Big release today! Lots of goodness.

Good Morning StartWire Community!

It’s been a busy few months at StartWire…and we’re happy to announce a major set of improvements and new features to the platform. Specifically:

• Daily updates on your job applications from 1000+ employers. Over the last 6 months we have been working on one of the most intractable problems in job search…the dreaded black hole. You know…you apply for a job and never hear back. Well for over 1,000 companies, StartWire can now get you updates on your applications. StartWire’s application update engine is in beta, easy to set-up, and works across all industries and functions. You share some basic information about where you’ve applied and your application. After that, StartWire provides daily updates for all ‘tracked’ applications and instantly notifies the user with an email or text message alert if their job status changes. Today’s release supports more than 1500 employers with that number growing to more than 5,000 in the coming weeks and months.

• Better job discovery We’ve enhanced our job search engine and made it more effective at helping you target jobs where you have a competitive edge. First, we now show pictures of your personal and professional contacts on each job posting. This graphical approach to seeing the density of your contacts and network at a particular company makes it easier to see where you’ve got friends who can help. Second, we’ve changed how we highlight the age of a job posting. The honest truth is that if you apply when a job is 1st posted you have slightly better odds of getting in the door. We want to make the ‘freshness’ date as clear as possible.

• StartWire Share PostcardsThe response to our ability to share your job search activity with a few trusted friends to get their advice, inside connections, and support was off the hook. We’ve built on this core idea and made it even easier to share what you are doing with people you trust. In this release, we’re introducing StartWire Share Postcards. With a StartWire Postcard, you can share your interest in a specific job or your complete job search history for the last day, week, month with a couple of quick mouse clicks. You are in total control of the message you send and who gets these post cards. When one of your friends gets the post card they can quickly, securing, and confidentially reply to you…and all their responses, ideas, and connections flow back into your StartWire account…safe from your boss and other casual acquaintances on the social web.

• New, simpler user interface Less is more in product design. We think you’ll find StartWire 2.0 much easier to use.

Again, thanks for your involvement with StartWire. If we can be of any help, don’t hesitate to call, email, or pop a flair.

Best,
Chandlee, Pavel, Andrew, Leo, Andrew, Dmi, Anna, Bogdan, Tim & Chris
The StartWire Team