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Discrimination Against the Unemployed

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:56:15 -0600

Discrimination Against the Unemployed

Job interviewing, to the extreme: latimes: Danielle Bemoras...

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:38:00 -0600

Job interviewing, to the extreme:

Danielle Bemoras showed up for her job interview with a social networking company prepared for some tough questions. Instead, she found herself in the middle of a psychology experiment.

The company had invited a fellow job seeker to the dinner meeting in Chicago, looking to see how the rivals would handle the pressure of a joint interview.

Awkward? No question. But Bemoras just rolled with it. She avoided alcohol to keep her head clear. She skipped the sushi to prevent chopsticks mishaps. And rather than try to upstage her competitor, she was respectful and collegial.

“I was in a sorority and had gone through that type of thing during rush,” said Bemoras, now 22. Her clutch performance won her a marketing internship followed by a full-time position with SceneTap, a digital night-life guide headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Welcome to “extreme interviewing.” Read the entire article here.
Illustration credit: Alex Nabaum / For The Times

How to use twitter to stay on the cutting edge (infographic)

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:07:33 -0600

How to use twitter to stay on the cutting edge (infographic)

(via Yandex Launches Social Networking Search Program)

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:17:53 -0600

(via Yandex Launches Social Networking Search Program)

Thomas Edison's Eccentric Job Interview Questions

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:02:01 -0600

mentalflossr:

Could you get a job working for Thomas Edison? Here are some sample questions from his employment questionnaire.

StickyHQ is a New Zealand based HR Startup that focuses on the...

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:52:00 -0600

StickyHQ is a New Zealand based HR Startup that focuses on the employee referral market. They are currently in Alpha but you can sign up for early access at their website. Please see below for the description of the product as seen on startupli.st.

StickyHQ is a social, collaborative employee referral eco-system that is both measurable and engaging. StickyHQ is employee referral program software which allows employers to incentivize staff members to recruit quality candidates through their social networks and contact lists.Employers get to view robust analytics about data such as; the amount of times a job has been shared, views, number of applicants, who are the leading referrers, which social networks yield the best candidates and more.

Social, Hr, Business

Status: Alpha

(via Sticky Employee referrals on StartupLi.st)

tedgoff: Please don’t turn me in to my references.

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:39:19 -0600

tedgoff:

Please don’t turn me in to my references.

lafix: Piranha // Tripping Daisy Summer song. Back in the...

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:03:59 -0600

lafix:

Piranha // Tripping Daisy

Summer song. Back in the mid-nineties, before iPod, before CD-RW, we listened to whole CDs. A captive audience, if you will. I listened to this whole CD many times while driving from Washington DC to Miami. I Got a Girl was the hit from that CD, but I liked this song just as much.

So many times I have been late
While feeling the breeze
Tons of hopeless thoughts in me
Now I’m free
And now I’m free
Watch out for piranhas

Recruting Meme I came across this on Facebook today….

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:43:15 -0600

Recruting Meme

I came across this on Facebook today….

Beyond LinkedIn: A New Site For Wall Street Jobs - Forbes

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:07:00 -0600

Beyond LinkedIn: A New Site For Wall Street Jobs - Forbes:

StreetID get’s covered by Forbes… Congrats!~

San Francisco based Mecruit has put up a launch page at...

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:12:00 -0600

San Francisco based Mecruit has put up a launch page at mecruit.com. The Founder and CEO of the startup, Lola Soto, sold her first startup as a junior in Rice University’s Honors Program so she already has success as a startup founder. The landing page states that they are ”A new way to find and connect with professionals in your area”. A bit more detail is provided on betali.st: ”Mecruit shows you everything you need to know about nearby professionals and opportunities”. I assumed based on the name and these descriptions that it would be a Social Recruiting tool. This hunch was confirmed in their twitter bio: “A new social recruiting application for professionals. Opportunities are everywhere. So are you.”

The company’s first few tweets (below) shed even more light on the problems they aim to solve:

There’s a solution for this, and it’s called @Mecruit. The Job Search & Confidentiality mashable.com/2012/01/14/job… via @mashbusiness @mashable
— mecruit (@mecruit) February 11, 2012

Mecruit: a portmanteau derived from “recruit + me”. (We think #recruiting is due for a revolution that will start w/ empowered individuals.)
— mecruit (@mecruit) February 15, 2012

At yesterday’s #women2 event, we learned that people want separate professional & social lives. @mecruit is our answer to that. cc: @women2
— mecruit (@mecruit) February 15, 2012

To stay up to date on Mecruit’s progress sign up for the beta at http://mecruit.com and follow @mecruit and @LolaSoto on Twitter.

