Getting Close to Launch

Last night Graham and I met to discuss what in fact the Reveral site should look like. The site is already live in its first iteration, but its under an enormous redux to bring new ideas and clean technology into the mix.

His idea of Foot in the door will be one of the coolest things going using relational DB's. I'm excited. What's next is the site redesign and getting functionality finally set.

Concerns as always budget vs. time to get more $$ on hand vs. development. The basic model needs to launch within 30 days and I still don't have my hands completely around the system. Am hoping that the items being worked on come together to help makes sense of the entire system. Now that there are three people on the site dev team its super important that we are at market by Mid August.

Where's My Job Chair

In 1998 I worked albeit briefly for Bozell, a large ad agency started just before prohibition hit. My role was and had been that year to clean up other people's work. This translated into a concoction of design, art production, editing and keeping my mouth shut. Being an art director or less in New York is not a creative position. You may at times be creative, but your final work is combed over and distilled by others more creative at least in their minds than you.

I was called in on a Tuesday at 4pm to start at Bozell on thet very same Tuesday at 4pm. "How fast can you get down there" my agency coordinator barked. 30 minutes with this heads up. The response -- "get there in 15".

On the 12th floor of this antiquated shanty building I found few windows and fewer smiles. The carpeting way past its warranty was one of the newest items in the office. I made my way through large CRT screen yards to the production office. As I peered in it became all too obvious that there was no seat available. The production manager approached.

"Wait here" he motioned and went to retake his money seat. To me a seat meant a paycheck as long as there was one to be had. Suddenly phones rang and each person, artist or otherwise got up and left the room. I stood in the corner bemused.

Within 2 minutes art combatants started to return, each saying the oddest 3 words I could imagine. "I got fired". Within 6 minutes everyone in the room had been expurgated from the Bozell workforce. With no emotion or fanfare the production editor looked up, smiled and said. Sit anywhere you like.

I lasted til Thursday.

Getting a job in this fun market

I've had over 90 jobs. I think I may have lost more, but that's not important. What is is you and your search for a new job or client. Gaining one in this economy is hard, downright hellish, but absolutely possible. Despite the downturn in this market companies still output. They need goods and services and the people who produce and support their businesses. This may be you.

Reveral was created to help get you hired faster and to give employers the tools to hire you faster. You may in fact be an employer who is seeking out a business to work with. We are for you too.

The economy has shifted in recent decades to provide a landscape of small businesses, consultants, contractors, freelancers and part timers. Often specialists in a particular field they offer a new way of building and supporting businesses. Businesses can get what they need without committing substantial resources to a particular hire. This allows this person or company to work with several places often earning more than they would by just working at one. There are pluses and minuses to this, but coming from experience it absolutely works.

Reveral was developed to help people put all of their hiring specs in one place for a simple reason; be hired faster. As consultants and small business owners for decades ourselves we know the process to physically get a job can be exhausting. If you're a consultant or employee to be this is your standard route: job search, resume, portfolios, interviews, follow up interviews, references, skill testing and items we can't think of. It can often feel and rightly so that this process is more complex than the job at hand. Reveral's job is to cut that process down... way down so that the most time consuming items are instant.

Come along with us as this August as we launch our updated Beta version and add tools to make your life easier.