Saturday, August 30, 2014
SelfieJobs now among top ten emerging Swedish startups!
This Monday we were signed into the STING fast forward program on a rookie licence. This means a few more people like our approach as much as we. :) Greetings the team and Martin , Abby
http://www.stockholminnovation.com/blog/2014/08/25/har-ar-de-nya-sting-fastforward-bolagen-propel-capitals-atta-forsta-investeringar/
http://www.stockholminnovation.com/blog/2014/08/25/har-ar-de-nya-sting-fastforward-bolagen-propel-capitals-atta-forsta-investeringar/
Saturday, August 16, 2014
How we build a great company
As it looks now SelfieJobs will get off the shelf sometime late autumn. Still bugs to fix, limited marketing money and so on but we will fix that as we have met every other challenge and they have been plenty. Here is a sketch on our anticipated lifecycle
1-Innovate and develop. Started late spring. Prior to this phase our founders had some key learnings. We found that it is possible to simplify recruitment and maintain relevant and depth. We sketch and do wire frames, check with clients and users. Prepitch to investors and develop code and designs. First version was cool early July but still not enough to launch. 1.1 development started and when we feel we have the right feel, team and timing...
2-One the launch is done we enter a phase called launch and iterate. Since we still run on ultralite budget we can afford to change the concept as we gain insight on usage and preference. We think we got it right from start but are open to changes in concept, target group and design. There is no doubt that this will succeed.
3-Expand and Explode. When we feel we have momentum and have shared love with the clients its time to expand. In this phase team and platform have found its way and we just need to scale. Sweden is not enough for sure if our guess is right:). Spotify is our inspiration in the start-up phase and AirBnB in the expansion phase.
4-Go Corporate but keep the startup culture.
1-Innovate and develop. Started late spring. Prior to this phase our founders had some key learnings. We found that it is possible to simplify recruitment and maintain relevant and depth. We sketch and do wire frames, check with clients and users. Prepitch to investors and develop code and designs. First version was cool early July but still not enough to launch. 1.1 development started and when we feel we have the right feel, team and timing...
2-One the launch is done we enter a phase called launch and iterate. Since we still run on ultralite budget we can afford to change the concept as we gain insight on usage and preference. We think we got it right from start but are open to changes in concept, target group and design. There is no doubt that this will succeed.
3-Expand and Explode. When we feel we have momentum and have shared love with the clients its time to expand. In this phase team and platform have found its way and we just need to scale. Sweden is not enough for sure if our guess is right:). Spotify is our inspiration in the start-up phase and AirBnB in the expansion phase.
4-Go Corporate but keep the startup culture.
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Thursday, August 14, 2014
Meet SelfieJobs at sthlmtech
SelfieJobs will pitch at stings breakfast event and also exhibit. Tyler who is one of the persons who early ( back in May )saw our case just asked Martin to pitch on stage. Thanks!
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Facebook flöde uppe!
facebook.com/selfiejobs för nyheter på svenska . Facebook.com/selfiejobs for news in Swedish :)
Monday, August 11, 2014
SelfieJobs - Pre Launch Brief
SelfieJobs™ -Takes a European "Tinder for Jobs" approach, introducing ultrashort videopitches and location based search in race with Jobr, Monster.
Stockholm /Palo Alto,CA, Berlin,DE August 11 , 2014 17:05 CET.
Stockholm Sweden based SelfieJobs formed in May 2014 is now in private beta. The concept carries some resemblance to Jobr that had success when launched in June.
Still in pre-launch phase founder and serial entrepreneur Martin Tall reveals some features of the upcoming release;
" First of all we love the swipe and like regime by Tinder. Once we saw it last winter we started to think about different usage cases. With founders having a track from employment agencies as well as start-ups the idea to form a concept that simplifies the job market started to grow.
Looking at existing job search concepts from Monster et al we belive its far to complex and adds a layer of cost for signing up simple jobs says Martin Tall founder of SelfieJobs. Already we can say that some key functionality will include
-Video is at the core. It gives depth and personality to the CV
-Location is undervalued.” Dont look for a Starbuck job in the other part of town-kind of obvious but happens all the time”
-Algorithms for matching that takes time consuming typing away.
-Secret Sauce components that rocks the boat
"We Cant reveal to much prior to the launch but for sure we are on track to something great says Martin" We have pitched to clients, investors and end users parallel with the development and received a lot of feedback as well as likes”. First external investors to be announced coming month. We were amazed to be presented a multimillion dollar LOI by US investors even before the launch Martin Tall rounds up. A mix of Swedish angels and institutions is logic&likely being funded by the founders so far.
Pitchvideo as above on the blog below or http://youtu.be/38wXFBdlq9k
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About; SelfieJobs is a Stockholm Sweden based startup formed summer 2014. Your Videopitch, Share&Like, the Job is yours. Its main competitors are traditional methods and not posting a job at all.
