Whenever corporate public relations masquerades as a Techcrunch scoop, we get suspicious. The latest non-story on Michael Arrington's tech news noticeboard: Jobster, the recruitment advertising service, now offers pay-per-applicant job listings. That's actually an interesting way to reduce the risks for an advertiser, but it's not worth such coverage, unless Mayfield-backed Jobster's desperate to show momentum, and Arrington owes Jason Goldberg, the company's well-networked chief exec, a favor. We're more inclined to pay attention to these comments from former Jobster employees, on the Cheezhead blog. Word is confidence in Goldberg, whom even backers describe as "controversial", has never recovered from his handling of the company's layoffs last December. Our bet: he's out, and Jobster, which is burning swiftly through the $50m in investment its raised from Mayfield and others, will never provide them a return. Jobster's pitch to candidates: "meet your future." Jobster's own prospects are looking bleak.