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In a challenging economic environment, we often assume that the number of unemployed provides target rich active candidates that are easily assessable. The unexpected complication however reveals a more complex introduction exchange between recruiter and job seeker. The disenfranchised effected by layoffs likewise become disconnected from their corporate brand, corporate emails bounce, corporate numbers become disconnected – often relegating name generation research to a short shelf life. The under employed is likewise an under appreciated statistic within the latest employment discussions and their job title and employer on a social media profile doesn’t provide the complete picture of the availability. Basically, the robust people finding utility can only be as useful as the up-to-date status of individual profiles and the energies we invest in reading ‘between the lines’.

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Climber’s Catalyst approaches the challenges described handedly. It was designed specifically to enhance the recruiter to job seeker, relationship experience through a seamless capability for introductions. It can create instant networks then transition to Linkedin or other social media applications – introducing them to existing targets among college educated professionals within a salary range of $50k to $160k. Though each are subscription based, the similarities with the Ladders, ends there. Climber’s Catalyst provides both employers and candidates with an actual marketing and distribution platform, in addition to SalesForce Automation Software to support its backend aspects.

Climber’s Catalyst utilizes a sales-oriented approach to track source destinations, and to market prospects to potential recruiters to gain momentum in their career journey. It provides a workable technology solution similar to the metric aspects commonly associated as strengths of a CRM. Staffing organizations can access the ratio of how best to qualify process aspects; i.e., how many actual leads to connection to the pivot point of an actual resume sent, to the number of interviews established to accomplish an actual hire.

Catalyst is built upon a modular platform which allows organizations to instantly connect, in a very targeted, precise manner and it can do so, ‘socially’ all from one place. Recruiters can access Catalyst’s Resume Center –whereas Job Seekers can modify their existing resume to fit a particular job opening. With an enterprise account, if 5 or more recruiters from a corporate brand are interested, Catalyst can build them a free micro-site, with video etc to brand the employer experience.

A Unique, Corporate Branded, Social Integration Like No Other

Through Catalyst’s distribution network, jobs are viewed by 27 million unique visitors a month. The Network directs traffic to over 330 distributed, search optimized job sites. Recruiters can SEO their own individual profiles across the major search engines with a consistent, corporate branded experience. Furthermore, Catalyst offers the unique extras that are unmatched in this arena, with search optimized, branded video housed on-site that can likewise be distributed to across social media networks or shared anonymously. Multiple twitter feeds can be fed, as well as LinkedIn profiles with auto-update/auto-tweet. Moreover, catalyst offers candidate feeds/job tweets with dynamic content easily accessible for a user friendly , eye catching experience.

Climber’s Catalyst offers 3 types of distribution networks:

(1) narrow – Company XY wants java programmers for example, a corporate recruiter can click and immediately distribute within their network to attract referrals; (2) industry oriented – say for example, nurses in Denver, or all healthcare at once within an associated in geographic area;
(3) geographic radius specific – within a 50 mile radius, or broader.

A recruiter or a candidate can import their Linkedin network or specific individuals to heighten the effectiveness of their efforts and create targeted emails which can reach up to 5,000 people at a time.

A One Click, One Stop Jobs connector on Linkedin and Throughout

The tactics to the networking strategy are maximized with Catalyst’s click frequency of auto posting to multiple LinkedIn and twitter accts; to include auto hash tags and even a tiny url. It creates a focused way to harness social media with click through metrics provided that pin point effectively to your featured jobs. The platform allows auto access to your network email enhancing the number of successful candidate opt-in’s. A recruiter can even advertise within your LinkedIn profile – advertising jobs, and an open invite to ‘connect with Climber’s Catalyst profiles to redirect interested applicants.

The job feeds are likewise easily reconfigured by importance in real-time; a recruiter can rotate jobs up or down according to their individual priority. The widget capability can even be made available to niche blogs, and just as easily updated hourly to highlight your jobs.

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I will continue to keep you informed as Climber’s Catalyst“>Climber Catalyst and their broader suite of products evolve. Their intriguing use of social media tells as much about how technologies are providing job seekers another look.

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For more info on my buddies and a great use of social media to benefit your career and talent searches, check out catalyst.climber.com or call 888-815-9677 – tell them El Dave sent ya!

Do You Pass the Smell Test? Mike & Nick Convey the Sniff ….

What to do at the Interview? You landed the an interview with the company of your dreams. This will help you understand what to do at the interview.

What should you keep in mind when creating your resume. Mike and Nick cover the top three mistakes and the top three rules for building a great resume.

