Braswell: Jopwell's sweet spot is talent with under 12 years of experience
Porter Braswell · Funding Is an Outcome of Building a Good Business - Porter Braswell of Jopwell · Y Combinator · Mar 21, 2018 · at 19:16
Porter Braswell, co-founder of Jopwell, describes the target candidate demographic and experience level served by the recruiting platform.
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“What we do really well in is call it people within their 20 or 30 somethings within their age range. And so really that entry level to mid-level talent is where we thrive the most. We do have people that we would consider executives on the platform, but it's less of a sweet spot for what we do. So if you are typically, you know, in college or call it sub-twelve years or so in the workforce, that's kind of where we operate the most.”
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