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NSA Refuses to Monitor Zerply’s Database
Last week, we awoke to some disturbing news - the NSA was monitoring big name technology companies like Verizon, Google, and Apple, but completely overlooked up-and-coming startups like Zerply - a professional network for creatives.
Why Do I Need Zerply?
“Ok it’s beautifully made, but what use is Zerply to me?”, we’ve heard statements like this many times over. It’s often motivated by misunderstandings of Zerply’s purpose or guilt over the lack of account activity. Professional networks like Zerply can often be seen as a disruption to the happily employed creatives workflow, or a roll of the dice for job seekers, but in reality a professional profile is something all creatives should invest in.
Finally: See Your Next Opportunity
Dear Zerply Members,
As you may have noticed Zerply has been going through some exciting changes over the past couple of months, and there was some press about it this morning. In early March we launched our Hack Design integration, allowing design students to upload images of their work directly to Zerply for feedback. As a result, your engagement doubled, and we realized that there was a lot of potential in showcasing your experience through images.
In the weeks since, we’ve let more and more people upload images and link to portfolio sites. To say that we’ve been impressed by the quality would be an understatement. We’ve seen everything from animations to iPad apps and book covers to GitHub repos.
Many of you have been asking for a way to connect with good opportunities through Zerply, and today we’re finally ready to unveil our beta jobs product being used by a few companies that we think you’ll really like.
Promoted Opportunities is our new tool allowing awesome companies such as Etsy, Kickstarter, Square, Yelp and AirBnB, to broadcast their latest job offerings to relevantly skilled Zerply members. For example, if you’ve tagged yourself as a ‘UI Designer’, you’ll see opportunities in your Featured feed posted by Square and AirBnB, who are currently looking for people that particular tag.
You can also check out companies’ profiles to see which Zerply members are employed there, and what they’ve been working on lately. We know that applying for a position can sometimes be an anxiety inducing experience if you don’t know what to expect. We hope that letting you spy on the stuff your future colleagues are making will help you decide if it’s a position you might like.
If you like what you see, you can either click the job’s ‘I’m Interested’ button, or go to the company’s profile and click ‘Watch’ (similar to ‘Follow’, but for whole companies) to see new opportunities as they’ve posted. The best part is that you don’t have to jump through hoops and rebuild your resume in a certain way. All you need is a Zerply profile and steady stream of beautiful work.
Please let us know what you think. We’re new at this, and we want your feedback to get it right.
Feel free to email me anytime: c at zerply dot com
Cheers,
Co-founder & CEO
Spain a Triumph for Team-first Culture
So if your a football (soccer) fan you probably witnessed Spain make history last week as they were the first team to win 3 major international tournaments in a row. With an average player age of 27 you wouldn’t bet against Spain defending the World cup in two years time and rewriting the history books once more.
Zerply Going Back to the Hub
When Zerply first came to being it was here in Estonia, in a tiny office in the middle of downtown Tallinn. Now we are returning, while still keeping our presence in San Francisco, to set up an office and help grow our international team as part of the blooming startup scene here in Estonia.
