The pandemic has left millions of people around the globe jobless and looking for new opportunities. Many job seekers are using the forced ‘time out’ in 2020 as an opportunity to make a career pivot. The problem, however, is how they can demonstrate their expertise in new fields.
In HRchat episode 206, we consider the ways companies are moving away from traditional methods of assessing candidates and the technologies to save time and money while better matching candidates with the right roles.
Our guest this time is Stephen Shefsky, Co-Founder and CEO of tilr, a web and mobile application that automates the recruitment process by using the currency of skills to connect companies with job seekers and vice versa.
Listen to this interview with Stephen Shefsky and discover:
- How technologies like tilr are able to repopulate the workforce
- What goes into the processes of skill mapping and skill matching
- How skill mapping and skill matching are saving companies time and money
- Ways skills-based technology can help enterprise-level organizations, staffing agencies, and government bodies
- The other innovations showcased on both tilr’s mobile platform for job-seekers and web applications for companies
About tilr
Established in 2016, tilr is an algorithmic hiring solution. The technology connects job seekers and employers in innovative ways. Focusing on skills and abilities, the tilr team has created an automated matching technology. Allowing qualified job seekers and employers to find each other.
The platform was featured as one of the Upstart 100 Most Promising Startups by CNBC, a Top 10 Startup Outside of Silicon Valley by VentureBeat and one of the Top 5 Startups to watch by Forbes. tilr has also been highly profiled by Geektime, Entrepreneur, Inc. and FastCompany, amongst others. In addition to press recognition, tilr has earned accolades including the Midwest Region’s Ignite Action Awards (Finalist), Deloitte’s Top 100 Rising Stars, VentureOhio’s 50 Most Promising Startups (Finalist), the American Innovation Cincy Inno-Tech Madness Winner and one of American Innovation Cincinnati’s 50 on Fire (“Best Place to Work” Finalist).
tilr is on the verge of revolutionizing the Human Resources industry with its skill mapping technology. By identifying where employees and their skills reside in real-time, large corporations will be able to build teams, identify skills gaps, and make decisions on employee relocation and/or whether to hire for positions internally or externally almost instantly. (Video examples enclosed).
Tilr Multimedia Vignette from tilr on Vimeo.
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