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Cool. I think you can never have enough sites like this, that help people learn what it is they need to get ahead in the workforce. You may want to link up with some of the other networking/employment idea people on CH. The College career/social network/job finding/job placement idea from a few weeks comes right to mind.

Thnx I appreciate your support. It's just came to me a couple days ago and it's been brewing in my head since then. Thx for the ideas. I'm also still trying to refine the revenue model and find other ways to make money.

For ideas you could look at http://www.coachingnetwork.org.uk/
Tommy

BTW
I think it's good idea!
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I would say a subscription service may work. Offer up basic services for free, with some ads for monetization, and then give some beefed up cool features for a monthly subscription at a cheap price point. Like, $1.99 or something.

Good idea. I plan to submit an idea that will also help people land their ideal job

Interesting but not sold how do you plan to be different from the crowd of sites blanketing the web about jobs and careers.

System overlapped already. Having step by step updating, carrier goal paths to take, with alternative placing would be nice.

From kevin: Interesting but not sold how do you plan to be different from the crowd of sites blanketing the web about jobs and careers.

This is gives you the right kind of contacts needed to land a job in the career you are looking into. Think Monster.ca / Facebook. Not only do you get the right tools to find the right kind of career for you, but you also develop a network within your career. Also, lets say a person in a career different from your own is in your network, and they were looking to get into the kind of career you are in, it will be easier to do so. And the mentoring aspect is also very valuable. You get to talk to a person who has already walked the path you are planning to take. And who knows, if you make an impression on that mentor, that just may land you the perfect job.

So, like http://www.linkedin.com/

This sounds like one of the angles that I am looking at taking JumbleLunch (http://www.cambrianh.../view/jumblelunch/). it won a previous idea warz tournament of champions.

I even talked to a university career services here and they are very interested in being an initial partner and expressed that many of the students that they work with come in and ask just for an opportunity to meet with someone to ask questions.

Anyway, contact me if you're interested in working on it.

kevin nailed it...
plus most colleges offer something via career services or workforce developoment... this is overkill

The idea of networking experience is a good one, but needs refining. Understanding a potential new career or industry is a large task, and many have no idea what they really want to do.

More important is connecting new workers in a field or young workers in a type of business with a mentor. That mentor can help decide with the person if the field really suits them, and if they can guide them either in new ways to develop in the field they are in, or what other fields they can pursue.

SCOR, the Service Corps of Retired Executives is an organization that is always ready to mentor, and there are others... connect an idea like this, position it as mentoring and you may have something to launch out on.

LivingtheDream
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thats a great idea

I would like to stumble upon a site like this and that means it is a good idea. Do it.

well.... what about if we make facebook application for job hunting ???

Try to introduce an application for LinkedIn. It's a fast growing networking website for professionals where every business territory is represented. When you could introduce an application where these professionals could volunteer for being a coach, you could be well on your way! Try to work out an incentive program for the coaches. It seems to me that a cooperation with universities is a step in the right direction.
Good luck!