The document summarizes a new job matching service called GradLaddr that aims to help recent graduates find jobs that match their qualifications by connecting them directly to relevant job postings. It utilizes a "Magic Box" system that assigns job and skill characteristics to better match students to employers. The founders have backgrounds in business, design, and computer science. They see a need to improve upon existing job boards and networking platforms by facilitating more transparent and bilateral interactions between job seekers and hirers.

1. The First Rung

2. Our Team
● Seth Saler - B.A. Furman ‘14
● Grant Kozak - B.A. Furman ‘13
● Charlie Weston - B.F.A SCAD ‘13
● Joe Maley - B.S. Clemson ‘14

3. The Problem
● Graduates have difficulty finding jobs they qualify for.
● Employers have difficulty finding qualified graduates.
● There is no service that caters to this discrepancy.

4. The Solution
● A two-pronged product
o For the student:
 a clear, clean user interface
 a streamlined submission process
 access to accurate and relevant postings
 curated lists of jobs with matching qualifications and interests
o For the employer:
 access to qualified and specialized candidates
 a user interface that follows the “inbox” analogy
 automated sorting and “sifting” of applicants
 ability to search for students/graduates with matching criteria

5. The Product: Students
● Ability to search and apply; quick and pain-free
o Ease of engagement
o Ease of use
● A Tinder or Pandora-inspired binary decision tree
● A clean user interface with a focus on mobile
● One-time data entry with résumé and education/job
information integration
o One time form entry
o 3rd party integration through web extensions
● Career Fair mode
o Students/graduates flag themselves as “searching”
and companies can reach out to individuals and
encourage them to apply

6. The Product: Employers
● Publish jobs to careers page, other sites, and GradLaddr
● Progress-tracking and automatic applicant notification, including:
o Current application status
 Résumé & application received, read, processed, etc.
 Scheduling phone screens, in-person interviews, etc.
o Current job opening status
o Number of other applicants
● Replicate workflows, job listings, etc.
● Career Fair mode:
o Ability to search for students/graduates that have flagged themselves
“searching”

7. The Competition
● Indeed
● LinkedIn
● Monster
● Craigslist
● CareerBuilder
● University Job Boards
What makes our search different?
→ The Magic Box

8. The Magic Box
● Labor genome project
o Jobs and job skills are assigned
characteristics or “genes”
o An n-dimensional database of genes
corresponds to these characteristics
o Similar job listings are generated using
a modified “least squares”
● Through this process:
o We match students directly to job
listings
o We provide employers with access to
qualified and specialized students

9. Our Niche
● Not a passive connection network
o LinkedIn creates a placebo effect
● Not simply a job listing network
o Monster demands unnecessary and ineffectual efforts
● We focus on making more success for college students and
graduates
o Research, internships, and experience jobs
● We focus on bilateral interaction
o Better and transparent dialogue

10. Our Potential
● Location and proximity based employment
● GradLaddr scholarship fund
● Partnerships and recruitment with University Career
Services
● Anonymous review process for professors, colleagues,
or classmates
● Automatic data pulls from University resources

11. Our Production Cycle
● Initial round of funding mid Q1 2015
● Exploration of sales venues & prototyping throughout
Q1 and Q2 2015
● Possible pilot program Q3 2015
● Product will reach deployment stage before culmination
of winter 2015

12. Next Steps
● Consider all monetization methods
● Consultation with businesses about HR practices
● Roll out of front end client (student interface)
● Design and implementation of back end server
● Pilot program