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Reinstituting the Job “Market”: Get Real, Recruit GenY

Event Interactive 2010
Format Solo
Organizer Jeff Berger KODA
Description Markets are conversations: something the $8 billion online recruitment industry has forgotten. Learn how KODA.us hurdles the disconnect and monetizes hiring transactions by creating an intelligent and relevant forum for emerging talent and organizations to talk. Online recruitment: meet Web 2.0, in an environment that fosters authentic conversation.
Questions
Answered
  1. Is GenY really that much more choosy, or are their "high" expectations of employers a product of their youth?
  2. Is it wise to base a business model on requiring a change in the way the majority of your customers do business?
  3. What are you doing to make the transition to social recruiting easier for companies?
  4. Why, despite double digit unemployment, is this still an "employee-driven" market?
  5. In a tight job market, won't GenY use job boards if that's where the jobs are?
  6. How do you see a progressive area like marketing ever truly integrating with a risk-averse area like HR?
  7. How does the fact that more boomers are postponing retirement affect your business model?
  8. What's to stop big job boards from tacking on a social media platform?
  9. Are there enough "cool companies" who care about conversation and culture to power your business model?
  10. What does your site's recommendation engine do, and why is that important?
Level Beginner
Category Business / Entrepreneurial / Monetization, Career / Work Concerns, Economic Concerns, Social Networking, User Experience