Its founder calls it the “Pokémon Go of employment”. On this Labor Day Sunday, Handycatch launches its application to facilitate the connection between job seekers and recruiters.
“You can find a recruiter or a coach around you, explains to CNEWS Montasser Jabrane, young co-founder of Handycatch. We are the only ones in the world to do that,” he says.
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The application alerts the user when he meets a potential recruiter. He can thus enter directly into contact with him or go through the chat to send him a message.
A tool that could accentuate the downward curve of unemployment in France, hope the founders. Indeed, this Thursday, the unemployment figures in France were published: with just under 3.2 million people who are unemployed, category A of those registered with Pôle emploi experienced a drop of 5% in the first quarter. 2022.
The sharpest decline was recorded among young people under 25 (-10.8% in mainland France). This is precisely the age group targeted by Handycatch, but not only. “We know that we will have a priority audience, which will need a lot of help, but it’s open to everyone, graduates or not,” said Montasser Jabrane.
We bring a new closenessMontasser Jabrane
The project began to germinate at the end of 2013 in the mind of the 34-year-old entrepreneur. It was in 2017 that he was able to devote himself fully to it before creating the structure in 2019. Supported by a grant from the King of Morocco and the French Tech Tremplin, the project is finally in the starting blocks.
And it is finally quite a symbol that the adventure starts in this 1is May, Labor Day. For the launch, the 30-year-old and his partner, Milivoje Colic, are now at the head of a company made up of three employees.
The project wishes to stand out from other large employment companies such as Manpower or Randstad. “We bring a new proximity, says Montasser Jabrane. We are the only app in the world that does not connect resumes with offers but people with people.
“we can not only take care of the handicap, be reduced to that”
In addition to meeting a potential recruiter, Handycatch also contains a map on which it will be possible to see physical and virtual employment events and find potential recruiters.
It is free for candidates but paid for recruiters. In addition, some coaches can also offer paid services.
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“It reinvents the recruitment process”, welcomes the creator. For him, his age is an asset in order to refine a tool to please users. As well as its history.
He wants to demonstrate that “a person with a disability can open a project for everyone”. “I want to show that we can not only take care of the handicap and be reduced to that, continues Montasser Jabrane. It’s important for me to push this thing.
A bet about to be successful on this Labor Day for the young man, who wants to see his app “go viral and that people get used to what we do”.
In terms of users, he hopes to reach 10,000 “as soon as possible”. With his application, he especially wants to see “people create their own networks and be independent in their efforts,” he concludes.
In partnership with Havas, Handycatch is organizing the first recruitment center in the metaverse on May 10.
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