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Michael (Mike) O’Brien is currently CEO of Climber.com The company produces a Recruiting Platform that helps today’s Recruitment Professionals source Qualified, Available and Interested (QAI) Candidates by combining advanced techniques like Career Purposed Social Networking™, Search Engine Optimization and Video with traditional online recruitment strategies like job postings. Through his leadership and vision Climber.com has gone from concept to one of the most innovative companies in the recruitment space. For its members, Climber.com offers an anonymous platform to network with recruiters and hiring managers who can help advance their careers. For organizations, the company offers cutting edge products such as Search Engine Optimized Microsites, Video Job Postings, and a Social Recruiting Platform known as Catalyst. In June of 2007, AC Nielsen named Climber.com the tenth most visited career site. Climber.com has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, US News and World Report and Media Life Magazine.

Mike was most recently co-founder and CEO of financialaid.com, a pioneer in providing college finance solutions online. Founded in 2000, financialaid.com became one of the most successful student loan companies in the U.S., capitalizing on Mike’s direction and innovative Internet marketing strategies. Today, financialaid.com funds more than $45 million in student loans each month. At financialaid.com, Mike conceptualized and created CampusDirt.com (at the time, the number one online college search engine), RateYourCampus.com (online feedback community) and CampusClix.com (a college social networking website). In October of 2004, Mike sold financialaid.com and properties to Education Lending Group (now Student Loan Xpress) which in turn was purchased by CIT (NYSE: CIT) for $400MM in January 2005. He remained CEO/President of financialaid.com until his exit in December 05.

Utilized as a media expert in higher education finance and Internet marketing, Mike has been interviewed by numerous national television and print news media — including The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, NBC Nightly News, Fox News Network, the Chicago Tribune and Kiplingers — regarding the widening college affordability gap and the resulting growing demand for student loans, student loan consolidation and online marketing trends. Mike also has delivered speeches on Internet marketing trends and techniques at the CEO West Conference (Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization) and the National CEO Conference in Washington, DC.

Mike: Married and a dad. I have three boys. My oldest is Grayson he will be 4 in November, My middle boy is Lincoln. My youngest boy, Justice. We are thinking about having one more… trying for a little girl.

I am an avid runner. I started running a few years ago and by the age of 36 I have completed 4 half marathons. In 2007 I ran the ING Bay to Breakers in San Francisco which was a blast.

In my last business, I appeared on the reality TV show “Starting Over” to help a woman re-enter college. It was awesome being able to help out a person in need and see the way a reality show is put together.

I have been a Board of Director of the Fresno State Alumni Association and stay committed to helping people looking to better themselves though education.

Six Degrees: How did you get started in the staffing industry?

Mike: I fell in love with the recruiting space in 2003. Nick Jimenez invited me to come to a ERE trade show and see the technology that existed. I was amazed at the lack of innovation at that time. Even though the world had move to the web, there was little technologically that was making a recruiter’s job easier. In fact, the big boards were compounding the problem by sending more less qualified resumes that ever before. I thought there must be a better way and Climber.com was born.

Six Degrees: What single event had the most impact on your sourcing/recruiting career?

Mike: I think the ERE Trade that I mentioned earlier had the most impact on me. It was there that I was baffled that technology had not solved the people problem. Everyone knows what the problem is, but, there is little incentive to improve the recruitment process until corporate leadership and HR’s goals are aligned. Most people speak about ‘A’ Talent, yet they are measured by statistics that ultimately equate to buts in seats.

Do you have a mentor to whom you attribute your overall outlook on recruitment, capabilities, and/or model your career after?

Mike: I have been lucky enough to be surrounded by some great people. Each day I learn more about the industry from Nick Jimenez. I also have been lucky enough to hear some great speakers like Jeremy Eskenazi who have had a positive impact on me.

Six Degrees: (A) What other companies’ recruiting operations do you admire or have heard are best-practice examples?

Mike: I love companies who understand how their employment brand differs from their overall company brand. Starbucks and Google are great examples, but ING Direct and Net App both resonate with our user base as well.

Six Degrees: (B) In what aspects are they superior?

Mike: All of these organizations understand that the Employment Brand encompasses the every interaction between the company and prospective employee. It continues even if a person has not been selected. These companies understand that their prospective employees in many cases are also customers.

Six Degrees: What recent general news story or industry trend do you feel will have an impact on your work in the future? Why?

