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No, YorZ isn’t looking for a new chief engineer, but we know someone who is. Marketing guru Seth Godin needs a top-notch chief engineer to join his rapidly growing Web 2.0 startup. The offer is available on YorZ and at Seth’s blog. Please send your referrals or applications through YorZ.

We’re big Seth fans. In fact, he described a referral based web service with many similarities to YorZ in his seminal 2000 viral marketing e-book Unleashing the Ideavirus (free copy of original here). True to form, Seth practices what he preaches and he’s offering a nice bounty for this position. If you know someone top notch that would be a good fit, do yourself and your friend a favor and make a referral. If you are the right person, apply and Seth’s company will donate the money to the Red Cross if you are hired.

We woke up yesterday morning to a pleasant surprise.  Springwise featured us in their monthly email newsletter.    It’s a nice write up and we’re flattered to be included in a pub that bills itself as the “worlds leading source for promising new business ideas, concepts, and innovations” with a readership of 65,000 business professionals.

Heath Row at FC Now (the Fast Company blog) also commented on the Springwise piece.   He poses the question: “When was the last time you started looking for a new job — for someone else?”  It’s a good question.  Our experience would indicate that, while perhaps not attractive to everyone, matchmaking (for jobs and other things) is a favorite pastime for a lot of folks.   People do it for a variety of reasons - professional recruiters even do it for a living.

Last night we updated the site with several shiny new featurettes including one item that should help you keep track of files submitted by referrers and candidates (e.g., resumes, cover letters, referrals).  For employers, these files are now accessible from the candidate evaluation pages in MyYorZ.  Referrers and applicants need only visit the “Applications & Referrals I’ve Made” tab in MyYorZ to access the files.

Employers - don’t worry if you need to receive all files by email.   We’ll keep delivering them that way, too.

Also, if you use YorZ’s candidate rating system (1 to 5 stars) and Confidential Notes feature, having the resume and other files available on MyYorZ will give you a more complete online record.  Plus, you won’t need to search your email archives anymore to find a candidate’s info.  You’ll have ready access to the data now and in the future.

Let us know what you think at feedback@yorz.com.