Jobvite: "Next Generation eRecruitment for Small to Medium Business"
 Dan Finnigan
According to the company's web site, "Jobvite is the only recruitment application built to involve all employees in the hiring process, leverage their social and professional networks, and manage all aspects of hiring in an easy to use platform that’s effortless to get up and running. "
Jobvite is hiring.
Talking points
- Dan, you joined Jobvite last Juiy as CEO - I think you have a uniqe perspective to share - given you experience running Yahoo HotJobs and most recently, as an entrepreneur-in-residence at Benchmark Capital. First, let's talk about Jobvite. For those not familiar with your service, give us a brief overview.
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Who are some of the companies using the Jobvite service?
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As you know many recruiters are using social media sites such as LinkedIn and Facebook to source talent. What does Jobvite add to the equation?
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I downloaded your Social Recruitment Survey Results white paper. 78% of the HR and recruitment professionals you surveyed use social networking to support recruiting - 80% use LinkedIn to find candidates - that's rather impressive.
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What differentiates Jobvite from some of the more established players in this space - like SilkRoad, and Taleo?
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From what I can tell, Your customers are small to mid-size businesses. Can Jobvite scale to a large fortune 500 company?
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Would it be fair to say the last six months have been somewhat of a roller-coaster ride for you given the economic meltdown?
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Do you think traditional job boards like HotJobs and Monster will go the way of newspaper classified ads?
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Do you think services such as yours will eventually disintermediate the traditional role of professional recruiters?
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What do you project for employment in 2009?
Dan Finnigan - Chief Executive Officer
Dan has spent his career launching and growing Internet businesses with a focus on the recruitment market. Previously, Dan served as Senior Vice President of Yahoo! and General Manager of Yahoo! HotJobs where he established Yahoo and HotJobs’ partnership with a consortium of over 700 newspapers, today representing 41 percent of total Sunday circulation in the U.S. Prior to Yahoo!, he led the creation of Knight Ridder Digital, serving as President and CEO. Dan holds an M.B.A. from The Wharton School and a B.A. in Communication Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles.
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