Podcast: Conversation with Standout Jobs’ Fred Ngo
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Standout Jobs‘ Co-founder and CTO, Fred Ngo, sat down with myself, Jim Turner and Paul Swansen to discuss:
- Standout Jobs’ official launch at DEMO ‘08
- How the service finds better candidates
- The response from DEMO ‘08
- And more!
To listen to this conversation, please use the embedded player just below.
About Standout Jobs
The company was founded in February 2007 by Benjamin Yoskovitz, Fred Ngo and Austin Hill. It originated out of the first-ever Montreal-based BarCamp in October 2006 where they met. The discussion quickly turned to the difficulties of finding good startup jobs. Fred and Ben had been looking for great opportunities, but couldn’t find any companies that stood out. Austin Hill, an entrepreneur and angel investor, was frustrated with how difficult it was to market startup jobs to potential candidates.
And so, Standout Jobs was born. Standout Jobs set out to help companies promote and market themselves more effectively to candidates. They first looked at video and how it could throw the doors wide open on companies, their cultures and teams. And they found companies eager to participate. The idea evolved, expanding beyond video into other tools and technologies that improve companies’ recruiting. Austin and other private angel investors provided the initial capital to get started, and the company received additional funding from iNovia Capital. Standout Jobs is based in Montreal, Canada.