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A few days ago, I said that I would post a link to the project on which I've worked. Here's the link to the beta web site.

What Is It?

In concert with Paragon IT Pros, Paragon 24/7 aims to help companies more easily find the right candidates for their staffing needs. It does so in four ways:

  1. It's a very user-friendly search engine that features an iterative search. You never run into "No Matches Found" and you never have to start over if you don't like the results. Instead, you can refine your search as you go, either adding a filter to it or removing a filter from it as needed.
  2. The search results of candidates can be viewed in a comparison chart at any time, making it easy to see the differences between candidates.
  3. You can subscribe to the search results and get notified of updates by either email or RSS feed.
  4. It works when you want to work, available 24/7 - late nights and weekends - and allows you to queue up conversations when they are convenient to you. Finally, you get to leave phone tag behind you.
If you browse the site now, there is only one candidate. But that's only what's public. Behind the scenes, 119 vetted candidates are entering their information into the web site, and as Paragon verifies that the data was entered correctly, more candidates will appear for public viewing. Once that's done and we take it through one last thorough testing, we'll release the public web site.

Today, over 70 hiring managers at one company alone in the Des Moines area received a link to the beta web site. In the next month, dozens of other companies in Des Moines, and then dozens more in Omaha and Minneapolis, will become aware of the site.

What is 247Toolset?

247Toolset is mine... it's my representation of me, the guy who built and owns the technology behind Paragon 24/7. Talks are underway to expand the use of the search engine into other applications, and I should be able to talk about those by the end of February.

I'm actively looking for companies that need an engine like the one I've built. I have some ideas about that, and I can tell you that I'm working to create a sample site for medical staffing, then later for engineers and accountants and so on.

I had a conversation in the early evening today that might blossom into a broader recruiting network, with the engine I've built at its center. We'll see... but people are excited.

So if you like, beat up on the beta web site and share your thoughts/experience with me. I'm wide open to critique or suggestions.

 


by Brett Rogers, 1/16/2008 12:18:34 AM
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Impressive, Brett. Good luck!

 

 

Posted by Kelly, 1/16/2008 1:58:01 AM


Thanks, Kelly!

 

 

Posted by Brett Rogers (http://www.beatcanvas.com), 1/16/2008 1:45:36 PM



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