This Startup is Working on Revolutionizing the Talent Acquisition Industry w/ Founder Daniel Jakaitis

In this episode, Shamus Madan interviews Daniel Jakaitis about his company ChatKick. They discuss its inception, role in hiring decisions, and adaptation to market dynamics. Jakaitis shares insights on enhancing candidate experience, transitioning from bootstrapping to VC, and challenges with investors. They wrap up with key takeaways and the future of labor market.

Welcome everyone to the MBIT Podcast, I am your host Shamus Madan, and today Daniel Jakaitis joins the pod to discuss his business Chatkick and how it hopes to revolutionize the talent acquisition industry.

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Twitter of Guest: @DanJakaitis

If you are a founder and want to learn more about how Chatkick can help your business become more efficient and effective in talent acquisition you can learn more about Chatkick here: https://chatkick.com/

(0:00) Introduction and background of guest, Daniel Jakaitis (1:08) ChatKick: The inception and its role in hiring decisions (4:01) Operational mechanism of ChatKick in the hiring process (6:21) Adapting ChatKick to the changing hiring market dynamics (7:56) Enhancing candidate experience and fairness with ChatKick (10:06) Relevance and target market of ChatKick (11:42) Transition from bootstrapping to venture capital for ChatKick (14:05) Challenges with pre-seed and seed round investors (15:05) Wrap-up: Key takeaways about ChatKick and the future of the labor market (16:54) Closing remarks and request for reviews