How 500 Miles makes applying for jobs 10x better
Let’s face it, applying for jobs through a company’s career page feels distant and transactional. Most if not all of a company’s hires will come from other, more personal means such as employee referrals or in-person recruiting events. If someone applies for a role on a company’s website, they are clearly interested in working there. Unfortunately, their chances of being hired are slim. If a company does fish their info from the resume abyss after X amount of days, the road to an offer is still distant. This is not a pleasant process.
The anti-resume black hole
When you apply for a job on 500 Miles, you know your resume has been received by the company and where it is throughout your application’s lifecycle. Each company hiring on 500 Miles keeps a close watch on job applications received through the app. Why? Since 500 Miles delivers deep insights about employers including headcount, retention rates and investor confidence, the app attracts highly capable people looking to truly launch their career at fast-growing companies. This inflow of top talent keeps hiring managers focused and happy. On the flip side, job candidates are thrilled by their much improved experience on 500 Miles. While candidates may enjoy learning about black holes, they prefer for their resumes stay far away from the “event horizon”.
When you apply to a company on the 500 Miles app, you will hear back from an employer with next steps in a week. Additionally, applying for a job on 500 Miles takes 5 minutes and the whole process is really transparent.
Track your application
500 Miles enables job candidates to track their job applications from end to end.
When an applicant is yet to submit their application, the progress bar will show “New”. Once an application is submitted, the progress bar will move on to “Applied”. When the hiring team from the company begins reviewing the applicant’s info, the status moves to “In review”. Finally, when an application has been thoroughly examined and a decision has been made, the status will move to “Reviewed”. As an applicant, you are never in the dark. Now tell us that’s not 10x better?
Make the connection, get hired
If you are applying to companies where you don’t have connections who can forward on your resume and put in a good word, 500 Miles enables you to find alumni connections. This gives your more autonomy in your job search and a deeper connection to companies you’re really interested in.
Because our application tracking system is so efficient, the hiring team can spend time on every candidate. This results in a much less transactional process and allows deeper connections to be made.
At 500 Miles, we’re truly not interested in just being a jobs portal. We want candidates to actually get hired which happens when personal connections are forged. Today’s the day to stop putting up with a poor job hunt and hiring process. Check out the free 500 Miles mobile app and apply for roles at companies in the NOW HIRING ON 500 MILES Stack that interest you.
Here’s to a job search and application process that doesn’t suck.
500 Miles is a free mobile app that connects students and young professionals with startups.