Mike: Even in the current economic state there is a war for talent. I think the impact of the boomers retiring will have a big impact on where organizations are going to have gaps. Our focus as a company is helping organizations get to unique sets of candidates as the younger generations shy away from the big boards and choose other avenues to find a new employer.

In our next issue – I’ll introduce What’s cool tomorrow that’s actually available for you – today!

I am not actively seeking a job now, can Climber Premier help me get recruited?

Climber Premier helps you build a personal brand and creates a way for recruiters to find you when they search in the major search engines through our search engine optimization technologies. Even if you are not actively looking, creating a personal brand helps establish you as a leader in your industry. Plus, employees who are recruited for a new job earn 15% more on average compared to those who applied for the job.

What is a Career Fingerprint™ and how do I get one?

The Career Fingerprint™ is a visual representation of your career value set.

What is the process for creating a Career Fingerprint™ and Climber.com profile?

As a Climber you’ll undertake our patented work values assessment process, which tracks your views on different aspects of yourself and your work life. Once completed this generates the Career Fingerprint™, which assigns your points across seven different key dimensions – Leadership, Environment, Compensation, Innovation, Social Factors, Prestige, and Social Values. Then, the Climber.com profile section asks a series of questions that help Climbers identity what they are most passionate about.

How does Climber.com match me with prospective companies?

This is the magic! Your Career Fingerprint™ and each target company’s DNA are compared to find the best environments for you. Additionally your basic skill sets are evaluated against hundreds of thousands of companies to complete a match.

What is a company’s DNA?

A company’s DNA goes beyond the heartbeat of a company; it’s what drives that heartbeat; the workplace values and vision that make up the core of an organization and motivate its best and most talented employees. At Climber.com, we have developed a methodology to identify a Company’s DNA that allows us to ensure that our Climbers can make the perfect match with their prospective employers.

How soon will it be before I start receiving requests from employers to review my profile?

We believe in matching you with companies whose company DNA aligns well with your Career Fingerprint™. You may find that we already have the perfect job waiting for you! If not we’ll keep looking and when we find the right opportunity, we’ll contact you.

Can I search for jobs or do I just sit back and get recruited?

You can search jobs and invite companies to review your profile. So, if you are actively looking for a new job you can prompt recruiters to look into your profile, real-time.

I just want to look for jobs. Is this the right site for me?

There are plenty of job sites out there. What we do best is help you understand yourself and reveal what types of jobs/companies you will best fit. This entails completing a workplace values assessment process and answering some thought provoking questions. Climber.com is not a ‘done and done’ process – we’re a career advancement tool that can help you throughout your working life. As you develop new interests and skills, your Climber.com profile will change as well, allowing companies to review the most up to date and relevant data about you at any time.
I am a recruiter or company who wants to find the best people for our open positions. What do I do now?

Climber.com is very selective about our partner companies. If you feel that your company offers a dynamic, forward thinking environment, please contact Nick Jimenez at nickj@climber.com.

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My buddy, Mike O’Brien, CEO of Climber.com reached out last week to update me on the progress of Climber’s free resume database which delivers qualified, available and interested candidates to your inbox. More than 1 million college educated job seekers who earn on average of over $50,000 visit Climber.com each month. Climber is offering to deliver even more targeted candidates, absolutely at no charge!

Climber offers its job seekers SEO methodologies and Unsurpassed Candidate Marketing: They actively market job seekers to 70k+ recruiters through email, RSS and Twitter. You may have read about Climber on U.S. News and World report, The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek and Media Life.

Climber.com’s hot candidate sheet is a free source of the hottest candidates from the Climber.com database. The Hot Candidate sheet contains Candidate highlights including industry, occupation, location, phone number email address and skills.

Simple and Valuable!
This free tool is simple to use and creates targeted lists of candidates based upon an individual Recruiters criteria. For example, a recruiter can select to receive Software Engineers who earn between $75,000 and $125,000 with 5 years of experience and live in Silicon Valley. Recruiters also choose how often they wish to receive the Hot Candidate Sheet. A Recruiter can set up their requirements in less than 5 minutes!

Just The Good Stuff
The layout and format is very easy to read only focusing on those things that are important to the recruiter. A recruiter can quickly scan the Hot Candidate Sheet to see if there are any candidates that match their current or future needs. The users contact information is included and there is a link to download their professional online resume.

Cant Beat the Price
The Hot Candidate Sheet is a free service of Climber.com.

