An app that allows job-seekers to upload videos on its portal to “sell” themselves and their skills launched this week.
The MrEmploy app promises to help employers nationally quickly find the right staff and enable job-seekers to easily find work.
MrEmploy MD Ryan Oettle says the video aspect of applying in the app gives job-seekers a chance to “market” themselves and give prospective employers a glimpse of the candidate. The video will be a 15-second introductory clip.
According to Oettle, prospective employers pay R100 for each job they upload. While the service is free for job-seekers, candidates can pay a small fee to boost their profiles for jobs in which they are particularly interested.
“Using MrEmploy, a job-seeker creates a profile which includes a standardised micro CV, a photograph and a 15-second video. Creating a profile is quick; that is what sets us apart from other employment apps,” claims Oettle.
Candidates will only see the jobs they qualify for and must ‘thumbs-up’ the positions they are interested in on their devices. The prospective employer then receives a notification and can scan the job-seeker’s profile and view the candidate’s video.
According to Oettle, there are currently about 70 prospective employers and 1 200 candidates using the portal.
Oettle points out the iOS and Android app is ideal for businesses of any size in retail, services, food, sales and entertainment environments. The app also targets young job-seekers, many of whom have smartphones.
The app’s operating system uses algorithms to detect factors such as language, location, transport, gender, salary, and assigns an applicability score.
“After the application process has been finished, there have to be a mutual ‘thumbs-up’ by both the applicant and prospective employer. Applicants that find positions are instantly removed from the app.”
Oettle says the company does not receive any money when someone is hired, as it is only interested in facilitating hiring and also wants to leave users to hire or be hired without feeling financially pressured into their decisions.
He says the company has started to work with several recruitment agencies that want to streamline and fast-track their processes.
Lane Technologies developed both the app and Web site version of MrEmploy.
According to Oettle, MrEmploy was established by a team of business owners frustrated by piles of CVs, time-wasting interviews and expensive recruitment costs.
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