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Many universities offer such services to students but the take-up level is normally very low, so I'm not sure there's a huge market for it.
by ig1 13y ago
Many universities offer such services to students but the take-up level is normally very low, so I'm not sure there's a huge market for it.
- KiwiCoder 13y agoUniversity services tend to be, uh, academic. A differentiator would be the quality of advice offered, and the fact that the mentors would also be actual hiring managers. You might be right, though I still think it's worth doing a MVP or this 'pretotype' idea.
- ig1 13y agoUniversities often offer CV/interview practice sessions run by the recruitment team at major firms.
- KiwiCoder 13y agoRecruitment teams are, in my experience, and I'm not trying to be funny, uniquely unqualified to offer this kind of advice EXCEPT as a how-to guide for getting through their own filters so you can speak to the hiring manager.
- ig1 13y agoWhen I helped run the grad recruitment team at Bloomberg, we definitely sent developers involved in hiring to help students improve their CVs, and we were far from the only company doing it.