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Michael (Mike) O’Brien is currently CEO of Climber.com. Through his leadership and vision Climber.com has gone from concept to one of the most innovative companies in the recruitment space. For its members, Climber.com offers an anonymous platform to network with recruiters and hiring managers who can help advance their careers. For organizations, the company offers cutting edge products such as Search Engine Optimized Microsites, Video Job Postings, and a Social Recruiting Platform known as Catalyst. In June of 2007, AC Nielsen named Climber.com the tenth most visited career site. Climber.com has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, US News and World Report and Media Life Magazine.

Mike was most recently co-founder and CEO of financialaid.com, a pioneer in providing college finance solutions online. Founded in 2000, financialaid.com became one of the most successful student loan companies in the U.S., capitalizing on Mike’s direction and innovative Internet marketing strategies. Today, financialaid.com funds more than $45 million in student loans each month. At financialaid.com, Mike conceptualized and created CampusDirt.com (at the time, the number one online college search engine), RateYourCampus.com (online feedback community) and CampusClix.com (a college social networking website). In October of 2004, Mike sold financialaid.com and properties to Education Lending Group (now Student Loan Xpress) which in turn was purchased by CIT (NYSE: CIT) for $400MM in January 2005. He remained CEO/President of financialaid.com until his exit in December 05.

Utilized as a media expert in higher education finance and Internet marketing, Mike has been interviewed by numerous national television and print news media — including The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, NBC Nightly News, Fox News Network, the Chicago Tribune and Kiplingers — regarding the widening college affordability gap and the resulting growing demand for student loans, student loan consolidation and online marketing trends. Mike also has delivered speeches on Internet marketing trends and techniques at the CEO West Conference (Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization) and the National CEO Conference in Washington, DC.

Q& A with Mike O’Brien

Six Degrees: Tell us of your home world.

Mike: Been married for 8 years and a dad for almost 4 years. I have three boys all age under 4 years old. My oldest is Grayson he will be 4 in November, My middle boy is Lincoln and he is almost 2.5 years old. My youngest boy, Justice, will turn 1 in December. We are thinking about having one more… trying for a little girl.

I am an avid runner. I started running about two years ago at the age of 36 and have completed 4 half marathons. Last year I ran the ING Bay to Breakers in San Francisco which was a blast.

In my last business, I appeared on the reality TV show “Starting Over” to help a woman re-enter college. It was awesome being able to help out a person in need and see the way a reality show is put together.

I have been a Board of Director of the Fresno State Alumni Association and stay committed to helping people looking to better themselves though education.

Six Degrees: How did you get started in the staffing industry?

Mike: I fell in love with the recruiting space in 2003. Nick Jimenez invited me to come to a ERE trade show and see the technology that existed. I was amazed at the lack of innovation at that time. Even though the world had move to the web, there was little technologically that was making a recruiter’s job easier. In fact, the big boards were compounding the problem by sending more less qualified resumes that ever before. I thought there must be a better way and Climber.com was born.

Six Degrees: What single event had the most impact on your sourcing/recruiting career?

Mike: I think the ERE Trade that I mentioned earlier had the most impact on me. It was there that I was baffled that technology had not solved the people problem. Everyone knows what the problem is, but, there is little incentive to improve the recruitment process until corporate leadership and HR’s goals are aligned. Most people speak about ‘A’ Talent, yet they are measured by statistics that ultimately equate to buts in seats.

Do you have a mentor to whom you attribute your overall outlook on recruitment, capabilities, and/or model your career after?

Mike: I have been lucky enough to be surrounded by some great people. Each day I learn more about the industry from Nick Jimenez. I also have been lucky enough to hear some great speakers like Jeremy Eskenazi who have had a positive impact on me.

Six Degrees: (A) What other companies’ recruiting operations do you admire or have heard are best-practice examples?

Mike: I love companies who understand how their employment brand differs from their overall company brand. Starbucks and Google are great examples, but ING Direct and Net App both resonate with our userbase as well.

(B) In what aspects are they superior?

Mike: All of these organizations understand that the Employment Brand encompasses the every interaction between the company and prospective employee. It continues even if a person has not been selected. These companies understand that their prospective employees in many cases are also customers.

Six Degrees: What recent general news story or industry trend do you feel will have an impact on your work in the future? Why?

Mike: Even in the current economic state there is a war for talent. I think the impact of the boomers retiring will have a big impact on where organizations are going to have gaps. Our focus as a company is helping organizations get to unique sets of candidates as the younger generations shy away from the big boards and choose other avenues to find a new employer.

