WurkPal has been in the news lately - well, they left a comment for me and I saw them on TechCrunch, which counts as news.
This latest variant on the old Vault system of talking about companies is betting that information on the real state of a company is valuable to employees, executives, and job-seekers. When I logged on, the special function assumed I worked for Charter (they are my cable service), but presumably, if you logged in from Sprint or Hallmark, those companies would pop up.
They have a blog up - it has a post on Sunday - we'll see if they follow the trend of one post and done - but I have to say that I understand why companies keep pitching the idea that shared information is worth paying for.
The idea is that people want to share information, and if they did, the workplace would be a better place. I'm not sure that is true, but it's worth trying out. At least, it's worth it for recruiters and sourcers to try and track people down. Of course, they're anonymous...
Thank you for covering us. WurkPal is a safe place for you to talk about work, management, and careers
Jen
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Posted by: Jobs, careers, salaries | July 31, 2007 at 10:41 PM