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Brief Summary
Standout Jobs, Inc. is a startup based in Montreal, QC Canada that makes Reception, a suite of web-based tools to power companies online recruiting efforts. Standout Jobs was founded by Benjamin Yoskovitz (CEO), Fred Ngo (CTO) and Austin Hill (Chairman & Angel Investor) in February 2007.
Reception allows companies to create interactive, content-rich Career Sites that build employer brand and active talent networks. Companies can promote themselves more effectively, market jobs, gain metrics on job board spending, track candidates through the hiring process and build on-going relationships with prospects.
Press Releases
- Standout Jobs Adds Applicant Tracking to Online Career Sites - CEO to Speak at ERE Expo in San Diego, March 31 to April 2 April 2nd, 2008
- Standout Jobs and CUhire Provide Free Job and Career Sites for Credit Unions March 26th, 2008
- Standout Jobs Announces Funding from Montreal Start Up March 10th, 2008
- Standout Jobs Launches RECEPTION, a Self-Serve Web-based Employer Branding and Recruiting Product, at DEMO Conference January 28th, 2008
- Standout Jobs Raises $2 Million Financing from iNovia Capital January 28th, 2008
I’m a bit late with this news, having spent the day at ERE Expo in San Diego, but we did put out a press release about some new functionality in our Candidate Relationship Management Tool. This is an area of the product where we’re adding some good functionality to improve the experie...
I’m very pleased to be announcing a partnership with CUhire to provide credit unions with our product, Reception. CUhire focuses exclusively on helping credit unions with their recruiting efforts, and there was a natural fit for us to work together - leveraging CUhire’s expertise in t...
Today, Fred and I attended the press conference announcing the launch of Montreal Start Up, a new fund dedicated to early stage investments in Montreal. It’s a great initiative run by John Stokes and Daniel Drouet. And we’re pleased to announce that Montreal Start Up (or MSU for shor...
PALM DESERT, CA, January 28, 2008 – Standout Jobs, a startup in the recruiting and online job market space, today launches RECEPTION™, a new employer branding and Web-based recruiting product. The launch takes place from DEMO 08, the conference where the newest and best products in digital techno...
Montreal, Canada, January 28, 2008 - iNovia Capital, a manager of seed and early stage venture capital funds, which invest in sectors such as software, semiconductors, medical devices, biopharmaceuticals, cleantech and advanced technologies, today announced that it has made a $2 million investmen...
Press Coverage
- ERE: What’s Hot in Recruiting for 2008? February 21st, 2008
- Jobacle: Stop Losing Out on Great Talent February 13th, 2008
- JOBMATCHBOX: Next Generation Recruiting Tools That Empower Recruiters January 30th, 2008
- VentureBeat: DEMO - A Roundup of Companies Presenting January 28th, 2008
- Mashable: Bookmark and Share Potential Employees with Standout Jobs January 28th, 2008
From Kevin Wheeler | ERE: We are finally seeing some really cool tools that allow any size organization to put up a great recruiting website. One of the best of the tools is provided by Standout Jobs. By using a flexible modular approach, a recruiting team can put together websites with video, pi...
From Jobacle: From a jobseeker’s perspective, Standout Jobs does help make the featured companies a little less intimidating and more likely to grab one’s attention. The Reception service, which starts at $149 a month (90-day free trial), appears to be a no-brainer for stodgy companies look...
From Jobmatchbox: I can’t believe that it was that easy! Now I can keep track of candidates that I found with Linkedin and also keep track of communication with them before it ever goes into my ATS. I would have killed for something like this when I was an agency recruiter. Kudos to the team at...
From VentureBeat: STANDOUT JOBS, of Montreal, Canada, is launching Reception, a new job recruiting Web site where companies can use social networking tools to create an “employer brand.” Features include a career site that can be customized with polls, Q&As and comments; video capabilities; ...
From Mashable: While most job sites launching these days have a heavy focus on combining social networking with the larger job search process, Standout Jobs has a narrowed approach on helping companies improve the way in which they present themselves to the world (i.e. potential hires) and how th...