Elli Sharef Founded HireArt to Go Beyond Resumes and Cover Letters
There are many job listing websites on the Internet, but the vast majority of them amount to a simple position and résumé aggregator. While they make it easier to find potential jobs and candidates by pooling them all into one place online, most sites don’t try anything that significantly affects or changes the hiring process. Elli Sharef is a cool person in technology who believes this is a missed opportunity to take advantage of the Internet and new technology. To address this, she founded HireArt, a startup focused on finding ways to enhance the job application process. Like other job listing sites, HireArt has companies post available positions and applicants make personal profiles to apply. However, applicants do not simply upload or copy over their résumé when making their HireArt profile. HireArt requires potential applicants to provide work samples and complete an interview that is specific to the type of work they wish to find. Sharef herself is the main developer of HireArt’s interviews. Generally, Sharef’s interviews include two written responses and two video responses for each candidate. If you want to create a HireArt profile, but have trouble using a webcam for video replies, you will need home computer support to assist you.
Sharef and her team don’t stop once an applicant has completed their profile. Sharef assigns “reviewers” to each profile submitted to the site. Reviewers go over profiles in detail and match up candidates with the jobs for which they are most qualified. The HireArt website claims this process takes 1-2 weeks. HireArt also offers optional coaching sessions, which users can sign up for to speak to reviewers. Reviewers supply advice about a user’s interview and résumé. In a way, it’s like tech support, but for the hiring process. Sharef clearly wants to separate her website from more basic job listing services.
Sharef graduated from Yale with a degree in history in 2007. She founded and directed an international affairs publication network for several years before shifting careers to marketing. Just before founding HireArt, she was a product marketing manager at Apollo Group where her main client was the University of Phoenix.
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