Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category

PerkSpot announces technology hires

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

PerkSpot is excited to announce two key additions to its technology team, Jeff Mahlmeister and Nathan Landis. Jeff and Nathan bring with them years of technology experience from top-tier firms, most recently serving at Kraft Foods and Lockheed Martin, respectively. PerkSpot clients can expect to soon see enhancements to PerkSpot’s best-in-class employee discount program platform technology.

Once again … PerkSpot is hiring

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

PerkSpot is excited to announce we are hiring a Senior C# Web Developer. The Web Developer will play an important role in developing the technology to support the company’s employee discount programs. Candidates must have 3 or more years of experience designing and developing web based applications. Experience with Visual Studio, ASP.NET, C#, and SQL are also required. Please submit resumes to hr [at] perkspot [dot] com.

A Simple and User-Friendly Benefit

Monday, March 10th, 2008

As society continues to become more acclimated to the Internet and using it as a means for almost anything, websites have evolved and changed over time both in terms of functionality and user-friendliness. In fact, the Internet is increasingly influenced by what’s being dubbed ‘Web 2.0’—a set of trends in technology and design that are a large step forward compared to the original technologies and designs on the web.

A specific Web 2.0 trend has been to improve an Internet user’s online experience by increasing simplicity and user-friendliness. At first, many websites bombarded a user with information and navigational options. PerkSpot has balanced both the need for information and the need for simplicity to create a user experience that is organized, consistent, and easy to understand. We believe that the friendly user experience is a large reason we hear so many praises about our employee discount programs. And because we customize each client’s PerkSpot site to include any merchant relationships they’ve had in the past, employees immediately see the value in aggregating the employee discounts into a ‘one-stop-shop’ accessible from both home and work. Not only can human resource administrators give their employees a highly appreciated extra benefit, they can save employees substantial amounts of money with the savings they’ll accumulate using PerkSpot.