What are the most promising niches and technologies for employment-related startups?
Revenue-generating technology for bloggers and web publishers - job boards, services and related packages. An overview and comparison of platforms available to publishers.
Efficiency-enhancing technology for recruiters - social networks, requisition-sharing tools, etc. Which tools are essential for recruiters and why?
Innovative employment-related startups - TheLadders, Indeed, SimplyHired, JobScore, Doostang. Which niches and approaches are the most profitable and fastest growing?
Job search on social platforms - LinkedIn, Twitter, etc. How are these platforms changing the business of recruiting?
Allen Ackerman Allen is founder of A-List Placement, a digital media recruiting firm, and recently launched I Have A Req, a private social network that helps recruiters collaborate on placements and share commissions through a 'cloud recruiting' model. Allen is also founder of MAD-G, (aka Mobile Application Development Group) which takes a progressive 'consortium-based' approach to providing its clients with cutting edge mobile solutions. Allen honed his skills as a software developer, creating applications for companies such as Goldman Sachs and Sony Music.
Charlie O'Donnell Charlie is the Co-Founder & CEO of Path 101, a NYC startup that is
revolutionizing career guidance though the mining of data from
millions of public resumes. After funding VCs at the GM pension fund,
and funding startups at Union Square Ventures, Charlie spent a year as
Director of Consumer Products at Oddcast before starting Path 101 with
Alex Lines. The founder of nextNY, he also teaches entrepreneurship
at Fordham University and is the Entrepreneur-in-Residence at ITAC.
Jeff Stewart Jeff is the founder of Urgent Career, a technology start-up seeking to revolutionize the way companies find, screen and assess sales talent. He is a serial entrepreneur, inventor and investor specializing in technology-enabled growth businesses through his angel fund, Urgent Ventures. Jeff has founded over a half dozen companies which if combined employ over 600 people. Jeff writes about start-ups at his blog, Urgent Speed.
Eric Yoon Eric is the founder and CEO of JobScout, a daily email digest of great jobs in new york city for business development, product management, marketing and sales professionals. Formerly, he was a
founder of JobThread and CEO since 2003. Eric has been in the online
recruitment industry for the last 10 years in mainly product
management roles (Product Manager at HotJobs, Product Development
Manager at Bernard Hodes Group, Product Manager at The New York Times
Digital for Job Market).
Joshua Russak (moderator) Joshua is the founder of RezRedo, a vertical search engine for job
experiences found in resumes. The first search engine of its kind,
RezRedo is opening doors to new methods of resume writing and job
related research. Prior to RezRedo, Joshua was a recruiter at AC Lion and headed all online marketing and web related initiatives for the
firm including: Blogging, Social Networking, Web Analytics, E-Mail
Marketing, SEO, and exploring new advertising options. A passionate
blogger, he writes weekly for MarketingBlog.NET, keeping his readers
up to date with event reviews, industry coverage, pictures and more.
