profile updated Apr 29, 2008, 3:40 PM
Here's a startup with an interesting premise: Career guidance based on the wisdom of the masses and you. The masses part comes from the farming of publicly available resumes, then slicing and dicing the information (wisdom, if you will) to be found there.
The you part is your own background, education, job experience and personality.
How exactly Path 101 will put this together is still a few months off. But from what we've seen and read, the process works something like this:
- Jobseeker compares their resume to others to get a sense of what others with similar backgrounds do. Have an English lit degree and want to see what other English lit majors with your life and work experience are doing? Turn to Path 101 to discover the possibilities.
- Now, if you want, you can take personality tests to help narrow down the scope. You may never have thought about being a corporate product trainer, but your personality profile might point you that way.
- Then, in time, as the Path 101 community grows, you can discuss life as a corporate trainer with those actively engaged in the activity.
Now you know why the founders call Path 101 “career discovery on the web.”
Here's the mission statement, taken right from the Web site: "The site helps everyone from college students to professionals in late-career transition figure out their next career steps using analysis of publicly available resumes and profiles, community powered advice, and personality assessments. Job candidates can figure out what "people like me" are doing with their careers and the site aims to be the first stop for career research – what it calls "pre-Monster.com"."
Founders Charlie O’Donnell and Alex Lines snagged $350,000 in seed money last fall from an extensive list of investors. They'll be are hunting for millions in late summer 2008.
One more FAQ for you. How will Path 101 make money? Advertising, job postings and access to jobseekers. Eventually.
