In 2004, the founder of DeskMasters, Inc. and creator of theJobDesk was out of work when he came across a job listing on the Internet that interested him. Not prepared to send off his resume yet, he wanted to save it somewhere. He had several options: email the webpage to himself and save it in a folder for jobs, save it in his account on the website where he had found it, or create his own list of jobs in Word or Excel.

Emailing the job did not permit him to rate it, add notes to it, or sort it by location or salary along with the other jobs he found. Saving it to the website account did not permit him to group his job with others from different websites. Copying data from the website to Word or Excel created a paperwork nightmare. That night, he set out on a mission to either find or create a central repository for the jobs and other information created during a job search. That night, he began work on theJobDesk.

theJobDesk has evolved from a Web 1.0 website to a Web 2.0 website to what it is now: a Web 2.0 desktop application. This medium merges the Internet connectivity of a website with the speed, security, and convenience of a program that every user owns. If theJobDesk is to be a tool that job searchers can commit to, it must be available when the Internet is not, must provide users a way to backup their own data, and must be built on a sound business model. Discovering the Adobe Flex and AIR technologies that the program is built on has allowed the DeskMasters to provide these features in a low-cost solution.

DeskMasters, Inc. wishes to thank the career coaches, interface designers, sales and marketing people, quality assurance professionals and programmers that have helped design and develop theJobDesk. And most of all, the DeskMasters wish to thank those users that have given theJobDesk a try. We hope you enjoy it!

In the News

July 14, 2009 - KCBS - FM 106.9 / 740 AM

John Frierson, Business Reporter

 

July 14, 2009 - Press Release

DeskMasters Announces Its Official Release of theJobDesk Desktop Application

DeskMasters, Inc. proudly announces the release of version 1.0 of theJobDesk, its powerful desktop application aimed at organizing and energizing the job search process...