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Sanjay Sathe - RiseSmart

Friday, 19 December 2008

RiseSmart Premium "Job Concierge" Service for $100K-Plus Job Seekers

A 2008 survey by Kelton Research reports that the majority of online job seekers spend an average of 50 hours per month searching the Internet for jobs.

Sanjay Sathe

Welcome to an Online Savvy Channel podcast on Total Picture Radio with Peter Clayton reporting. Last week, I asked my LinkedIn network for "suggestions of leaders you feel would share valuable information and insights with job seekers and recruiters." For those of us with jobs, I think everyone is concerned about keeping them; and at the very least, taking an active role in monitoring what's happening in their industry, profession, major competitors and company. (If you're not, why?)

Hat-tip to our friend, Jonathan Goodman from HRMarketer, for recommending we interview the president and CEO of RiseSmart, Sanjay Sathe. RiseSmart offers services for job seekers, recruiters and corporations. Their "Job Concierge" service provides job seekers with a weekly distribution of customized job leads from "across the internet by leveraging sophisticated technology and human touch to deliver the highest volume of relevant job listings."

Listen to our exclusive interview with Sanjay to receive a 50% discount code when you sign-up for the RiseSmart Concierge service.

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For recruiters, the company offers "Recruiter Concierge" - a cost effective sourcing and pre-screening solution to help recruiters find the “right” candidates. We search for active and passive candidates from across an array of data sources, including our proprietary database. Their "Transition Concierge" - provides a service targeted at corporations to provide outplacement assistance to employees impacted by a job elimination or downsizing event, at a fraction of the cost of traditional offerings.

According to their web site, RiseSmart offers "a subscription service that takes the search out of the job search for busy senior managers/professionals by saving them time and driving relevance in their online job search. What makes RiseSmart unique is the combination of a powerful search engine that goes across the Net and brings back job postings for our customers based on their preferences and then a job concierge who sifts through those results prior to delivery to the customer to ensure all matches are relevant."

Talking Points:

RiseSmart targets the $100k + job market. Give us an overview of your service.
According to your LinkedIn profile, your background is in the airline industry. What skills have you been able to transfer from Sabre to RiseSmart?
Is RiseSmart like eHarmony for job seekers?
From what I understand, your site uses real humans to evaluate a job seeker's qualifications as well as algorithms. Is this correct?
You recently were able to raise venture cap funding in a very tough market. What makes your service unique?
Have recruiters embraced your service? Do they feel they're in competition with you?
RiseSmart offers a outplacement component. Can you explain this service?
Where do the jobs come from that are matched though your "concierge" service?
Most job boards report a 20% to 30% reduction in ad activity from a year ago if not more. Do these percentages reflect the $100K plus market?
What's the difference between your service and JobFox?
What advice would you give someone just laid off?

Sanjay Sathe biography:
Sanjay Sathe conceived RiseSmart based on his experiences as an executive climbing the corporate ladder over a two-decade career in marketing and general management.

Sathe has led successful sales and marketing organizations both domestically and internationally. His management background encompasses product marketing, CRM, loyalty programs, branding, marketing communications, public relations and strategic alliance initiatives across the telecommunications, banking, airline and technology sectors.

Prior to founding RiseSmart, Sathe served as vice president for enterprise data management for Sabre Holdings, a $2.5 billion global leader in travel commerce and the parent company of Travelocity. Sathe led corporate efforts to leverage customer insight and business intelligence to create differentiated customer relationships and incremental revenue streams.

Before Sabre, Sathe was senior vice president of marketing for Brierley & Partners, a CRM and loyalty management company serving global brands such as Hilton HHonors, Hertz #1 Club Gold, BlockBuster Rewards, Sony and Nokia. In this role, Sathe drove the companys e-commerce, marketing and international new business development efforts. Sathe also has served in marketing management roles in Europe and Asia with major corporations including Lufthansa and HSBC. He received a Master of Business Management from the Asian Institute of Management in Manila, Philippines, and has completed an executive education program at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.