Subscription based Jobs

Would you pay to view/apply for a job? There are a few niche sites charging 25 cents a day for access to their job content.

FreelanceSwitch.com is one of these. It’s a site for freelancers to view job opportunities. Trouble is, to view the contact details it costs $7 p/month. They have only 136 jobs on the site with a small % from Australia.

Also the site for the creative industry ArtsHub.com.au is another that charges 25 cents per day to join ($40 – $80 per job to post for members also). They boast 50,000 creative professionals and more than 600 organisations and businesses worldwide.

I have trouble understanding (besides getting discounts to festivals e.t.c. on Arts Hub) why someone would pay to apply to jobs when we have 200,000+ jobs out there that are FREE to apply for??