1995	Hound One launched as one of the first job sites on the Internet.
2005	Hound purchased by Employment Research Institute, one of the world's largest career companies.
2005-06	A team of over 50 programmers works exclusively on Hound developing a "backbone" search engine to extract jobs from employer websites as well as job boards.	The new version of Hound programmed throughout 2005 and 2006, was programmed from the 10th floor of the GNFC Info Tower shown here.
2006	Hound launched as a free website to the public displaying jobs from employer websites and job boards.
2007	Hound converts to showing jobs exclusively from employer websites.
2008	Hound bans all advertisers from website and chooses, instead, to be supported by job seekers.
2009	Hound named one of the Top 20 online job sites by PC Magazine, #1 online job site by Applicant.com and one of the 10 Best Online Job Search sites by geeksugar.com.

• Madison was picked up by our Founder, Harrison Barnes' assistant at the time, Liza, in a WalMart parking lot in Bakersfield, California in late 2001. She had been raised by a breeder nearby and was sold because her hips were not large enough to have multiple puppies. She was three years old when purchased. Liza drove one afternoon from Employment Research Institute's offices at the time in downtown Los Angeles.
  
  
• Harrison paid $800 for Madison.
  
  
• Madison was intended to keep Harrison's black Labrador, Badger, company. Badger was less than a year old at the time. Badger and Madison got along very well but both barked at each other when they were fed. In order to allow both dogs to eat in peace, they had to be fed in separate rooms.
  
  
• Madison was initially a very skittish dog and moved around with her tail between her legs. She may have been abused by her previous owners.
  
  
• Madison soon became quite aggressive and would attack delivery men, strangers and people she did not like. She seemed to have a "sixth sense" and would only go after people who ultimately turned out to be bad. For example, she attacked one employee who was embezzling from the company. Many employees who are still with the company were given instant affection by Madison.
  
  
• Madison was very vocal and barked and made a lot of noise.
  
  
• Madison became extremely depressed and unhappy when away from Harrison. During business trips, Harrison would call his wife and she would put the phone to Madison's ear as he chatted with the dog. This would calm the dog down. Madison looked forward to Harrison's phone calls when he was out of town and would sit by the phone waiting for him to call.
  
  
• Madison was afraid of water.
  
  
• Madison hated small dogs and would turn incredibly aggressive when she saw them while being walked. She would need to be physically restrained to keep her from attacking and would go absolutely "bonkers" when she saw them. One time she escaped and bit an older woman while trying to attack a toy poodle she had thrust above her head. The woman was slightly injured and Harrison's wife Claudia took a $100 gift basket to the woman to prevent a lawsuit. During the attack as the woman was screaming, Harrison's mother in-law told the woman "SHE'S JUST PLAYING" ... the understatement of the century for a dog trying to kill another dog.
  
  
• Madison could unlock and open doors with her paws. On the night she was run over by a car, Madison opened two doors (including a large front door) and wandered out to the street.

-Recruiters looking at employer websites for jobs
-Job boards containing only a few jobs
-Job seekers spinning their wheels in the wrong places

It was as if every job out there was available to me not through recruiters and not through job boards but just by going to employer websites.

-You cannot charge employers for posting jobs like other job boards do because the site's purpose is to show every job out there.
-You cannot charge recruiters to post jobs or advertise because you are excluding them.

Sincerely, Harrison Barnes