Hound Is Changing The Traditional Job-Search Approach.

As a successful entrepreneur running nearly 20 different companies, Harrison Barnes has completely altered the traditional job search approach. And Hound, a job-search engine established in 2006, has been a great success owing to its unique business model.

Hound works on the theory that employers generally do not pay to post their jobs on job boards. So, how does a job seeker reach these unadvertised jobs that are listed only on the career pages of employer websites? It’s almost impossible to research every employer site (there are hundreds of thousands of these) and track their career sections. What Hound does is it simply lists only those jobs that are posted on employer career pages.

There are a lot of complexities behind this easy-to-use job search engine. Harrison Barnes spent at least two years in building a strong and knowledgeable research and technical team, developing Hound crawlers, and actually coming up with something this powerful. Not to forget, Harrison Barnes also spent millions in setting up the colossal Hound database. Today, the site lists as much as 650,000 jobs coming straight from the employers’ sites.

Coming to its working, Hound layout is extremely user-friendly. Once a member, the job seeker can search for jobs, which will be displayed in a typical search-engine interface. Clicking on a job would take the job seeker directly to the employer website, where he/she can apply instantly. The site also verifies every job in regular intervals to ensure that all jobs are active and not expired. Additionally, the site emails job alerts regularly, thus allowing its members to keep themselves updated on the latest jobs.

The Hound success is attributed to its software division and Harrison Barnes’ marketing strategies. Despite the site being a paid site for job seekers, Hound’s membership roster has continuously reported of skyrocketing numbers.

About the Founder Harrison Barnes, Esq., a JD from the University of Virginia Law School, is the CEO and founder of EmploymentScape (previously Juriscape), a research company dedicated to offering career services to a diverse range of professionals. Barnes began EmploymentScape operations by launching BCG Attorney Search in 2000, and continued introducing more career websites to support legal professionals. In 2006, Barnes established Hound, one of his first ventures to cater to people outside of the legal community. Hound lists jobs directly from employer career pages and has become one of the most popular job-search engines among US professionals.