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March 13, 2007
SOCV.net To Make Resumes Plainer
Cem Dalgic, co-founder and an investor in SOCV.net has been telling us about his latest project. Since Dalgic comes from Jamba and was responsible for the Turkish and Middle East growth of that startup.
Dalgic describes Socv.net as a Web 2.0 tool to be used to create, standardize, exchange, rate, verify and update resumes.
We figure he knows a think or two about what works online and followed up, despite thinking that the proposed service sounds more like an add-on, than a business in itself.
a:c euro -- What is the business idea behind socv.net?
There are a lot of ways and literature about "how to make a resume". When we talked to HR Directors
of big companies about this subject they were complaining about thousands of different resume designs they receive.
So our idea is the standardization of CV´s. Our user will send a web link and the cover letter together
to the HR departments during their job application process. The HR employee will click the link and find a great looking resume, which can be printed or saved as a PDF directly out of the web if necessary.
But as you know this is nothing special, but our service to verify and to rate resumes will be unique.
a:c euro: What is the business model, ie. how do you plan to make money?
Socv.net is funded by private investors. We are planning to launch in April. We will have 3 income sources:
1. Premium services, like an "Executive Area", which is directly linked to executive search companies
2. Service fee for verifying resumes
3. Ads
Where is the biz based?
London / UK
Do you have industry partners lined up?
We already have deals with several online job search companies, executive search companies and an HR department of a German car manufacturer.
Who is your target market?
People who will apply to jobs and every company who is looking for verified and rated job seekers.
Are you competing with the likes of LinkedIn, which is quite recruiting oriented, with this service - or do you see this as complementary?
As you have mentioned, our service is full complementary to Linkedin, as we are focused on creating, verifying and standardizing CV´s, not in networking in general.
View Cem Dalgic (profile in xing.com)
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