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Nick Abouzeid

MLH Career Fest - Find amazing tech talent from the comfort of your home.

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MLH Career Fest saves you time, money, and airline miles in your search for great tech interns and new grads. Our algorithm matches recruiters with pre-qualified hackers for 5-minute video chats to get you that same fuzzy feeling you get from meeting in person

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Jonathan Gottfried
Maker
Hi everyone! Makers of MLH Career Fest here 👋 Every year, we work with more than 100,000 technical students around the world through our on-campus events like hackathons and workshops. Their lives have been thrown through a loop by COVID-19. They’re now at home, trying to take online courses for the first time, missing important events like their college graduation. And yet, in a few months these students are still expected to go out into the world and begin their post-college careers! On-campus events are a super important part of this process, as they give students an opportunity to make a personal connection with a recruiter beyond what a resume can showcase. We built MLH Career Fest to give them a virtual opportunity to be matched up with awesome employers for 5 minute video chats that can give them that same warm fuzzy feeling that they get from a great in-person conversation. We’re even donating all of the recruiter-funded proceeds to the CDP COVID-19 Response Fund. # How It Works 1. You sign up and fill out a profile. 2. MLH Career Fest runs you through our matching algorithm to pair up recruiters and candidates. 3. You log on for your scheduled time slot and let the magic happen! 4. At the end, everyone gets a match digest so they can follow up and continue the hiring process. 
Happy hacking! Looking forward to hearing your feedback. Jon, Swift, and Nick @jonmarkgo, @swiftalphaone, @yaynickq
Snigdha Roy
Such a smooth way to transition, nice work y'all! :D
Jonathan Gottfried
Maker
@snigdhar0y Thanks! Definitely been a labor of love to adjust on short notice and find a way to keep empowering hackers
Paul Horton
This seems like a fantastic opportunity for hackers looking to get their start in the tech world! Are we able to send this out to students yet? I'd be super excited to forward this to last year's sunhacks attendees.
Jonathan Gottfried
Maker
@paul_horton Yeah, it's live for signups now but we'll be hosting the first round of scheduled chats during the first week of April
Akash Singh
We couldn't have expected a better initiative and much needed hack for current collegiate hackers than MLH Career Fest. Especially for the ones graduating soon. It is on point. It will help programmers by not only providing the opportunity to meet recruiters but also save time, cost efficient option and inspire to invent similar hacks! Love it! Filling out the typeform now!
Swift
Maker
@akisingh09 thanks for the feedback! Hackathons have already started changing the way that students find jobs. We're hoping we can push things even further and make a big impact right now by moving the best parts of that experience online!
Akash Singh
@swiftalphaone That's awesome! Attending hackathons had a major impact on my academic and skillset growth. I can already see this initiative being a huge success. Kudos :)
Gene Chorba
This is really neat. Glad to see MLH do something like this.
Jonathan Gottfried
Maker
@gene_chorba Thanks! We felt like it was really important to be able to bring some stability to hackers in this crazy time
Vivank Sharma
Awesome opportunity for all the tech grads. Will make sure to forward to all the hackers of HackOff.
Nick Quinlan
Maker
@vivanks Thanks! We're really excited to get this out to the whole MLH network.
David Quach
This sounds fantastic! It is a great way for hackers to get in contact with recruiters and even display more about themselves than just their resumes. I'm excited for this!
Swift
Maker
@david_quach Thanks! Hackers tell us all the time that they love the personal interactions with recruiters & engineers at hackathons. We're hoping that we can help recreate a bit of that magic for thousands of people in our community who need it!
Jarod Stewart
This is a great idea! Great work MLH team! :D
Nick Quinlan
Maker
@stewartjarod Thanks Jarod! Really appreciate it!
Aaron Clark
This is a super efficient response to our current times by a team that's capable of helping our 2020 grads and interns. And the proceeds benefitting the CDP COVID-19 Response Fund is a great use of funds. Props!
Jonathan Gottfried
Maker
@ac6567 Thanks aaron, I appreciate the kind words!
Julian Ramirez
Love the idea! We have to keep moving forward in the face of COVID-19
Jonathan Gottfried
Maker
@julianr Yeah, I definitely know that it's anxiety inducing to figure out career path with everything going on - trying to help folks move forward
Alex Walling
Great way to give back to students impacted by the current situation! This isn't easy for anyone, but I'm sure it's created a ton of extra uncertainty especially for students. 👏👏👏 to the MLH team!
Swift
Maker
@alexwalling the situation definitely put a lot of people in our community in a tough spot. We're proud to support them in any way we can! Thanks for the kind words and support!
Timirah James
I absolutely LOVE this!! Great initiative and perfect timing!! 🙌🏾💕Go team MLH!!
Swift
Maker
@timirah_james thank you so much! We're really excited about the impact this can have for our community.
Emily Akers
Finding a job is hard in general. I can only imagine the stress current students are under now. This is a great idea and I love what MLH is doing in the face of COVID-19!
Kamille Tipan
As a rising college freshman, I was so worried about how I would continue my search for internships during this time. I feel so lucky to be a part of a community that is always looking out for each other! This is such an amazing and needed initiative!
Swift
Maker
@kamille_tipan We're really glad we're able to help you continue your search! Thanks for the kind words!
Muntaser Syed
This is a great opportunity for students to get recruited especially in these times, very timely product!
Swift
Maker
@muntaser_syed thanks! We're super excited to be able to support our community with this awesome new initiative!
Vincent Occhiogrosso
This is going to really make hackathons the one spot stop for future tech jobs. I love it
Swift
Maker
@vincent_occhiogrosso thanks Vincent! We've been overwhelmed by the amazing response from our community so far!
Lauren Tonello
Such a great response to our current need to go digital! Love it :)
Swift
Maker
@lauren_tonello thanks for the kind words! We're super proud to be helping lead the charge during the transition to digital!
Clara Tsao
Thank you for doing such important work in this critical time. ❤️
Swift
Maker
@claraa thank you! We're proud to be able to support our community when they need us!
Shriya Nevatia
So impressed that MLH moved this fast to offer this! What an amazing resource
JOEL MATHEW KOSHY URK17CS045
I would love to participate but my university is not listed in the typeform. Name - Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences Location - Coimbatore, India