Check out this cool recruiting ad from @fastcompany: Fast...

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:24:11 -0600

Check out this cool recruiting ad from @fastcompany:

Fast Company is hiring, come work with us!

Consult O’clock lets you connect, share experiences and...

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:00:00 -0600

Consult O’clock lets you connect, share experiences and find jobs. You can also talk to consultants, small businesses and startups about anything.

Consultant, Startups, Small Business

Status: Public Beta
http://www.consultoclock.com

(via Consult O’clock on StartupLi.st)

Calling All B2B Startups: There’s An Accelerator In Dallas Looking For You

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:27:00 -0600

Calling All B2B Startups: There’s An Accelerator In Dallas Looking For You:

Congrats to Tech Wildcatters on some great TechCrunch press! via mywonderfulweb-site:

New startup accelerators have been popping up left and right over the past few years, and we seem to have entered a sort of renaissance for these early-stage business-builders. It’s difficult to say how many accelerators there are in the U.S., let alone the world. The NBIA puts the number in the thousands in the U.S., though the number of “relevant” accelerators is really closer to the range of 100 to 200. DFJ Mercury (in conjunction with Tech Cocktail and the Kellogg School of Management)put together a great list of the top 15 accelerators in the U.S., though there are many more.

By and large, this profusion of accelerators exciting news for the ecosystem; startups create jobs, build disruptive businesses and services, and boost the economy. Of course, there can be too much of a good thing. At a certain point (some would say we’ve already reached this point in some verticals), the market becomes saturated, deal flow suffers, affecting talent dilution, too many features get funded, and on and on.

There are still entire industries that are badly in need of new ideas, new blood, and disruptive technologies — education, healthcare, and media, I’m talking to you — and accelerators that focus on particular verticals are still very much welcomed. Specialization is key, as it narrows scope and depth, and gives startups the confidence that they’ll be advised and mentored by experts who’ve actually worked (and succeeded) in their particular field.

One of those accelerators, which has flown under the radar somewhat (at least on TechCrunch), is Tech Wildcatters, an accelerator based in Dallas. Founded in 2010, Tech Wildcatters made DFJ’s top 15, and is part of the TechStars Network — an association of 35 incubators around the world that, among other benefits, offer startups a unified application site calledaccelerato.rs.

I’ve written about the opportunities (and need) for startups that focus on B2B ideas and services, which is something that’s somewhat unique about Tech Wildcatters. Besides a ridiculous name, the accelerator looks for B2B startups, in part because its home city of Dallas is home to the third most Fortune 500 company headquarters in any city in the U.S.

This means that there are some great development opportunities for the startups that go in on the accelerator’s 12- week program, and incentive to stay in the community once they graduate. Not to mention that Dallas offers a more cost effective city to operate in, with lower living expenses than, say, San Francisco or New York.

The Dallas accelerator is now accepting applications for its fourth batch of startups. It has graduated 16 companies to date, and as of December 2011, its startups have raised $7.16 million in total. Notable alumni include Key Ring, Koupon Media, and Image vision, and its roster of mentorsinclude Co-founder of ShopSavvy Alex Muse, Co-founder of Ustream Brad Hunstable, Trey Bowles, Co-Chair Startup America, and Jon Feld, CEO of nGame — among others.

While Tech Wildcatters offers intensive mentoring, a big city ecosystem, office space, and “Pitch Day,” the same opportunities offered by so many accelerators, the accelerator offers its startups $25K in seed funding in exchange for 6 percent equity.

The accelerator will accept between 8 to 10 startups for its 12-week Spring program, which will kick off April 2nd.

The deadline for applications has been extended to next Friday, February 24th, just because I have so much love to give. Startups can apply here, but no consumer applications are allowed. And that’s music to one’s ears, isn’t it?

"Relationship builders don’t keep score. They’re aware that many good deeds get reciprocated, but..."

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:44:00 -0600

“Relationship builders don’t keep score. They’re aware that many good deeds get reciprocated, but they’re not calculated about it. And they think about their relationships all the time, not just when they need something.””

- Reid Hoffman - 8 Job Search Tips From the Co-Founder of LinkedIn