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Thank you for your patience while we work to improve our site.

A couple new features were just added to JobCannon that affect sending emails to your contacts.  Both features can be found on the “Email My Network” screen after logging into JobCannon.

The first feature is the “Send Test Email” button, which allows you to quickly send the current message to your email address (as listed in your JobCannon account).  This allows you to see the email exactly as your contacts would.

The second feature allows you to disable the opt-in/opt-out links at the bottom of an email sent to your contact(s).  Normally when reaching out to your network via email, JobCannon requests that each person opt-in or opt-out of further communication.  This allows you to only contact those who are willing to help with your job search.  However, one JobCannon user pointed out that it’s not desirable to send an email to some types of contacts with the opt-in/opt-out footer.  For example, when mailing a resume + cover letter to a hiring manager, attaching those links is undesired.  Thus, we have added a check box on the “Email My Network” page,

[ ]  Disable opt-in/out links in the outgoing email (5 or fewer contacts only).

Leaving this box unchecked will include the opt-in/opt-out footer, whereas checking this box will remove those links from the footer.  Note that this feature is only allowed for five or fewer contacts email at one time; if more than five contacts are selected, the check box will be cleared and the opt-in/opt-out footer will be included.

Thanks to our JobCannon users for their feedback!

We are happy to announce that we have just deployed a new dashboard inside the JobCannon application.

We believe this should help some users with the question our users have asked most: “What should I do next?”

The new dashboard includes two components:

1. On the left, we have a video player which will include screencast videos that we are currently producing. These videos will have guidance on how to do various tasks. The video you see will depend on what you’ve configured so far in the application. At the moment, we have a few videos available, but over time this should turn into a rich library of material.
2. On the right, we have your status in various areas. If you’ve been active in the various parts of the application, it will show what you’ve done; if you haven’t started in an area, it will tell you what you could do to get started.

We will continue to refine what we present here over time and as always, we appreciate your feedback on what you would like to see.

Concurrent with the update of the dashboard, we have also added another video. This one is on importing your contacts.