Parker Dewey offers a platform for Micro-Internships, enabling companies to engage college students and recent graduates for short-term, paid projects that require 10 to 40 hours of work. This approach reduces hiring costs by 40-80% and enhances access to diverse talent from over 5,700 academic programs, addressing the challenges of traditional recruitment methods.
Funding
$720K raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
Founders
Product
Problem
Traditional recruitment methods often struggle to efficiently connect companies with early-career talent, leading to high hiring costs and limited access to a diverse pool of candidates. Companies face challenges in candidate outreach, screening, and assessment, while students lack opportunities to gain real-world experience and demonstrate their skills to potential employers.
Solution
Parker Dewey provides a platform for companies to engage college students and recent graduates through Micro-Internships: short-term, paid, professional projects typically requiring 10 to 40 hours of work. This approach enables employers to assess candidates' skills and potential through real work, build brand awareness, and access a diverse talent pool from over 5,700 academic programs. Students gain valuable experience, explore career paths, and build their professional networks, while companies reduce hiring costs and improve the efficiency of their early-career recruitment efforts. The platform handles administrative tasks, such as payments and contracts, allowing companies to focus on candidate engagement and project outcomes.
Target Audience
The primary customers are employers seeking to enhance their early-career talent pipeline, reduce hiring costs, and improve diversity in their workforce, as well as universities and non-profit organizations aiming to support their students' career development.
Features
- Access to a network of college students and recent graduates from a wide range of academic programs
- Project template library with customizable project options
- Candidate profiles with short-answer responses, resumes, and work samples
- Tools for candidate analytics, performance analytics, and hiring manager feedback (Parker Dewey+ subscription)
- Integration with university and non-profit partner programs
- Streamlined administrative processes, including payments and contracts