Job seekers can use Job.com for free-minus resume distribution services, which are powered by ResumeZapper.com. The options and costs for these are as follows:

Basic resume distribution for 1 job industry: $49.99 (additional states and/or additional industries for $10.00/each)
Redistribution (redistribute resume 30 days later): $29.99
Firm name listing (receive email with names and locations of those with your resume): $19.00
Confidential distribution (name, address, and phone number removed from profile, resume, and cover letter): $19.00
Platinum upgrade (resume listed at the top of search results): $39.99 for 30 days
Gold upgrade (listed just below platinum listings): $29.99 for 30 days
Platinum and gold extensions (extends top listings): $14.00 for additional 30 days, $19.00 for additional 60 days

Employers must pay to post jobs, though there is a free demo they can test drive before purchasing a job slot package. A recruiter services rep takes the employer through a guided tour over the phone, after which the employer has 30 minutes from the initial demo time to test out the features included. After, that, they can move forward with one of the following options:

Post job slots only (3 job slots without nationwide resume database access): $349/month
Resume database access only: $399/month
Bronze (3 job slots + resume database access): $499/month
Silver (5 job slots + resume database access): $599/month
Gold (15 job slots + resume database access): $699/month
Platinum (25 job slots + resume database access): $799/month

Signing up for a full year will get customers 2 months free on any of the above employer/recruiter packages. Custom packages can also be tailored to a company's needs, including the option of changing the number of job slots from month to month.

Reach

Job.com includes thousands of different job sites in its career network, encompassing over 35 million job seekers with a database of 10 million resumes. According to the company, 60% of these candidates are exclusive to Job.com, meaning they have accounts solely with Job.com and are using their site to secure employment. Each month, they gain about 200,000 job seekers and 20,000 resumes.

Special Features

Job.com focuses on resumes as the connection point between recruiters and employees and so they have some special features related to resume writing and distribution. A resume-building wizard guides job seekers through the steps of creating a solid resume or re-writing a weak one. Their distribution service emails resumes directly to matching recruiters within a particular industry along with maintaining a database for all paying recruiters and employers to access. Another feature that sets Job.com apart is that employers pay for a certain number of job slots, versus job postings. That way, they can make unlimited changes to their job postings, including different positions, as long as their number of current openings corresponds to the number they paid for. This is a good feature for businesses that fill positions quickly: rather than pay for more job slots, they can fill a position and within the same month post a different listing in the same job slot.

Experience

Job.com was launched in 2001, giving them over 15 years of experience in the job search industry.

Customer Support

The company can be contacted by email (info@job.com) or by phone (877-7JOBCOM) 9:00 AM-6:00 PM Eastern Time.

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Resources and learning materials

Resources and Learning Materials

Overall, Job.com is not very strong in the area of learning materials. Job.com has a pretty solid archive of blog articles for job seekers, but the blog is not updated, so it doesn't measure up to other blogs and learning sites with employment news and market-trend related information. Job.com does feature a page and accompanying widget-managed by CompareTopSchools-that can help match an individual's interests, experience, and location preference (state of residence or online) to college and university programs. However, identifying information, such as address and phone number, are required to see the results.

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The Bottom Line

There is no question that Job.com is an excellent network to be a part of based on its pricing options, reach, experience, and recognition. However, the review team recommends it with some reservations. When submitting a resume, the identifying information of the job seeker is distributed to several third-party sources which cannot be traced-unless the job seeker pays additional fees to have their privacy protected and to be given a list of those with their information. Furthermore, we recommend going with a company that offers a free trial for their services, rather than just a 30-minute demo.

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Eddie Rios Ogden, UT

Job.com is a great job search tool. They are easy to use and offer a variety of industries and known brands/companies to choose jobs from. Plenty of job related data, job description, titles, areas of responsibility with job descriptions. They are incredible helpful in getting more job opportunities through their portal.

6 years ago

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Anne Sainsbury Orem, UT

Job.com was a great place for my husband and I to research jobs that were available in our area during the past few months as my husband was looking for a new job. We put ourselves on some email lists and received alerts for jobs in the industries that we were interested in. We applied to a number of jobs on the site and were able to land some great interviews in the process! Definitely a good tool for those looking for great jobs!

5 years ago

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Fernando Delgado Tempe, AZ

Love using Job.com very easy to look for employment and gives great detail of the company your looking to able for. I was able to use this website to find my current job that i love and have been in for almost 8 years!.

7 years ago

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Karen Torino Tallahassee, FL

Job.com is not my favorite site because it is not really user-friendly and it is not appealing. The job listings will just give you a big paragraph and then direct you straight to the employer. It is nice when websites provide more information.

4 years ago

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Hannah Barth Tallahassee, FL

Job.com is very organized and it was easy to find job postings in my area that I was interested in.

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Rocio Diaz Tallahassee, FL

Job.com has a wide variety of job postings however it is not very user-friendly in comparison to its competitors.

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xina sun

They charge jobseekers money.

11 years ago