SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (forbes.com) – In a hot job market, the tech sector is on fire. The pandemic accelerated companies going digital. Over the last couple of years, there has been an incredible boom in startups. Venture capitalists and big money investors funded all sorts of new and innovative businesses. Large tech companies, such as Apple and Amazon, keep growing despite their already-tremendous size. There has been a flurry of activity in Web3, the metaverse, cryptocurrency exchanges, NFT platforms and all sorts of XYZ tech-type companies spouting in every sector. This unprecedented growth has created an insatiable need for software engineers and top tech talent.
To help companies procure these hard-to-find, skilled software professionals, there is a new entrant into the recruiting space. Blind, the edgy, leading anonymous professional social network, announced Thursday the launch of Talent by Blind. The division plans to connect its more than 5 million members on the site with some of the fastest-growing startups and most creative companies in the U.S. In particular, the search division will focus on highly skilled software engineers, developers and other technologists. Blind offers a platform for verified members to post anonymously. The members are vocal, transparent and sometimes boisterous. The comments made on the platform are blunt and Blinders don’t hold back on their views of the companies they work for or considering switching to.
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