Posts Tagged ‘charity’

ChumBonus – How it works

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

We’ve met so many people over the past few months since our launch – and it’s been great.  But from time to time we get a few of you who email us to ask us how ChumBonus works.  To make it easy, we thought we’d post a quick overview for those who haven’t yet figured us out. Let us know if you still have questions.

How We Work:

1. A client posts a job on the ChumBonus site for free and declares a bonus amount they are willing to pay to the person who refers the candidate that is ultimately hired by the client.  The bonus acts in the same way an employee referral bonus works within a company.  Clients can also elect to designate an amount they will donate to charity when a hire is made.

2. The referrer checks out the ChumBonus site and looks for job listings that match their “chum’s” qualifications.

3. With a click of a button, referrers can send a link to the job description to their chum.

4. The chum reviews all the details about the job and applies right on the ChumBonus site.

5. From there, the potential hirer reviews the candidate’s resume and decides if the applicant is a viable candidate for the job and if so, initializes their internal screening process.

6. When the applicant is hired, the referrer receives their referral bonus – usually within four weeks.

7. As an added feature, ChumBonus enables referrers to donate a portion of their referral bonus to a charity of their choice. Users simply choose this option on the ChumBonus site.

Of course, if you still have questions or comments, don’t hesitate to contact us.  We would love to hear from you.

How can we help Haiti?

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

This morning the American Red Cross estimated over 50,000 casualties in Haiti from Tuesday’s devastating earthquake, and this figure unfortunately will continue to grow.

How can we as a social community support the massive rescue and relief efforts that are underway? Immediate cash donations are welcome at all crisis response centers – Unicef, Care, Red Cross etc. But in the coming weeks or months, the Haitians are going to need our continued support to rebuild their already poverty stricken country.

Do you have a favorite charity in which nearly 100% of your donation would be shared with those in need? If so, please suggest this charity on ChumBonus.com ASAP.

Or, consider organizing a team with your friends or colleagues to help raise money via your ChumBonus referral dollars.  The total bonus dollars listed on our referral site continues to grow each day, and this money could be driven to those in need with your help. In times like these, we need to ask ourselves… What else can be done?

New way to Donate to your Cause

Monday, January 11th, 2010

Donating to your favorite charity can be challenging in today’s tight economy. But what if you could donate a portion of your bonus to charity without ever feeling the hit? Well, here at ChumBonus, we offer you just that.

Through our charity donation program, you can donate a percentage or specific dollar amount of your referral bonus to your favorite charity. And, if you don’t see your favorite cause registered on the site, let us know and we will reach out to them and see if we can get them on board.

And, for all the charities out there, don’t miss out on this opportunity for additional donations. Use this Suggest a Charity button to get started.

At ChumBonus, we believe in giving. So alert the folks in your social network and tell them about this cool program. This year you may easily kill two birds with one stone – support your favorite charity and also give your friend the gift of a new job in 2010!

Hiring for an Open Position with a Sea of Qualified Candidates

Friday, November 20th, 2009

As a Hiring Manager, it seemed I had a rare gem in hand, an open personnel requirement that was fully funded and ready for the right hire, right now! I thought that filling this requirement in the Fourth Quarter of a economically dismal year would be a snap – there had to be a throng of highly qualified people from which I could pluck the perfect person with the perfect experience for this role. I started my search by posting the job to the usual job boards late on Thursday afternoon.

On Monday morning, I had more than a thousand applicants. As I began reviewing the resumes, it felt like I was trying to take a drink from a fire hose. Every candidate in the first 50 resumes I looked at was qualified. I had a new problem now: how on earth to differentiate between this literal throng of well qualified applicants. They all looked the same and I had no way of knowing if the resumes were coming from recruiters, or even from people who were truly available. I knew that there had to be a better way – a way harness the visibility that Linked In and the other Social/Business Networking sites provides to find someone that could quickly vouch for candidates and really put their experience and their credibility in the right context for me.

I was very pleased to find ChumBonus, a job placement site that revolutionizes the old, quickly-becoming-obsolete job boards by combining a zero-cost option for posting a job with an opportunity to reach out to the world to ask who they know that is right for my open position. My company has started using crowd-sourcing in several different areas. ChumBonus enables me to use the same concept – harnessing the knowledge and the power of the crowd to quickly and cheaply find the right person who is available and qualified for my open position.

Once my job opening is posted on ChumBonus, anyone can take a look at the details and if they know someone that matches the skill set I am searching for, they can refer that person that they know and trust for the job. When they refer the right person for the job and that person is hired, then we all win – I got a great employee recommended by someone that knows them for a fraction of what it costs to post to a job board each month; the person who referred the right candidate gets a monetary reward for referring their friend; and the site makes it very easy for part of that bonus to be channeled directly to a charity.

Benefiting from the power of the crowd and giving benefit back to the crowd through charity donation – all at a low cost to my company. I can’t think of a better way to re-energize recruitment at my company as we look forward to an economic turn around and many more job openings to fill in 2010.