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| Mitch Schneider, CEO of Kauzu. |
Chicago social
venture Kauzu launched its Kauzu.Jobs mobile application at the Charles Hayes
Family Investment Center. Kauzu has partnered
with Centers for New Horizons to present the new product, a free job search
application that pinpoints jobs by a user’s location, designed specifically for
Chicago’s hardest-hit communities.
“Our
communities have needed and continue to need more effective tools to find and
secure jobs,” says Mitch Schneider, CEO,
Founder and Chairman of Kauzu.
“Kauzu.Jobs is our latest tool that offers unique, integrated, and
common sense functions for job seekers to be effective, and guess what? It is free.”
Job seekers
can access Kauzu.Jobs from any smart phone, be it iPhone, Android, or Windows
tablet or computer--anything with a web browser. The program pinpoints the
user’s location to find entry-level jobs such as retail and service
opportunities in its immediate area. Finding jobs based on location is
essential, because working nearby is critical to job seekers in many
communities, as many can’t afford long commutes and often lack reliable
transportation.
Kauzu’s
marketing materials promise “Great Jobs, Right Around the Corner.”
Andre Kellum,
Program Director for the Centers
for New Horizons Workforce Development program, touts the immediate benefits
Kauzu.Jobs gives job seekers.
“The Kauzu tool allows us to tap into a whole other experience
for our ‘dual focus’ workforce development program model and will continue to
solidify the skills sets needed for successful job placement services,” he
says. “We are proud to partner with Kauzu
and be on the front lines of exposing technological enhancements to our
customers."
At the
product launch on August 15, 2012, two hundred at-risk youth and 19 employer
partners—who recently completed the Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program—witnessed
a first-hand demonstration of Kauzu.Jobs.
President and CEO of Center for New Horizons, Dr. Sokoni Karanja, sees the potential
of Kauzu.Jobs helping families achieve Kujitegumea
(self reliance).
“Finding a job is an essential step in achieving that goal,”
says Dr. Karanja. “As always, we search
for every opportunity to achieve our purpose, we thus partner with Kauzu as
they create a new tool they believe will increase the likelihood that residents
of Bronzeville are better able to locate and achieve employment.”
“We are so thrilled to work with community
leaders to get the most innovative mobile job app into the hands of the people
who need it most,” adds Schneider.
The Chicago
metropolitan area unemployment rate remains nearly 10 percent, nearly two
percent above the national average. In
some demographic groups in particular, the unemployment rate is as high as 35
percent.
Kauzu
recently released Kono, a text-based application where a
user can access the same job listings on basic cell phones. Small businesses
can post job openings and opportunities to Kauzu’s system for free, saving
money and reducing turnover by hiring employees with shorter commutes. Kauzu is continually adding features to
Kauzu.Jobs, linking to the Kauzu.Biz launch on August 28.
To learn more
about Kauzu.Jobs and Kauzu Kono, please visit www.kauzu.com.
About Kauzu:
Kauzu
(kawz-ooh) is the Esperanto word for “cause” and reflects the company’s focus
on creating social change by transforming how jobseekers and employers
connect. Kauzu was the 2012 winner of
Think Big Partners’ Gigabit Challenge “Born Global” Award in Kansas City,
Missouri. To learn more about Kauzu,
please visit www.kauzu.com.
About Centers
for New Horizons:
Centers for New Horizons’ mission is to develop the capacities of
families to become self-reliant, to improve the quality of their lives and to
participate in rebuilding their community.
The Center for New Horizons’ Workforce Development program is a “dual
customer” program providing area employers with expertly matched job candidates
and assists job seekers in qualifying for such jobs. To learn more about Centers for New Horizons,
please visit www.cnh.org.
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