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While most job portals only match employee with employer, Glints offers avenues for people to develop the right skills
Singapore-based job portal startup Glints has raised US$2 million in Series A round targeted towards product development and regional expansion, according to a Facebook post by The Straits Times reporter Grace Chng.
While Chng is known for breaking news on her Facebook page, this specific post is given an extra stamp of credibility because Glints Co-founder Oswald Yeo thanked for the shout-out.
Chng wrote:
“CEO Oswald said the new funds will allow it to continue its ‘mission of helping youths to do what they love for their careers and to develop the right skills sets to get great at what they do.’”
The post itself is short and does not go into specifics, so e27 will update the story accordingly after reaching out to Glints.
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The Series A comes after the company raised a US$475,000 seed round and turned away about US$250,000 in funds because, as Yeo told e27 in February 2015, “We didn’t want to raise so much money right now”.
Glints mostly targets young people and wants to be an online employment bridge between the education and professional sectors.
What makes Glints different from other job portals is its ‘challenges’ and ‘development’ feature. Basically, it provides an avenue for people to develop certain skills employers sought after in their desired industry.
For example, in my never-ending goal to become a starving artist, I was pointed to this book (“Art, Inc.: The Essential Guide for Building Your Career as an Artist”) by clicking around the Glints website for five minutes.
Glints is an alumnus of the JFDI Accelerator programme.
The other two Co-founders are Seah Ying Cong and Looi Qin En.
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