CareerScribe Launches Beta Version of First Web Platform for Career Management
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Career Management, Job Search and Networking Web Tool Available Today to Professionals and Companies INDIANAPOLIS--(Business Wire)-- CareerScribe, LLC, the first Web site to offer job-seekers a single platform for career management, today announces the launch of its Beta version that has been redesigned around the idea of sharing. Users can now share their professional profile with anyone, providing a more socially networked user experience. By simply clicking on `Share`, professionals can directly email a protected link of theirCareerScribeprofiles to any prospective company or contact regardless of whetherthe recipient is a member of the CareerScribenetwork, making CareerScribe truly the resume of the 21st century. "We are excited to provide users with a powerful means of sharing their career story with professionals who are important to their advancement," said Jeff Bockelman, founder and president of CareerScribe. "With unemployment at 8.1%, many job-seekers are asking, `How do I stand apart from the stack of traditional paper resumes?` The answer is simple. Be proactive by giving prospective employers a comprehensive professional profile before it is requested. By using CareerScribe, job-seekers are demonstrating initiative, creativity, progressiveness, thoroughness, organization and most of all credibility. It goes far beyond the resume." In addition to what`s new, the Beta version sports an interactive Dashboard page including news from CareerScribe, best practices, video tips, a question and answer center and potential job opportunities. CareerScribe is a unique career management platform that allows candidates to scrapbook their careers with its exclusive CareerTracker feature, upload self-introduction videos and store any supporting documentation (including, of course, a resume). Professionals use the CareerTracker to showcase accomplishments by uploading supporting documents highlighting promotions, awards and other successes. Also, professionals may take advantage of self-introduction videos, which make the perfect first impression every time. By presenting key accomplishments in this virtual portfolio, professionals are supplying potential employers with desired information that simply cannot be shared in the traditional paper resume. CareerScribe is free for professionals. Companies pay an annual subscription fee. About CareerScribe, LLC CareerScribe is a one-stop career management resource for professionals and employers. Offering one-of-a-kind career tracking features and platform to upload self-introduction videos, it was founded by local Indianapolis entrepreneur, Jeff Bockelman in May of 2008. For CareerScribe, LLC Christy Oberley, 317-202-2280 XT. 16 christy@dittoepr.com Copyright Business Wire 2009
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