Todd Goldstein
University Heights, OH (USA)
Role(s):
C-Level Executive (CEO, CFO, etc.)
Zolio
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Location:
University Heights
Industry:
Internet
Year Founded:
2007
Number Employees:
1-10 people
Description:
Zolio brings a razor sharp focus to improving the current text based resume system that is used universally in the business world by bridging the gap between Facebook and LinkIn. Recent advances in technology have allowed for the ability to instantly transmit large amounts of information in a more efficient manner. Zolio brings the power of present day technology and information sharing to a tired and archaic resume process. Zolio is an online tool that presents a more efficient first impression of a job candidate, and the supporting evidence to therefore make a more informed hiring decision. Zolio's advanced technology will benefit over 53 million college students and educated workforce in the United States.
Zolio creates a standardized platform for job seekers to create, manage, and disseminate their professional, career search identity. Zolio users can provide evidence beyond mere words to sell themselves to a company. Zolio job seekers can showcase actual work samples, projects, and recommendations thus receiving a visible, competitive edge over other applicants who simply submit a resume. Resultantly, employers save valuable time and money by having instant access to information that is needed to make informed interview and hiring decisions. A candidate’s information can be sent in multiple output options (word, PDF, HTML, microformat) and viewed on their electronic profile, emailed digitally, or mailed as a hard copy.
Zolio capitalizes on the following phenomena:
1.) Job seekers possess an incessant desire to “get a leg up” in an increasingly competitive job market and struggling economy. Quality candidates struggle to define themselves with only an 8.5” by 11” piece of paper.
2.) Hiring managers grow weary of wading through an average of up to 200 text resumes per job posting. They crave additional candidate information beyond mere words to quickly validate their conviction in a candidate.
3.) The proliferation of the internet and digital mediums within society, the workplace, and the job search industry. People now work, create, communicate, and interact in an online world.
4.) We live in a fast paced, visual, “show-me” world. Text, and therefore resumes, by their very nature, can be cumbersome, ambiguous, and even deceptive. A picture is worth a thousand words.
5.) The existence of massive, pre-assembled communities of students and young professionals age 18-29 and an emerging technological window of opportunity to reach them en masse. Zolio successfully bridges the gap between Facebook and LinkedIN.
6.) Employers are increasingly scouring the Internet for "digital dirt" to help them weed through job candidates. In fact, 83.2 percent of recruiters admitted to using online search engines in 2007 to uncover information about candidates.