Thank you for introducing TalentEgg to the blogosphere!

I thought I’d throw in a response to “This is a tough market to crack,” as it’s a point that I feel strongly about (although I love the pun):

The short answer is- Workopolis et al are not my competition. On-campus recruitment is my competition.

Workopolis is a job board that yes, relies on heavy numbers on both the job seeker and employer side in order to make MANY connections between any student and any employer.

TalentEgg, on the other hand, is a career community that is extremely focussed and provides an online place for high-quality employers to interact with focussed students (i.e. students that are looking for meaningful career opportunities). And hence is less reliant on volume.

So the key differences from a student perspective are:
- in-depth company profiles for them to search through that have great information i.e. work-life balance, opportunities for advancement
- no ‘bad’ or ‘low quality’ jobs/companies
- when you register for a TalentCard, you become eligible to receive notifications from companies that are interested in the skills and core qualities you have

from an employer perspective:
- employer branding (for free!)
- ability to target certain segments of the student population (through targeted e-mails)
- In the past, these two things were only achievable through on-campus recruiting- TalentEgg can offer them at a fraction of the cost.

Also, in the next few months more ‘community’ features will be introduced- for example, interactive section where students can ask recent grads how they ended up in their careers, etc.

…Hopefully I’ve convinced you :)

Thank you for introducing TalentEgg to the blogosphere!

I thought I’d throw in a response to “This is a tough market to crack,” as it’s a point that I feel strongly about (although I love the pun):

The short answer is- Workopolis et al are not my competition. On-campus recruitment is my competition.

Workopolis is a job board that yes, relies on heavy numbers on both the job seeker and employer side in order to make MANY connections between any student and any employer.

TalentEgg, on the other hand, is a career community that is extremely focussed and provides an online place for high-quality employers to interact with focussed students (i.e. students that are looking for meaningful career opportunities). And hence is less reliant on volume.

So the key differences from a student perspective are:
- in-depth company profiles for them to search through that have great information i.e. work-life balance, opportunities for advancement
- no ‘bad’ or ‘low quality’ jobs/companies
- when you register for a TalentCard, you become eligible to receive notifications from companies that are interested in the skills and core qualities you have

from an employer perspective:
- employer branding (for free!)
- ability to target certain segments of the student population (through targeted e-mails)
- In the past, these two things were only achievable through on-campus recruiting- TalentEgg can offer them at a fraction of the cost.

Also, in the next few months more ‘community’ features will be introduced- for example, interactive section where students can ask recent grads how they ended up in their careers, etc.

…Hopefully I’ve convinced you :)