Gautam Godhwani: Online Recruiting Trends and Best Practices - Spiky, Flat, and Exciting

Gautam's message to recruiters and job seekers: "This is an incredibly exciting time with tremendous opportunities."

Gautam Godhwani

Welcome to a OnLine Savvy edition of Total Picture Radio with Peter Clayton reporting from OnRec Expo 2008 Global Online Recruiting Conference sponsored by Arbita. Joining us for a in-depth 16 minute podcast is Gautam Godhwani, the co-founder and CEO of his third start-up company, called Simply Hired, a Web 2.0 online recruiting and ad network company, and noted as the world’s largest search engine for jobs. Gautam spoke about Online Recruiting Trends and Best Practices at the conference, and participated in a panel discussion with Don Ramer, CEO of Arbita and Dave Mendoza "sixdegreesfromdave" titled: Spiky and Flat: Reconciling the Increased Importance of Neighborhood with the Flattening World Moderated by John Sumser. (Stay tuned to future OnRec podcasts on Total Picture Radio for interviews with all the "Spiky and Flat" participants.)

Gautam Godhwani biography:
Prior to Simply Hired, he was the co-founder and CEO of India Community Center, a non-profit focused on bridging the gap between the local and global communities. He continues to serve as a Trustee and Board of Directors at ICC. Prior to ICC, he was CEO and co-founder of AtWeb, an Internet 1.0 company acquired by Netscape/AOL in 1998. After graduating from UC Berkeley, Gautam held various technical positions at several small businesses including HP, IBM, and Microsoft. Gautam is a charter member of the Global TiE organization and serves on the Board and as an angel investor for several start-up companies. Gautam is a regular invited speaker to numerous business, career, academic, and financial conferences and symposiums, including the Dow Jones Emerging Ventures conference and Gautam was the keynote speaker aboard The Apprentice Legend Career Cruise hosted by Donald Trump that sailed the Caribbean. Gautam has presented directly to the internal recruiters for many large corporations recently including Schneider Trucking, Ask, CNN, Time Inc., Washington Post, Ann Taylor, and many more.

About Simply Hired
Building a good search engine is sort of like writing a good haiku. Coming up with one that works well may require repeated and thoughtful effort. But crafted properly, the result can be incredibly simple and effective, even enjoyable. Simply Hired is a vertical search engine company based in Silicon Valley, and we're building the largest online database of jobs on the planet. Our goal is to make finding your next job a simple yet effective, enjoyable journey. We can't always promise you'll discover your dream job, but we'll give you the best chance possible to get a bigger paycheck, a more considerate boss, or a shorter commute.

Simply Hired is powered by people who want to make things better. We want to create cool products, but not at the expense of the individuals who use them. That means building solutions that make sense to your mom, your uncle, your teenager, and even your dog. (OK, maybe not your dog.)

But along with simplicity, we'll make it possible for you to see every opportunity out there. If your cousin is looking for a part-time job working the evening shift at a pickle factory 300 miles west of Texas, we'll help you locate that one-in-a-million job waiting for her in Albuquerque. Our tools will turn everyone into an expert at finding the needle in their own personal haystack. We believe doing something challenging and important doesn't mean you can't enjoy the ride. Our founders are smart, experienced entrepreneurs who've created several successful startups, but they enjoy a good laugh as much as anyone. If you see a slightly unusual error message or description on our site, it's because we figure you might as well smile while you're spending time with us. Fun and creativity aren't just tolerated here, they're actively cultivated and encouraged -- and we hope you'll have fun too.

Technorati Tags: Arbita, Gautam Godhwani, Onrec, jobs, Simply Hired, Job Boards, Career advancement, recruiting, executive recruiters, recruiting conference, recruiting trends, podcast, interview, Don Ramer, Peter Clayton, John Sumser, Dave Mendoza, talent innovation

Add to: | Technorati | Digg | del.icio.us | Yahoo | BlinkList | Spurl | reddit | Furl |

Comments

Add New

Write comment

Name: Email:  do not notifynotify Website: Title:   Please input the anti-spam code that you can read in the image.

Powered by !JoomlaComment 3.26

3.26 Copyright (C) 2008 Compojoom.com / Copyright (C) 2007 Alain Georgette / Copyright (C) 2006 Frantisek Hliva. All rights reserved."