More information at the www.selfiejobs.net or the company blog selfiejobs.blogspot.com
Martin Tall info@selfiejobs.net or skype martintall +46 701 708070 meet us at sthlmtech.com events in Aug and Sept Stockholm
Founder bio martintallbusiness.blogspot.com
Founder bio martintallbusiness.blogspot.com
Some Words on our Vision
The vision with SelfieJobs is to take recruitment all mobile and make it a fun, easy experience to advertise or apply for jobs. We want to make recruitment simple, fun and relevant compared with today's complex, administrative solutions. Why, this works fine all ready? The young people hate it, the passwords, the long CV and so on. Our first step is to visualize let say 10 000 jobs in Sweden.
Once we have launched details will come. When the model is proofed we will kickass in continental Europe a while before crossing the Atlantic. A Dreamproject would be to take SelfieJobs to the US (N.Y or Silicon Valley) to give it the same chance become a global star as Jobr.com and other great competitors. Already we have discussions with US investors following local angels. /Martin Tall
Once we have launched details will come. When the model is proofed we will kickass in continental Europe a while before crossing the Atlantic. A Dreamproject would be to take SelfieJobs to the US (N.Y or Silicon Valley) to give it the same chance become a global star as Jobr.com and other great competitors. Already we have discussions with US investors following local angels. /Martin Tall
Saturday, August 9, 2014
Introduction of the founders
Hi there , here is Martin. I'm the founder of SelfieJobs. Im proud to have a cool smart cofounder in Abby who will introduce him self later, also to be announced our an amazing software developer and upcoming great board . What have I done? Prior to SelfieJobs I have founded 3 startups in telecoms, outsourcing, finance as well as an employment agency. They have all been nice companies with momentum, a 20MUSD footprint and great learnings. I have also been signed as consultant specializing in business development and projects; I participated in taking BlackBerry to Sweden, contracted some key carriers for companies like Palm(HP)&Ironroad, worked with Business Intelligence for Vodafone and so on. All great assignments. Long time ago I was best in Sales for Mobira(Nokia) and I had a few great years within Telenor Sweden (Business Development). I'm an MBA (Civilekonom) from University of Stockholm .
In private i´m father of 2, like to speedwalk, socialize, solotravel the world, occasional pilot and off-road biker. Live&work in central Stockholm. Meet me at Stockholm Tech sthlmtech.com upcoming events if you are interested in our openings or internships, betatrial the app or investing.
In private i´m father of 2, like to speedwalk, socialize, solotravel the world, occasional pilot and off-road biker. Live&work in central Stockholm. Meet me at Stockholm Tech sthlmtech.com upcoming events if you are interested in our openings or internships, betatrial the app or investing.
Friday, August 8, 2014
Team Additions!
We are very happy to announce our most recent signup. Hadar joins us to take the lead in direct sales basepoint our Stockholm HQ. He has a great track within this field and we believe he will help us score!
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Thursday, August 7, 2014
Recruitment made simple
Asking any recruiter what they need to know to sign you to a new job three areas of information requirements will come up in one form or another.
-Can he(she) do the work. Basically its about the skills necessary to solve the tasks given. In many cases its not that advanced . For young people on the site learning can quickly move the candidate up the knowledge ladder if they just get the chance.
-Will he love the work. This is about attitude and energy. Any candidate who passes #1 up must also posses the drive to love the task given. Employees use different techniques to see through promises of love. For them this is key since after contracting its very difficult to handle people without passion. To show the company true passion is key.
-Will he fit into the team. Finally before any final negotiation about the terms and salary they need to see how you fit into the team. Here past experiences and references to benchmark the candidate comes in.
From my perspective far to much leverage is given to #3 above in Sweden or Nordics. Social people will play games with the corporation. Most recruiters have their feeling about how candidates score in the scope above within 1-2 minutes in an interview. The rest is waste.and this also goes for 90% of the text in the CV.
This is especially relevant for entry level positions. Our challenge at SelfieJobs is to condensate the information given above and move things forward smarter , easier and more fun compared to current methods./Martin
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-Can he(she) do the work. Basically its about the skills necessary to solve the tasks given. In many cases its not that advanced . For young people on the site learning can quickly move the candidate up the knowledge ladder if they just get the chance.
-Will he love the work. This is about attitude and energy. Any candidate who passes #1 up must also posses the drive to love the task given. Employees use different techniques to see through promises of love. For them this is key since after contracting its very difficult to handle people without passion. To show the company true passion is key.
-Will he fit into the team. Finally before any final negotiation about the terms and salary they need to see how you fit into the team. Here past experiences and references to benchmark the candidate comes in.
From my perspective far to much leverage is given to #3 above in Sweden or Nordics. Social people will play games with the corporation. Most recruiters have their feeling about how candidates score in the scope above within 1-2 minutes in an interview. The rest is waste.and this also goes for 90% of the text in the CV.
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