Alex Bradley and Emily Johnstone are two of the co-founders at Swivel, a company dedicated to pairing students and companies and levelling the power dynamics of the two groups through technology. They share the insights they found through countless user interviews on what needed to change in the hiring process today.
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Episode Highlights
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💡 Swivel's Mission
Swivel is focusing on levelling the playing field for students and companies. They also wanted to create a platform that doesn't simply focus on skills, but on values as well.
📚 A Student's Challenges
We talk about the overarching challenges that students face on the job search recently graduating. Emily and Alex offer some insights into how we can better support students and share some things they've learned along the way as recent grads.
💻 The Start-up Dilemma
We talk about one of the biggest pain points for start-ups and how they are now addressing this through their platform.
Credits
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Guests: Alex Bradley, Emily Johnstone
Host: Marco Yim
Company: Extempra
Music by Wataboi
Artwork: Ravenfrostt