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Search - Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Austin's Pre-launch Job Site ItzBig Funded

The online job search sector is evolving rapidly with LinkedIn making a big impact and search startups like Jobster raising an $18M round.

Austin's itzBig has raised $4M in Series A funding, says PeHub, from Rho Ventures and Sevin Rosen Funds. Their plan is to "allow people to securely and privately find a great job when they’re looking, or simply explore attractive opportunities when they’re not. Companies and recruiters, on the other hand, will be able to find, screen and rank candidates real-time, allowing them to land the most qualified person for a job more quickly."

The startup plans to test two different user experiences. One for employed professionals who are interested in a private way to keep an eye out for alternative opportunities. And another track for active candidates which will feature those capabilities, in addition to significant improvements in abilities to interact with recruiters and to receive continuous feedback on where you stand against other candidates for the same job.

The company is pre-launch so we can only speculate about what this will mean.

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