NotchUp

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{{Infobox website

| name = NotchUp

| type = Crowdsourced Recruiting

| logo = notchup logo.jpg

| caption = NotchUp logo

| url = {{URL|http://notchup.com/}}

| language = English

| current_status = Offline

| launch_date = {{start date and age|2008}}

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NotchUp, Inc. was a Silicon Valley–based start-up that was first to offer an on-demand recruiting service that uses crowdsourcing combined with social mediaSharlyn Lauby. [http://mashable.com/2010/05/25/recruiting-social-media/ "Tips for Effective Recruiting on Social Media Sites"], Mashable, 2010-05-25 and an advanced web-based technology platform. NotchUp is a privately held company headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

The company's service is based on the premise that the best people are already employed, but are open to exploring opportunities that offer a better value proposition than their current job. NotchUp finds passive candidatesLou Adler. [http://www.adlerconcepts.com/resources/column/recruiting/how_to_recruit_and_hire_passiv.php “How to Recruit and Hire Passive Candidates”]’’, 2004-12-17Balanced Recruiting. [https://www.bostonglobe.com/uploadedFiles/advertiser/Data_Center/Marketing_Solutions/Whitepapers/Balanced_Recruiting.pdf “Balanced Recruiting”], The Boston Globe. Boston Globe Media Partners. {{Archive url|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923045026/https://www.bostonglobe.com/uploadedFiles/advertiser/Data_Center/Marketing_Solutions/Whitepapers/Balanced_Recruiting.pdf|date=2010-09-23}} for job postings using a crowdsourcedSarah Kessler. [http://mashable.com/2010/05/26/creative-crowdsourcing/ "5 Creative Uses for Crowdsourcing"], Mashable, 2010-05-27 group of independent contractors called Talent Scouts. NotchUp posts positions on their web site and the 2000+ Talent Scouts use NotchUp's proprietary software to match their personal and professional connections in social media such as LinkedIn, Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. Companies with job postings rate the candidates and either independently take the next steps or use NotchUp's services to make connections and do additional screening. Talent Scouts are then compensated based on how accurately they matched candidates to the position. It created what Bloomberg referred to as a "spam snowball."{{Cite web |last=Hesseldahl |first=Arik |date=January 30, 2008 |title=NotchUp's Annoying Opening Act |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2008-01-30/notchups-annoying-opening-actbusinessweek-business-news-stock-market-and-financial-advice |website=Bloomberg}}

NotchUp's proprietary technology monitors Talent Scout performance to improve candidate ratings, optimize work assignments, and provide feedback for enhancing scout accuracy and earnings.

The company was started in 2008 by co-founders Jim Ambras and Rob Ellis and initially offered a Pay for Interview service.Erick Schonfeld. [https://techcrunch.com/2008/01/22/stealth-job-site-notchup-makes-companies-pay-to-interview-you/ “Stealth Job Site NotchUp Makes Companies Pay To Interview You”], TechCrunch, 2008-01-22Helen Coster. [https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2008/0929/062.html "Pay to Play"], Forbes Magazine, 2008-09-29 It was recently listed by Business Insider as one of the “20 Hot Silicon Valley Startups You Need To Watch" in 2010.Nick Saint. [http://www.businessinsider.com/hot-silicon-valley-startups-2010-3#notchup-is-a-crowd-sourced-lead-generation-platform-13 “20 Hot Silicon Valley Startups You Need To Watch”], Business Insider, 2010-04-02 The company has seed funding from Floodgate,Floodgate http://www.floodgate.com/ Nueva VenturesNueva Ventures http://www.nuevaventures.com and Steve Blank.

The company was later known as JobFlo.{{Cite web |title=A Silicon Valley Story: JobFlo has gone Google |url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2011/10/a-silicon-valley-story-jobflo-has-gone.html |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=Official Google Cloud Blog |language=en}} The company was last active on social media in 2018.{{Cite web |title=Jim Ambras on LinkedIn: I last used JobFlo's Twitter account in 2018 and just got this. Well done… |url=https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jamesambras_i-last-used-jobflos-twitter-account-in-2018-activity-7062256634667892737-EfrQ |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=www.linkedin.com |language=en}}