Mike O’Brien, a friend of SixDegreesfromDave.com and featured previously has developed an innovative product and he has invited SixdegreesfromDave.com members to try it out, for a 90 day trial!

His company, Climber.com has put together some huge relationships with major job boards and are driving a lot of traffic and they need more recruiters for their uptick in user traffic.

They have developed a social recruiting platform that enables you to source quality candidates, quickly. It gets you into search engines for the search terms your candidates use. Try it yourself once you develop an acount, say “Dallas Based Programmer, OR “PL SQL Career”, you get the point, Catalyst will do it for you. It sends your jobs to thousands f qualified candidates with a click of a button. Less work, more placements. Try it out and give Mike and his team feedback. I’d be particularly interested in hearing about your experience!

They have built a slick process. Please use the following link in your email for your users to get the 90 day free trial.

REGISTER:
http://catalyst.climber.com?source=sixdegrees&hid=sixdegrees

When a user clicks through on this page, you will get a nice welcome message that explains the process… Check it out for yourself.

A Message from our Friends at Climber.com
We have great news, our friends at Climber.com are now registering upwards of 10,000 new Candidates
daily! Additionally, they?ve added some must have productivity tools that enable you to:

* Quickly build large networks and source Candidates Directly from Climber.com
* Deploy an effective Search Engine Optimization strategy to source targeted Candidates from Google, Yahoo etc.
* Leverage Free Job Postings on Climber.com and Distribution to over 300 Partner Sites

Mike O’Brien and the gang at Climber.com are extending you a FREE 3 month trial, with no obligations! To come back and experience all the positive changes for yourself. As an added bonus, they are now offering weekly training courses to help their Users discover how the most successful Recruiters are sourcing hard to find candidates every day.

*** SixDegreesfromDave has NO financial interests pertaining to this Climber product referral whatsoever.

Dave Mendoza
SixDegreesfromDave.com

By Dave Mendoza

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Michael (Mike) O’Brien is currently CEO of Climber.com. Through his leadership and vision Climber.com has gone from concept to one of the most innovative companies in the recruitment space. For its members, Climber.com offers an anonymous platform to network with recruiters and hiring managers who can help advance their careers. For organizations, the company offers cutting edge products such as Search Engine Optimized Microsites, Video Job Postings, and a Social Recruiting Platform known as Catalyst. In June of 2007, AC Nielsen named Climber.com the tenth most visited career site. Climber.com has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, US News and World Report and Media Life Magazine.

Six Degrees: Tell us about Your Company

Mike: Climber.com is a Recruiting Platform that helps today’s Recruitment Professionals source Qualified, Available and Interested (QAI) Candidates by combining advanced techniques like Career Purposed Social Networking™, Search Engine Optimization and Video with traditional online recruitment strategies like job postings.

Climber.com continues to innovative and deliver higher quality Candidates, faster.

Six Degrees: How was Your Company Founded?

Mike: After selling my last business and attending the ERE Trade show, we started Climber.com as a candidate matching site. We have moved way beyond that and now focus on new media as a way to interact with unique candidate pools.

Six Degrees: Where did you go and find investors?

Mike: I went to friends and family and investors from my prior business. I also have funded a lot of it myself.

Six Degrees: Your Company’s Value Proposition ?

Mike: We provide access to unique candidates and productivity tools that are best of breed in a cost effective fashion.

Six Degrees: What is the pricing structure for your services/products?

Mike: We offer Microsites that index and Search Engine Optimize all a companies jobs, these are very cost effective. We offer Video Job Postings that are distributed to 45 video sites online and also search engine optimized. These are great for the roles that an organizations fills over and over. The Video Job Postings last for years. We also offer traditional job postings with targeted email campaigns that deliver twice as many clicks per posting and the big boards.

We also offer Catalyst.climber.com which is an essential tool for Social Recruiting. It automatically creates networks of candidates who match the recruiters needs. Imagine 200 Software engineers who want to be recruited and match your needs instantly available for you to network with. Plus, the tool also allows you to send emails to large groups, request referrals, post splits and source candidates.

Six Degrees: What is the future for Your Company?

Mike: We believe that our success will be determined by our ability to help organizations reach candidates who are not using the big job boards.

Six Degrees: Do you blog?

Mike: Yes, I have been writing a entrepreneurial blog for a few years. In 2005, it was featured as Blog of Note on blogger.com. You can check it out here http://climber-com.blogspot.com/

Six Degrees: Tell me something others may not know about you.

Mike: I am a geek at heart. I love new technology. If I do not have a computer in from of me I am probably playing with my kids.