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Follow on Google News |  Company “Disrupts” The Job Seeker and Professionals Supporting ThemBy: SnagPad The job search process has never been more complicated than it is today. Applicant tracking systems, key word searches, electronic applications and video interviewing can present an intimidating environment for those young and old involved in a job search. The foremost problem is that most job seekers have been trained to do a job not to search for a job. Further, they don’t have one central tool to organize, manage and conduct the entire job search process. Those assisting job seekers have outdated tools that fail to engage and often limit their service to job search assessment and preparation, leaving the actual job search process to the individual. Designed for college career centers, workforce development agencies and outplacement firms to manage their job seeking students and clients, SnagPad is a central dashboard for job seekers to conduct their entire job search in a unique and engaging manner and for counselors to gain visibility into those efforts. SnagPad is: the first to apply game dynamics to the job search process, the first to allow users to create their own social network of job supporters and the first to serve as a 24/7 virtual job coach. SnagPad can function independently for job seekers or in conjunction with a job search professional assisting. “One of the pains of being a career coach is keeping track of each client's job search activity, and being able to offer very particular and specific advice—at the right time. And SnagPad addresses that pain by rendering their job search very transparent. It enables the coach to live in the trenches with those they are trying to help, delivering probing questions or words of advice—in real time", said Dana Ly a professional career coach. SnagPad’s vision is to make the job search more fun and its mission is to create a better job seeker. SnagPad’s challenge is how to make those things happen in the digital age of click and apply. The answer is in the process and methodology behind SnagPad. “The infiltration of technology has actually become a real problem for job seekers and employers alike”, says Dr. John-Paul Hatala, professor in the Career and Work Counselor program at George Brown College and founder of SnagPad. Hatala states that, “technology is increasingly pushing candidates away from human interaction with the employer as well as their own personal networks. Therefore, we wanted to build a tool for job seekers that accommodated today’s digital tools and gravitational pull, while at the same time helping to facilitate interaction in the physical world.” “We’re very proud of SnagPad”, said Jeff Weber, CEO of SnagPad. “There are so many solutions on the market and most are simply veils for advertising, employer or recruiter interests. Today’ SnagPad is free to all job seekers, but it can only be obtained through a host agency, such as a college, university, job coach, outplacement firm or workforce development agency. About SnagPad SnagPad™ is the digital culmination of 15 years of research into strategic career development designed to help job seekers organize and manage their job search, while empowering job counselors and workforce development agencies to improve the job placement rate of their clients. The company’s management has extensive Internet, education, and employment social research experience. The company is headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois USA with an additional office in Burlington, Ontario Canada. Additional information can be found at www.snagpad.com. Contact: Jeff Weber, CEO jweber@snagpad.com SnagPad 1400 Picardy Lane Hoffman Estates, IL. 60192 847-496-4066 www.snagpad.com End
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