Employer Websites:

Included in the more than 8,500 unique links on Job-Hunt.org are links to over 5,500 employers by state. We prefer to link to the employment section of the employer's Website. However, if the Website is reorganized often and the URL of the employment section changes frequently, we may just link to the home page. Or, the site may be removed (as a maintenance problem/nuisance).

Legitimate employers may advertise on Job-Hunt. See our Sponsors page for more information.

We reserve the right to refuse to link to any site (employer or other).

Criteria for non-employer sites being added to Job-Hunt.Org:  

• Site purpose is specifically in support of job hunters or recruiters, with content related to finding jobs and/or developing careers. Note that the employment section of a company or organization Web site may qualify.
• Original content of value to job seekers or recruiters is provided - not just lists of links (particularly, not just lists of affiliate and/ or advertiser links).
• Ownership must be obvious. Anonymous sites are not accepted.
• Site is well-organized, well-designed, functional (search works as described, nothing is "under construction," etc.), and easy for visitors to use.
• Substance is preferred over style. A flashy site will not automatically be included.
• If the site has job listings, it should have a large number of them, preferably from a variety of employers.
• If the site has a specialty (like IT/IS jobs or opportunities in a specific location like Los Angeles), the specialty should be obvious to visitors. It should also be accurate.

Protecting job seeker privacy is required:

We have long felt that privacy protection is a critical issue for job seekers!

• An accurate Privacy Policy should be posted that specifically indicates practices that protect the privacy of job seeker and do not subject job seekers to e-mail spam or other forms of electronic harassment.
• If job-seeker resumes or profiles are collected by the site, there should be at least one stated, functional, obvious, effective, and easy method for the job seeker to protect his or her contact information from being viewed by potential employers and others.
• Job seekers should not be required to register or complete a profile before they receive access to the job opportunities.
• Job site anonymity is not acceptable. An accurate representation of the ownership and management of the job site must be available to job seekers and employers on an About Us or Contact Us page of the Website. The domain name must not be "private" - full and accurate contact information must be available via a standard Whois lookup, and should be available to casual site visitors. We reserve the right to check and to attempt contact. If "no one is home," the site will not be listed.

Automatically excluded are sites:

• Unrelated to careers, jobs, recruiting, or HR.
• Pornographic or otherwise illegal.
• Appearing to be get-rich quick schemes, scams, or multi-level marketing.
• Requiring job seekers to register before they can see the jobs available.
• Appearing to be owned by no one in particular, displaying no contact information (a contact form does not qualify as providing contact information) and/or a blind/private domain name registration.
• That do not "work" as advertised (search engine doesn't return relevant responses, etc.).
• Not original or well-executed, providing real value to job seekers or recruiters.
• Not on-line when reviewed.
• Comprised solely of lists of affiliate or advertiser links with no original content.
• Blocking a visitor's ability to easily click "Back" to Job-Hunt.Org.
• Requiring visitors to download a non-standard browser plugin.

If your site does not have a Privacy Policy, it has a very limited chance of being listed on Job-Hunt.

Submission

The Job-Hunt add-a-link form has been removed because it has been abused so much by sites which clearly have none of the qualifications for being included (jewelry store sites, gambling sites, mortgate loan sites, etc.).

If your site meets the criteria listed above, send a description and URL to submissions [at] job-hunt.org. Please note that Job-Hunt does not participate in link exchanges.

24 December 2006

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