Daily Endeavor helps you figure out what kind of job to search for
There are tons of job listing sites out there, but few that try to answer a far more important question, says Matthew Mahoney, founder of a new site called Daily Endeavor: What kind of job should I actually be looking for?
Sometimes, of course, you’ve already figured that out. But people often want to change careers, plus younger job-seekers are still uncertain. And while there are books and sites that provide an overview of the more popular professions (for example, I wrote about a video-focused career site called Mindopia in May), none of them tries to be truly comprehensive, Mahoney says.
That’s where Daily Endeavor comes in. It asks users to write up reviews of very specific positions — not just a teacher, but a high school history teacher; not just a database developer, but a database developer at a charter school network. The site is looking for users who can share personal knowledge, but the emphasis is on common experiences for anyone holding that job, not reviews of specific organizations. Each job review gets its own separate page, and the basic facts and most popular reviews (as rated by Daily Endeavor users) are aggregated in the job summary.
The New York startup is expanding its beta test program today, though you still need an invitation to get into the site. It’s starting out with job listings in just a few fields: K-12 education, microfinance, and human rights. Mahoney said his goal is to add reviews of 100,000 types of jobs in the next three years.
The site is free. Daily Endeavor is actually an outgrowth of prep classes that the company offers, and that’s still the area where Mahoney says he expects to make money. He’s also emphatic that Daily Endeavor won’t try to compete directly with job listing sites like Monster.com: “There are loads of good ones out there and we will partner with many of them.”
Daily Endeavor is funded by Mahoney and a few other individuals, but he says he wants to raise a venture round soon.
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