RiseSmart

RiseSmart's Concierge Service for Job Seekers

If your time is in short supply and you can afford to spend money on your job search, you might want to consider giving RiseSmart a try (or at least trying the free 3 day trial). It doesn't give you much different in the way of job listings, but it does reduce the quantity of job listings you need to screen and can save you valuable job searching time. On the other hand, if you do have the time to job search, you'll have more listings to review, because you'll be screening them yourself instead of having RiseSmart do it for you.

How RiseSmart Works

RiseSmart is a job site that offers a unique Concierge Service for job seekers who are looking for positions in the 100k+ salary range. Once a job seeker signs up with RiseSmart, they enter their job preferences in their "RiseSmart Search Profile". Then a RiseSmart Concierge will review the profile and begin a thorough search of job openings in the area specified. By using the time-saving RiseSmart web site, people who are looking for that perfect high-level job can do so without having to do all the work themselves.

The question for job seekers is whether it's worth paying ($43.95 a month) for someone to screen job listings for you. The job listings I looked at were from Indeed, Jobster, CareerBuilder, and Monster. So, in theory, I could have set up job search agents on all those sites to send me job listings that matched my specific criteria (which I had set up in RiseSmart). I then would have most likely the same job listings, along with some more that RiseSmart screened out because they weren't an exact match.

RiseSmart Concierge Service

The Concierge Service is where RiseSmart differs from other job search sites. Once you have completed your profile, it is sent to a Concierge, a real person, who will review it and get an understanding of what type of position you are looking for. With that background knowledge, the Concierge will sort through the hundreds of job opportunities to find the ones that match what your background. The list of job openings that the Concierge selects will be sent to you for your review; new lists will be sent weekly. The ones you like, you can apply for, the ones you do not, you can take off the list.

At any time, the Concierge service welcomes your comments and feedback on the jobs that are being sent to you, this will help them better customize their future searches.

RiseSmart Resume Writing Service

Submit your resume to be critiqued, or if you know your resume is in need of an update, RiseSmart has Professional Resume Writers who can help. There are three different options (starting at $329) you can choose from to improve or recreate your resume.

If you think your resume is just fine as it is, but you just want to be sure, take advantage of RiseSmart's free resume critique done by a professional RiseSmart writer.

Salary Calculator

RiseSmart's partner, PayScale offers their salary calculator for you to use to get an idea of what the salary range is for the job you currently have or are interested in pursuing. You can also get, for a fee, a more detailed report based on your job title, location, education, skills and experience.

More RiseSmart Information

If you think RiseSmart may work for you, but you are not sure, you can find out more about how it works and view a demo video or sign up for a free 3 day trial.