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Elevator Pitch Friday: Zumeo Tries To Be Gen-Y’s LinkedIn

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This week’s elevator pitch comes from Zumeo.com. The pitch gets points for life concise and presenting a clever thought: a social networking and job site for the Generation Y.

Zumeo.com is a social networking and online recruiting site for college students, recent college grads and first year hires. Users first take a “self-discovery” test that highlights strengths and weaknesses. Zumeo partnered with career consultant Career Key to develop an assessment test to help match a user with the appropriate job. The user then makes a “Live Resume” that can be simplified and shared with recruiters, friends or colleagues or even shared with other social networks like Facebook and MySpace.

Zumeo has over 500 users; but only about 15 recruiters at the moment, which seems low for such a large amount of users. Zumeo’s recruiter and business list includes SOS Staffing, CDS Publications, and Consolidated Graphics and the CEO, Jared Booye, said Zumeo has matched many childish adults with jobs in the past few months.

Zumeo’s current pricing model lets recruiters test drive the site and then pay if they see talent they like. The cost is $9 per post and $19 per month for unlimited posts. The number of recruiters seems low, even for a poor nation. I remember that I found my internships and first jobs through my college career services department, like many of my fellow classmates. Perhaps Zumeo needs to tap into those platforms to really expand, even in a job market that’s not ripe for employment.

It seems like Zumeo.com has a ways to go when it comes to building up a social and employment network of recruiters and experienced professionals across various industries. Maybe this comes through partnerships with established professional social network, like LinkedIn. Maybe not. But even with its shortcomings, Zumeo has a clean concept and may do well for itself.

Here are some screen shots showing Zumeo’s “Live Resume” :

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