• October 10th, 2012

    With $20M Raised, MyEdu Launches New Tools To Help College Students Actually Connect With Employers

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    Launched in 2010, Austin-based MyEdu set out to help students reduce the cost of earning a college diploma and remove the friction from every aspect of the higher education process, from deciding on the right school to finding post-graduate employment. Since then, the startup has been methodically collecting data from students as well as official academic data from universities to identify… → Read More

    August 6th, 2012

    No More Boring Resumes: Seelio Lets College Students Showcase Their Work & Helps Employers Find Them

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    Looking to rethink the resume, a startup called Seelio is opening its doors today to anyone with a .edu email address. The company, which spun out of an existing service called TruApp, wants to offer college students a better way to showcase their work via online portfolios which employers and recruiters alike can browse through and search by keyword. Upon finding a potential candidate, employers… → Read More

    March 9th, 2012

    Resumes Are Bullshit. HireArt Is Better.

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    HireArt, a newly launched Y Combinator-backed company, is working to solve a major problem that all employers face today: resumes are bullshit. Job candidates often like to fluff up their experience, and sometimes they even outright lie about their abilities. Other times, potentially great employees are overlooked because they have unorthodox backgrounds that don’t match up with what an employer… → Read More