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PRESS RELEASE
STATE AND CITY OFFICIALS TO JOIN JOBSCOUT FOR ITS IOS LAUNCH
Representatives from the California Technology Agency, the California State Library
and the City of San Francisco Join the JobScout Team at Their Launch
SAN FRANCISCO- January 28 – JobScout, (www.myjobscout.org), the web and mobile
application designed to get users back to work by providing essential job seeking tools, will
announce tomorrow the release of an iOS application downloadable from the iTunes App Store
JobScout aims to combat unemployment through digital literacy. The web application
launched last year with funding from the California State Library and as part of the iCalifornia
digital literacy campaign.
California’s Acting Deputy State Librarian Jarrid Keller, the California Technology Agency’s
Assistant Secretary of Broadband and Digital Literacy Adelina Zendejas and San Francisco’s
Chief Innovation Officer Jay Nath will join the JobScout team for their launch. Each of the
representatives will be speaking at the event. JobScout’s CEO Christina Gagnier and Lead
Designgineer Carter Fort will demo the JobScout iOS application following the speakers.
Through the mobile app, JobScout hopes to bring the power of their platform into the hands of
those who may not have easy access to a computer. Further, the app will make it easier for
young Millennials to learn resume building and other job seeking skills. Millennial
unemployment figures currently hover around 25%.
Features of the JobScout iOS app include:
• Lessons on using the Internet for job opportunities;
• Gamified platform where users can earn badges for completed lessons;
• “One Stop Job Shop” lets users search for openings, save listings, apply and track your
progress with interview dates and times;
• ResumeBuilder, a fill-in-the-blank resume system;
• One button submission process with pre-formatted cover letters; and
• Out-of-the-box ideas for earning money through micro-entrepreneurship through
TaskRabbit, Etsy and other innovative work ideas.
JobScout is a cost-effective, self-guided solution for users who want to make the job search
process more effective and efficient. JobScout also offers white-label solutions for institutions
that want to provide job search and education resources to their community.
JobScout’s iOS launch event will take place at the San Francisco Public Library in the
Latino/Hispanic Meeting Room, Main Library, Lower Level on January 29, 2013, 3:00 – 4:30
p.m. Committed to getting the web and mobile application into the hands of San Francisco
residents, on-site training will be provided by the JobScout team pre-event for those who need
assistance in learning how to use JobScout.

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JobScout was created by co-founders Christina Gagnier, Stephanie Margossian and Carter
Fort. The trio has since formed parent company TRAIL to house JobScout and other
applications just like it. Plans are in the works for a similar application in the healthcare and
education space. For more information, visit myjobscout.org or discovertrail.com.
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