A new job board called MoneyBackJobs.com rewards job seekers with a bonus of 5 to 7.5 percent of their starting salary.

Employers pay $50 to post a job on MBJ. When an applicant is hired, companies also pay 12 percent of the candidate’s salary to the job site.

Here’s the kicker: MBJ offers job seekers cash rewards to remove their resumes from job boards. Most likely job seekers will be reluctant to comply with such a request, especially in such a sluggish economy where people looking for a job want to get as much exposure as possible.

“With MoneyBackJobs.com, we wanted to give people a break from the standard, stuffy, and boring job board,” said CEO Mark Thomas. “Job seekers who use our site get cash for accepting a job, and employers pay substantially less for getting their pick of the talent pool. Both parties get incentives for making their listings exclusive to MoneyBackJobs.com. We’re pioneering a more efficient model for connecting job seekers and employeres that rewards both sides.

The concept of the sides sounds lot similar to NotchUp.com, in which companies pay job seekers for the opportunity to interview them. In this case, job seekers have a couple different ways to earn some extra cash. But does the site offer enough incentive to keep a monogamous relationship between job board and job seeker?

Thomas thinks so. “This will eventually result in a more efficient job market with businesses spending less money to attract the right talent and professionals getting bonuses for finding the jobs they want. When people get used to our rewards structure, it will be difficult for them to go anywhere else.”

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Alerts.com, a free online service that aggregates content from multiple sources at the user’s request and delivers information via email, SMS, or voice, launched their beta web site today in partnership with INRIX, a provider of traffic information, and Jobster, an online career network.

“Consumers are inundated with vast amounts of information and often have a difficult time sorting through what is relevant, important or urgent to their everyday needs,” said Alerts.com co-founder and chief executive officer, Pascal Stolz. “Alerts.com is a user-friendly service that helps users aggregate what they want from one secure source.”
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Monster Canada has launched Monster Video Profile, a multimedia tool that allows employers to embed streaming video into their job postings.

The career resources portal will also be offering video production, hosting, and job posting integration to enhance the video component.

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A new Tools and Technology database provided by the Department of Labor allows job seekers to pull individual skills, software, and equipment usage when creating a resume on QuietAgent.com. Users can select from over 15,000 items required to perform over 1400 types of jobs. To further enhance the technology or tool selected, level of proficiencies may also be added.

QuietAgent allows a job seeker to connect with employers by creating a career profile that is then matched anonymously to a company seeking their skill set. Companies pay a fee only when the job seeker agrees to reveal his contact information and to be considered for future positions with the company.

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As the job market becomes more and more competitive, job seekers are going to great lengths to get noticed. Gone are the days when all one needed to do is copy and paste that generic cover letter into the body of your email and send, send, send to each job listing on craigslist.

The Career Exposure Network, the leading source of niche job sites for women, diversity and MBAs, has come up with a list that they hope will educate and motivate job seekers. Here are their tips:

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