{"id":7053,"date":"2018-03-05T17:50:41","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T22:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digital.hbs.edu\/platform-digit\/submission\/netzun-a-start-up-competing-in-the-job-search-market\/"},"modified":"2018-03-05T17:50:41","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T22:50:41","slug":"netzun-a-start-up-competing-in-the-job-search-market","status":"publish","type":"hck-submission","link":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/submission\/netzun-a-start-up-competing-in-the-job-search-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Netzun: a start-up competing in the job search market"},"content":{"rendered":"

The digital transformation have changed the way professionals and companies network and connect to find jobs. In this industry, LinkedIn has emerged as a winner, with more than 546 million users in more than 200 countries [1]. In Peru, despite LinkedIn\u2019s leadership, Netzun Jobs has emerged as a platform competing in the job search business. By targeting a niche demographic and offering unique services, this start-up is fighting for a space in the Peruvian market.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Netzun Jobs: the job search platform for students<\/b><\/p>\n

Netzun Jobs was created in 2015, when the co-founders decided to tackle the problems students face when finding their first job. As Netzun\u2019s co- founder said, \u201cLinkedIn had created a great platform for hiring professionals, as it focuses on showing user\u2019s past experience to attract recruiters who are looking for specific profiles. But what happens with college students that have no experience? The chances of getting an internship or a full-time job in LinkedIn are very low\u201d [2].<\/span><\/p>\n

With this problem in mind, Netzun\u2019s co-founders started designing a platform that could connect college students with no experience (or very little experience) with companies looking for interns or entry-level employees. In addition to uploading the traditional profile information (Education, Languages, Skills, Awards), users are encouraged to add their interests, upload a \u201cVideo Resume\u201d and take a personality test. Netzun\u2019s uses this data to feed a proprietary matching algorithm, to recommend companies the list of candidates that could be a good match for a specific job.<\/span><\/p>\n

Netzun\u2019s first challenge was to attract users and companies to their site. To reduce barriers to enroll, Netzun gave the platform for free to both sides. In its early stage, Netzun focused on recruiting the most important companies in the country and convincing them to post jobs. Having important companies posting in Netzun was critical to attract candidates, and since network effects are high, the more users in the platform the more companies wanted join. As today, the company has more than 1,900 companies hiring and more than 100,000 users. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Monetizing the platform<\/b><\/p>\n

Netzun has launched an online learning platform, where users can take short paid courses and enhance their Netzun profile. Netzun is currently offering Excel, Digital Marketing, Effective Presentations, Photoshop, among other courses. The prices of the courses range from $15 to $31. By launching these products, the company is monetizing its user base. In addition, is increasing the value of the platform for companies, since recruiters have more information about the candidate\u2019s interests and skills.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Looking forward<\/b><\/p>\n

The company has different paths to keep growing. <\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Develop more products in the peruvian market. The company could launch more products to users and companies to increase the revenues streams. For example, Netzun could develop an online tool to test candidates as a first step in the recruiting process, saving money and time to recruiting companies.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Expand to other geographies. This could be a difficult move, since the company will need to create a new network, attracting new users and new companies. Although it could be challenging, this option could increase the value of the platform for users wanting to get jobs in different countries.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Expand to the mass market. One of the problems that Nexun faces is that customers are not very sticky: users use Netzun to find their first job and then use to LinkedIn for the rest of their careers. Nexun could expand its offering and target the broader market competing directly with LinkedIn. Would it be a smart move?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Endnotes:<\/p>\n

    [1]\u00a0https:\/\/about.linkedin.com\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

    [2]\u00a0https:\/\/gestion.pe\/tendencias\/management-empleo\/estudiante-egresado-buscas-practicas-portal-116989<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

    [3]\u00a0http:\/\/www.infocapitalhumano.pe\/recursos-humanos\/noticias-y-movidas\/netzun-jobs-primer-portal-online-de-trabajo-exclusivo-para-estudiantes-y-recien-egresados-presente-en-expo-capital-humano-2016\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

    [4]\u00a0https:\/\/plus.netzun.com\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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