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 plans and various hiring tools, such as social media promotion, featured listings, and targeted email alerts. While U.K. employers could use the job board to find both local and global Ruby on Rails professionals, the site lacked local customer support and pricing was not available in pounds sterling.

Pros:

• Ruby Now catered to both the U.K. and international job markets.
• The platform offered several job posting packages to suit different hiring needs.
• 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:

• Pricing is only available in U.S. dollars.
• 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. Technojobs:

While Ruby Now was a niche job site for Ruby on Rails professionals, Technojobs caters to the U.K.'s IT, tech, and digital job markets. Both sites offered targeted email alerts and featured listings, but Ruby Now was the more affordable option, charging US$79.00 for a basic listing, while a single job post on Technojobs costs £440.00 +VAT.

Ruby Now vs. CW Jobs:

Unlike Ruby Now, CW Jobs caters only to the U.K. job market and has no global reach. However, CW Jobs is more feature-rich than Ruby Now, offering CV searches and applicant management tools. CW Jobs charges new members £199.00 +VAT per post while Ruby Now charged US$79.00 per post, making it the more affordable option.

Ruby Now vs. Reed.co.uk:

Reed.co.uk is a popular U.K. job board that advertises general jobs. In comparison, Ruby Now had a global reach and primarily served employers in search of Ruby on Rails professionals, While Ruby Now charged US$79.00 for a basic job post, Reed.co.uk's premium post costs £150.00 +VAT.