This week hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down with Katy Schuck & Sean Worden, Co-Founders of Reelist, a software company helping companies attract and engage Gen Z and Millennial job seekers for entry-level jobs. With Reelist, companies create short-form videos about their jobs and company, deliver them to targeted job seekers, and use data to improve the effectiveness of their recruiting efforts. Watch this week’s episode to hear about how Katy and Sean become co-founders, how they’re helping companies hire talent, describe challenges employers face, and much more!
Show notes:
(0:00) Introducing Sean and Katy
(2:19) What is Reelist?
(8:05) What’s the current job market?
(15:11) Becoming co-founders + the importance of having a co-founder
(25:03) Creating an algorithm
(29:48) Reelist vs Instagram
(37:17) Interviewing + Customer discovery
(46:02) The two-sided marketplace
(49:32) Reelist Super Bowl Ad + Connecting
(56:37) What’s next? + Conclusion
About Reelist:
Reelist is a software company that helps companies attract and engage Gen Z and Millennial job seekers for entry-level jobs. Existing recruiting tools aren't working, and companies are frustrated and worried about hiring the employees they need. With Reelist, companies create short-form videos about their jobs and company, deliver them to targeted job seekers, and use data to improve the effectiveness of their recruiting efforts. Reelist is the first short-form video job recruiting and discovery platform with an online portal to make video creation easy and affordable. After working with Reelist, companies can attract, engage, and hire the right talent for their company quickly.
Learn more: https://reelist.com/
About the hosts:
Tim Ryan is an angel investor and the Executive Director of StartWheel, an organization dedicated to connecting entrepreneurs with resources in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Tim also serves as the Director of REaKTOR, a space for technology-based startups to start and grow.
Zack Miller is a serial entrepreneur and author of Anomaly, a guide on differentiating yourself and your business from the crowd.
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Social Media:
Sean Worden & Katy Schuck
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reelist/
Instagram: @wearereelist (https://www.instagram.com/wearereelist/)
Tim Ryan
Twitter (personal): @ryantnt (https://twitter.com/ryantnt)
Twitter: @StartWheel (https://twitter.com/StartWheel)
LinkedIn (personal): https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryantnt/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startwheel-org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StartWheel
Zack Miller
https://www.zackmillersays.com
Twitter: @zackmillersays (https://twitter.com/zackmillersays)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zackmillersays
Thanks to our Sponsors:
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Companies Mentioned:
Reelist: https://www.reelist.com/
757 Startup: https://757startupstudios.org/
Tinder: https://tinder.com/
ICAP: https://www.virginiasbdc.org/programs/icap/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/
Harvard Business Review: https://hbr.org/
ChatGTP: https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/
757 Accelerator: https://757accelerate.org/
Mr. Beast: https://www.youtube.com/user/mrbeast6000
Vine: https://vine.co/
Tik-Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/en/
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/
Air Force: https://www.airforce.com/careers/
Booz Allen Hamilton: https://www.boozallen.com/
Navy: https://www.navy.com/
ODU: https://www.odu.edu/
