile images for a user to upload to TrueJob Fixed job application submission showing PDF page, when it isn't complete as a feature