{"id":1040,"date":"2016-10-19T15:24:12","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T15:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/higherme-raises-1-5m-to-help-businesses-hire-hourly-workers.html"},"modified":"2016-10-19T15:24:12","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T15:24:12","slug":"higherme-raises-1-5m-to-help-businesses-hire-hourly-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/higherme-raises-1-5m-to-help-businesses-hire-hourly-workers.html","title":{"rendered":"HigherMe raises $1.5M to help businesses hire hourly workers"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Hiring startup HigherMe<\/a> is announcing that it has raised $1.5 million in seed funding. It\u2019s also brought on some big names as customers, including Dunkin Donuts, Panera Bread \u2014 and most recently, fast food chain White Castle.<\/p>\n

Co-founder and CEO Rob Hunter (a past owner of multiple Marble Slab Creamery locations) has said that when employers hire hourly workers, location, availability and personality are often more important than past experience \u2014 but those things aren\u2019t really reflected in a traditional r\u00e9sum\u00e9.<\/p>\n

So HigherMe launched as a way to help businesses find employees based on what they\u2019re really looking for<\/a> \u2014 the application leads with location and available hours, includes a video cover letter and allows employers to ask any questions they want.<\/p>\n

Hunter said that over time, HigherMe has expanded to cover \u201csourcing, screening and hiring \u2014 the whole recruitment process.\u201d For example, it now offers automated interview scheduling with text message notifications.<\/p>\n

Hunter also noted that the hiring process is becoming increasingly smartphone-centric, because it\u2019s important to reduce friction, particularly at the beginning of that process.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s this counterintuitive thing,\u201d he said. \u201cYou\u2019d think the best applicants would be willing to put up with more friction, and in fact, it\u2019s the exact opposite \u2014 the best applicants have lots of different opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n

And while restaurants and retailers are the obvious HigherMe customers, Hunter pointed to school photography company Lifetouch<\/a> as an example of how the product can be useful in other industries.<\/p>\n

Investors in HigherMe\u2019s seed funding include Y Combinator (where the company was incubated), Barbara Corcoran Venture Partners, NatureBox founder Gautam Gupta, HootSuite founder Ryan Holmes, Tucker Max (!), TEEC Angel Fund and The Unofficial Syndicate.<\/p>\n

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Featured Image: Vernon Chan\/Flickr<\/a> UNDER A CC BY 2.0<\/a> LICENSE<\/small><\/p>\n

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