Applying for a job is often a numbers game. You track hundreds of jobs on an Excel sheet, sift through links and portals to check progress and application statuses. To any jobseeker that knows the drill, it can be difficult to stay organized.
According to Glassdoor, each corporate job offer on average attracts 250 resumes, and Careerbuilder says job-seekers spend an average of 11 hours per week looking for a job. Long story short, the hunt to be hired is hard.
So 19-year-old local student Eric Burnett wants to streamline that hunt. Burnett is the founder and developer behind EmployAmp, a project looking to create a management system specifically for job seekers.
Burnett, a sophomore at John Tyler Community College, studies engineering. EmployAmp is still working toward a launch, but he’s been developing the service since April 2017.
“Paper is hard to organize, and Excel can take time to customize enough to work well,” said Burnett. “EmployAmp is the solution.”
He said the inspiration for the service came from realizing there is “no prominent (management system) for job seekers.”
The service will help users save job postings and track application statuses. You can go to sites like Glassdoor or Monster and save jobs directly to your EmployAmp dashboard, saving yourself from being overloaded with tabs.
Users can upload resumes and cover letters and sync appointments and interviews with existing calendars. With a mobile app for iOS and Android, EmployAmp can also send reminders and alerts for upcoming interviews.
“Our focus is on building powerful features that will augment the job-seeking process more intelligently and efficiently.”
Burnett is focused on measuring interest, and soon plans to launch a free beta version of the platform. According to the EmployAmp website, it will have three different plans: a 7-day free trial, $10 monthly membership and value membership – $48 for 6 months.
He said EmployAmp’s two biggest competitors are StartWire, a job search organizer, and Huntr, deemed “ground control for your job search.” According its website, StartWire has more than 6 million members and an employer network of about 21,000.
“The biggest difference is that EmployAmp will be a more comprehensive CRM” Burnett said. “Many job-hunting CRMs only support a couple of platforms and let you store info only about the job posting itself.”
He added that the application’s browser extension is supported on all major internet browsers, and allow users to import and store info about companies, contacts, files and calendar events in addition to job postings.
“Our focus is on building powerful features that will augment the job-seeking process more intelligently and efficiently,” Burnett said.
