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Brief Summary

Standout Jobs, Inc. is a startup based in Montreal, QC Canada that makes a top-rated Recruitment Communication Platform to power companies online recruiting efforts. Standout Jobs was founded by Benjamin Yoskovitz (CEO), Fred Ngo (CTO) and Austin Hill (Chairman & Angel Investor) in February 2007.

The Standout Recruitment Communication Platform allows companies to create interactive, content-rich Career Sites that build employer brand and active talent networks. Companies can promote themselves more effectively, market jobs, gain metrics on job board spending, track candidates through the recruitment process and build on-going relationships with prospects.

Press Releases

  • Quantum Relies on Standout Jobs to Power Recruitment Micro-Sites March 24th, 2009

    Global Storage, Backup and Recovery Giant Steps up Employer Branding Initiatives with Niche Employment Portals
    Montreal, March 24, 2009 – Standout Jobs, a leading provider of web-based tools to power companies’ online recruiting efforts, today announced it has signed Quantum Corporation (NYSE: QTM), a global storage company, specializing in backup, recovery and archive technology to its [...]
  • Polk Wins Arbor Award of Excellence March 17th, 2009

    Polk was an early Standout Jobs beta customer. And they also did a case study on the success they’ve seen with the platform, specifically in attracting younger job seekers and saving money on costly recruiters.
    And now Polk has won an Arbor Award of Excellence for innovative or best resources in human resources management.
    It’s great to [...]
  • Recruiting Survey Results: Shift Away from Job Boards Ongoing March 16th, 2009

    Recruiters Expect Hiring to Increase in Q2-Q3; Social Media Eyed to Source Quality Candidates
    More than 450 corporate recruiters signal shift away from job boards and place more emphasis on corporate branding to attract high-value hires.
    Montreal | March 11, 2009 — A just completed joint survey of more than 450 corporate recruiters by recruitment software company [...]
  • Standout Jobs Launches Strategic Partnership with UK-based Recruitment Ad Agency Work Communications November 10th, 2008

    Standout Jobs expands channel partner strategy to international markets with Work Communications.
    Montreal, Canada, November 10, 2008 — Standout Jobs, a leading provider of Web-based tools to power companies’ online recruiting efforts, today announced it has struck a strategic partnership with top recruitment advertising and branding firm, Work Communications (AIM: WORK), based in the UK. [...]
  • Standout Jobs Announces General Availability of its Recruitment Communication Platform October 27th, 2008

    Leading Provider of Interactive Career Sites Launches Latest Version of their Platform, Proven by More than 200 Beta Customers
    Montreal, October 27, 2008 – Standout Jobs, a leading provider of Web-based tools to power companies’ online recruiting efforts, today announced the general availability of version two of its web-based Recruitment Communication Platform. Previously dubbed “Reception” [...]
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Press Coverage

  • Ben Yoskovitz Featured on Recruiter Earth March 16th, 2009

    Ben Yoskovitz was recently featured on the popular HR-targeted social network, Recruiter Earth, talking about Standout Jobs and where the recruitment industry is headed.
    He also recently published a guest article on Cheezhead, entitled “Is the recession dooming startups?” The article looks at innovation and evolution within the overall HR space and the impact startups can [...]
  • OnDemandBeat: Q&A with Ben Yoskovitz December 12th, 2008

    OnDemandBeat, a popular Enterprise 2.0 blog, recently featured a review of Standout Jobs along with an interview with Ben Yoskovitz.
    Ameed Taylor, owner of OnDemandBeat delves into Standout Jobs’ current mission and future plans. A good amount of the Q&A focuses on Standout Jobs’ business model, how the downturn economy is affecting us, our channel partner [...]
  • Fistful of Talent: Attracting Gen Y/X Candidates- Job Portal Style December 10th, 2008

    One of HR’s top blogs, Fistful of Talent has posted a review of Standout Jobs and the value we can bring in attracting and converting Gen X and Gen Y job seekers.
    Read the review here: Attracting Gen Y/X Candidates - Job Portal Style.
    The review hits the nail on the head in terms of the value [...]
  • Montreal Gazette Features Standout Jobs December 5th, 2008

    Standout Jobs was featured in the Montreal Gazette in a story titled, Employers can attract top talent through their websites.
    The story talks about a few of the lessons we’ve learned since launching Standout Jobs in January 2008, as well as our current go-to-market strategy with channel partners.
    There’s a great quote from Annick Vinet, marketing managet [...]
  • Interview with Bill Vick on XtremeRecruiting.tv November 5th, 2008

    Bill Vick is a kick ass guy. An ex-recruiter with tons of years and success under his belt, he’s now at the cutting edge of social media, leveraging blogging, video, Twitter, etc. to evolve his reputation as a leader in the HR and recruitment space.
    One of his most recent projects is XtremeRecruiting.tv where he interviews [...]
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