SA500 - Next Jump & NYSE

96% of jobseekers see NYC as a viable and exciting place for their career

72% are more likely to consider a career on the East Coast because of SA500

Demographics

404 Jobseekers

Gender

Position Type

Experience

53 Companies

City HQ

48

NYC

3

Boston

2

DC

Job Openings

in Next 12 Months

491

Full-Time

185

Interns

676

Total

Impact Survey Results

Jobseekers

48%

contacted for interviews by SA500 companies

22

company booths visited per jobseeker (avg)

7

interviews lined up per jobseeker (avg)

68% of jobseekers completed survey

Companies

112

resumes collected per company (avg)

30%

resumes screened to interviews (avg)

1,781

total interviews from SA500

34

interviews per company (avg)

13

job openings per company (avg)

3

quality candidates for each opening

49% of companies completed survey

Open-Ended Feedback

Jobseeker Responses

What did you like most about the event?

Founders/CEOs/CTOs representing their companies
Location - NYSE Trading Floor
First time exposure to startups
Great food, awesome swag
Hearing Senator Schumer speak

What could we improve for next year?

Map of company booths
More well-known/"big-shot" companies
More finance-related companies
Expand startups from tech to include arts, small businesses, green, community
Networking opportunity for students to meet other students

Company Responses

What did you like most about the event?

Quality of Candidates
Location - NYSE Trading Floor
Executives Attending
Quality/selection of companies
Food
Level playing field for all companies

What could we improve for next year?

More experiences jobseekers, ready to start now
Easy identification of who is FT, MS, Experienced
Shorter duration
Insert structured break
Fewer speeches

General Comments

Jobseekers

"The pace of SA500 was fantastic. Being able to hold legitimate conversations with founders and senior members of companies for more than 5 or 10 mins was great."
"Absorbing the enthusiasm from all the excited CEOs and getting to know what they're passionate about was the best part."
"The people that were there were so impressive."
"Just talking to the people who founded startups was an invaluable experience."
"Best. Event. Ever."
"The event has definitely changed my perspective about East Coast's tech startups."
"I thought I would have to move to CA. Thank you for holding this event."

Companies

"Quality of the candidates. Quality of the startups. Quality of the venue."
"The location and the candidates. They were of much better quality than any other kind of career fairs we've been to."
"The candidate population was very strong, high quality and smart. Excellent job of filtering. The space, NYSE, was very cool too."
"The fact that they had been pre-screened developers and chosen was very helpful. The event was intimate and small enough that you had a chance to get to know people."
"Location was exciting, ratio of candidates to companies was great, ability to interview such a large number of qualified candidates at one event was spectacular."
"Candidate quality was outstanding for a career fair. Awesome location and set up. Interesting mix of startups. Event at Spin Rocked."
"Great quality of candidates who actually wanted to work at startups."