Ruby Now

Review:

Ruby Now was a niche job board that advertised career opportunities for Ruby on Rails professionals. Owned and operated by East Rock Software, the platform helped employers to recruit top candidates from their pool of more than 10,000 developers, programmers, technical leads, and engineers.

Ruby Now offered several job posting packages and a straightforward job posting process. Compared to other developer job boards, the platform was well-priced and had a larger variety of hiring services, such as social media promotion, featured listings, and targeted email alerts.

Pros:

• Ruby Now gave employers access to a niche network of Ruby on Rails professionals.
• The platform offered several job posting packages to suit different hiring needs.
• Employers could post jobs throughout the U.S. and Europe, as well as worldwide remote positions.
• Vacancies stayed live on the site for 45 days.
• Job posts were sent to candidates via daily, weekly, or monthly email alerts.
• The Expert package pinned job posts to the top of the site's email feed for 30 days.
• Jobs were listed immediately after employers completed the posting process.
• The platform offered additional hiring solutions for employers having difficulty recruiting candidates.

Cons:

• Ruby Now did not have a free job posting option.
• The job board's social media promotion was limited to Twitter.
• The site did not offer bulk job posting packages.
• The platform lacked candidate matching, resume database access, and applicant tracking features.

Reputation:

We were unable to find any online reviews of Ruby Now.

Ruby Now vs. Fiverr:

While Ruby Now primarily advertised Ruby on Rails jobs, Fiverr is a niche job board for freelancers in a wide range of industries. The latter allows employers browse through profiles of senior and expert-level candidates, while Ruby Now was geared towards developers at all career levels. Ruby Now charged $79.00 per post, while employers only pay freelancers' fees on Fiverr.

Ruby Now vs. Dice:

Ruby Now offered several affordable job posting options, starting from $79.00 for a standard job post. In comparison, Dice's prices start from $395.00 for a single job post. The site has a much larger audience than Ruby Now, with over 9 million registered tech professionals. Dice also offers resume searches, which Ruby Now lacked.

Ruby Now vs. Indeed:

Indeed was a popular job board that advertised both local and international roles in a wide range of industries. By contrast, Ruby Now gave employers a more targeted approach to hiring Ruby on Rails specialists, but was costlier than Indeed, charging $79.00. In comparison, Indeed has a free posting option and promoted posts for $5.00 per day.