These people gave us two thumbs up.
...we've since returned the thumbs in exchange for the following comments.
Andrew McClain, Fluther.com:
Just wanted to let you know how pleased we were with the Authentic Jobs listing. The biggest problem we had was choosing which talented designer to hire!
Eric Eldredge, Designer, Hirshorn Zuckerman Design Group:
I recently landed a great full time position through your site — the kind of job I've been casually searching for well over a year. When AJ launched, I had a feeling it would prove an invaluable resource, and in my case, it surely has. Quality over quantity indeed!
Peter Flaschner, Creative Director, The Blog Studio:
Cameron, the response has been fantastic. Best $75 I've spent in a long time.
Matthew Schwartz, President, Matthew Schwartz Design Studio:
I got one response from my listing, and he was our final hire. He's been here several months now; he's a great asset.
FJ de Kermadec, Founder, Webstellung:
This little note is to thank you for your outstanding help through your Authentic Jobs venture. Thanks to your site, we were able to not only hire one freelancer but two and mark four down for potential work down the line, all in a single week.
Andy Beeching, Web Developer, Double Eye:
Out of over a hundred applicants to the role, I was the only one to apply through your site, and one of only three to gain an interview. I believe my application was immediately given more weight due to the fact it came via your job board, and I got the position! It's well known that your blog is very popular amongst 'standardistas'... hence I had already gone a long way to fulfilling the 'standards aware' requirement for the position.
Andrew Shearer, Online Communications Manager, (company withheld):
You might be interested to know that the reason I need to post this job opening is because another company hired away my Interface Developer through their listing on your site! You might also like to know that the way I found (and hired) him in the first place was through a link you published to an article on his site about wicked worn Fireworks techniques. In short, your site has become some kind of hub through which my staff is added and removed. ;)
Brad Bonham, Interaction Designer, Benefitfocus:
Yours is a popular blog among design professionals and the job listings get great real estate. Plus, it's nice to know there's an honest-to-gosh design professional with international clout screening these jobs, because if I'm lucky he or one of his 5,000 designer friends will push forth a resume. It's certainly good to have traffic coming from sources other than the big job listing sites such as Monster and Career Builder, where the applications tend to be more general and generic and often harder to screen.
Tim McElwee, Designer, Wunderman NYC:
I just wanted to write a short note thanking you for creating authenticjobs.com. Tomorrow I start a new position that I found on your site. ItŐs very nice to have a resource for jobs where standards fluent designers and developers know that employers are thinking ahead.
Stuart Butler, Project Manager, Intellistrand:
The quality of the applicants far surpassed any other site we had used in the past, including careerbuilder.com and monster.com. If you are looking to fill a very specific position that requires a qualified candidate, there aren't any better options out there than Cameron's website.
Jody Ferry, Design Director, WebLinc:
Cameron's listings have offered us an efficient and targeted means of finding high quality applicants for all our creative and marketing HR needs. Simply outstanding.
Chip Diffendaffer, Web & Digital Media Manager, University of Denver:
The people I am looking for now and in the future would hopefully know Authentic Boredom and the rest of the standards circle.
Virgil Wong, Head of Web Services, New York-Presbyterian Hospital:
Great designers associate with other great designers. By listing our job opportunities on your site, we're aligning ourselves with an audience that likewise appreciates unequivocally beautiful and functional design. While posting on Monster.com certainly offers a larger quantity of candidates, your site ultimately provides far better quality.
Aaron Dragushan of Wondermill Webworks posted detailed results from their quest to find a designer using several targeted job boards. Cost per qualified applicant was higher with Authentic Jobs than a couple others but ultimately helped them find the final hire.
