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The New Old Way of Getting a Job www.JackalopeJobs.com. How long have we been networking?. LinkedIn: 2003 Facebook: 2004 Twitter: 2006. Networking then. Value-add Reciprocal What are the unique things you bring to a relationship? 1-on-1 Group. Networking now.
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How long have we been networking? • LinkedIn: 2003 • Facebook: 2004 • Twitter: 2006
Networking then • Value-add • Reciprocal • What are the unique things you bring to a relationship? • 1-on-1 • Group
Networking now • Everything about networking then but • Faster • Focused • Scalable • Organized • We do a lot of the same things!
Finding a job using social networking • Passive job seeker (lucky!) • Set your profile for success • Active job seeker • Set up your profile for success • Develop your brand • Improve your credentials • Hunt!
Finding a job using social networking • 86% of all job seekers have 1 social network profile • 15% of all job seekers have their own website • 80%-90% of all job acquired through networking • 14 discussions before getting to a decision maker • To find work: • 52% of all job seekers use Facebook • 38% of all job seekers use LinkedIn
Tools and Technologies • Lots! • No 1 tool will be enough! • Video resumes? • XYZ Social network? • Tools and technologies should be accelerators not decelerators!
Problem: Job seekers are vastly under-served Job Boards/ Friends Social Networks News & Information Everyone’s Focus: Recruiters Advertisers Vault FB/LI Updates Forbes Tweets Employers Blogs GlassDoor Alltop Jigsaw CareerBuilder <Rumors> Abercrombie Dice Monster USAJobs Our Focus: Facebook LinkedIn 20+ Million, 350k+ added each week Source: US DOL/BLS Skype Twitter Talent.me Google+ The Job Seeker
Solution: bring it all together Opportunities Knowledge Connections We are: NOT a job board. NOT a social network. NOT a news/info site New & Information Job Boards / Friends Social Networks We leverage these sites and weave a thread of relevance among these sites on behalf of the job seeker via patent-able intellectual property (semantic search)
Built on the Foundation of Cutting- Edge Semantic Search Technology Relevance 21,000 Jobs Semantic – Improve accuracy by a contextual meaning of a connection Semantic – Improve accuracy by a contextual job match 500 Jobs SOCIAL CONNECTIONS JOB OPPORTUNITIES 50 relevant Jobs Each with relevant connections Strength of connection to the opening Strength of connection to job seeker Strength of profile match to skills Strength of goal match to desired characteristics Social Graph Optimization: Intelligent semantic matching -- match jobs to connections Semantic Job Analysis: Intelligent ontological matching -- match jobs to profile Recommendation engine: Jobs, connections and knowledge
Coming Soon • Smartphone versions • Smarter Recommendations • Connections / Jobs • Automatic building of your network • Advanced social searching • International capabilities
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About Jackalope Jobs Mission: To Help 1 Million People Find a Job by 2015 (1M15) • Founded in 2008 • Majority owned by management • Offices in Dallas, TX and Halifax, NS