CHARLOTTE — LayOffers.com, launched by a local exec, is hoping to be the ‘go-to’ job site for millions displaced by COVID-19 — and now it’s gotten a boost by a new partnership.
The platform, which went live on April 6 and tracks hundreds of layoff events in real-time, has teamed up with ZoomInfo to gain contact data for nearly 370,000 recruiters.
The uptick: laid off candidates can get in front of active recruiters, instantly and for free.
Already, hundreds of thousands of recruiters have joined the network, its founder Jeffrey Jewett said, with more than 10,000 new jobs added across 5,900 companies in all 50 states.
In order to stay current, and to ensure each opportunity is viable for candidates, jobs only live on the site for 14 days.
“With such reach, we are now in a position to help every displaced worker, not just our initial goal of 1 million,” Jewett said. “If you are out of work, and not on our platform, you are missing out on massive recruiter exposure.”
The Charlotte-based tech executive launched the site in early April after recognizing a need to “community and transparency.”
Among the site’s features: a company directory where people can discuss potential layoffs anonymously; a candidate explorer where recruiters can find layoff data from specific companies; jobs board; a live layoff list; and support forum.
Nearly 200 layoff events were reported for April alone, he said along with hundreds of company reviews and discussions since launching last month.
Chrystione Warren, a solar sales professional, said she had some luck on the site.
“Being a door-to-door sales professional in the Solar industry, when COVID-19 and stay-at-home hit, I was unsurprisingly left without a job, even as a top performer,” she said, in a statement. “Thanks to LayOffers, I was able to be matched with a recruiter at a leading solar company that was set-up for remote sales. I start my new role next week, and don’t have to risk my health.”
NC startup aims to be ‘go-to’ job site for millions displaced by COVID-19
