The real advantage of txtAjob for the job seeker is that they get targeted jobs nearly instantly. As soon as a job is posted they know about it, no matter where they may be.

The text messages look like this..

Artic/Tanker Driver Required
Co. Cork.EC+Hazchem Licence.
To get contact info on this
job reply `YES ut97`. To
unsub text STOP to 57003

All follow up texts are free. The text alert is just to let you know that the job exists and to give you the option of finding out more, much like jobs posted on Twitter. When you think about the old job seeking model of buying a paper and trawling through it for jobs that may or may not be in your area I can see the allure of a service that does the work for you.

You get near-instant alerts for jobs that are in your field only on a medium that you will have with you all the time.

Yes there are free services, the cost for textAjob is for convenience and speed. TxtAjob have also just brought out Irelands first mobile phone Application.

The cost is clearly not putting people off. They are getting over 100 new subscribers a day. Of course, if there are no jobs in your category then you are paying nothing. I think it’s a hugely interesting development and one that the established job boards will be watching closely.