Joblist Launches to Bring Personalization and Collaboration to Job Search Process
New startup aims to address biggest challenges for job seekers as 32 million unemployed Americans seek help
Joblist, a job search platform that personalizes the process of finding and landing a job, launched publicly to address the needs of the millions of Americans facing historic unemployment and a struggling economy. The platform surfaces AI-driven job matches tailored to applicants’ preferences and enables them to collaborate on and share the list of jobs they’re interested in with their friends, family, and network.
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Joblist seeks to address some of the biggest challenges that confront today’s job seekers, including the significant amount of time and effort that it takes to find relevant opportunities and the lack of guidance or help in this process. According to a Joblist survey, only 10% of job seekers are currently receiving help with their search despite the fact that a majority of job seekers would welcome assistance — 58% describe the job search process as lonely or isolating as a result.* Joblist addresses these problems in two ways: first, by offering a more customized search experience that is powered by a short preferences quiz, and second, by introducing collaboration to the job search process.
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By enabling collaboration, Joblist allows family and friends to participate in the job search process. Job seekers can save their favorite job matches to their own personal “joblist” and then share that list with others so that they can also help look for jobs. This collaboration accelerates the search process, leads to better outcomes, and reduces the stress, anxiety, and isolation that is so common for many job seekers.
“It takes Americans more than nine weeks on average to find a new job, in large part due to an inefficient and isolating search experience. Joblist offers a better alternative by personalizing results and allowing you to work with others to quickly find the right jobs for you. If we can help people cut a week or even a day off of their search, we can have a real impact, especially right now,” said Joblist CEO Kevin Harrington.
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