2008 Woodie Awards
Cal State Fullerton alums design job-review Web site
Daily Titan (Cal State-Fullerton)
Erika Carmona
Issue date: 3/25/08 Section: National News
FULLERTON, Calif. (U-WIRE) - It was an awful job experience after graduation that inspired two former business students from California State University at Fullerton to create Jobstapler.com.
About a year ago, Jobstapler.com was merely the vision of Joseph Raffiee-Shirazi, 23, the company's CEO.
The idea began after he graduated when he applied for a financial consultant position. He was lured in by a company's enticing sales pitches but he discovered it was no more than a telemarketing position.
Somewhat similar to RateMyProfessors.com, JobStapler.com allows the Internet community to "share, review and rate" jobs instead of professors. The website allows job seekers to view comments by "real employees and real experiences."
Today it is available for free online.
"Everyone tries to replicate a social networking website like Myspace but this is a niche that hasn't been done yet," Daniel Stanton, co-founder and chief technical officer, said.
Users can post reviews after submitting personal information and answering a questionnaire about their experiences from a certain job.
Jobstapler will hold a drawing for an iPod Nano for job reviewers each month.
"We started the contest in March, and every review is an entry in a drawing to win an iPod Nano," Raffiee-Shirazi said.
The questionnaire consists of 17 questions that are ranked from a scale of 1-7. The questions were critically designed to draw honest feedback. Users are also required to submit a descriptive comment about the position and company as a means to further illustrate its rating.
"It is a great tool designed to help job seekers assess if the job is worthy or a poor career move," according to Jobstapler.com
Phoebe Pham, 28, a senior who is a finance management major, is currently unemployed and is continuing to contact and submit several resumes to prospective employers. She confessed however, that she gets frustrated from not having enough information about companies from job postings.
About a year ago, Jobstapler.com was merely the vision of Joseph Raffiee-Shirazi, 23, the company's CEO.
The idea began after he graduated when he applied for a financial consultant position. He was lured in by a company's enticing sales pitches but he discovered it was no more than a telemarketing position.
Somewhat similar to RateMyProfessors.com, JobStapler.com allows the Internet community to "share, review and rate" jobs instead of professors. The website allows job seekers to view comments by "real employees and real experiences."
Today it is available for free online.
"Everyone tries to replicate a social networking website like Myspace but this is a niche that hasn't been done yet," Daniel Stanton, co-founder and chief technical officer, said.
Users can post reviews after submitting personal information and answering a questionnaire about their experiences from a certain job.
Jobstapler will hold a drawing for an iPod Nano for job reviewers each month.
"We started the contest in March, and every review is an entry in a drawing to win an iPod Nano," Raffiee-Shirazi said.
The questionnaire consists of 17 questions that are ranked from a scale of 1-7. The questions were critically designed to draw honest feedback. Users are also required to submit a descriptive comment about the position and company as a means to further illustrate its rating.
"It is a great tool designed to help job seekers assess if the job is worthy or a poor career move," according to Jobstapler.com
Phoebe Pham, 28, a senior who is a finance management major, is currently unemployed and is continuing to contact and submit several resumes to prospective employers. She confessed however, that she gets frustrated from not having enough information about companies from job postings.
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