GetHired Plants Flag on University Ave

Just weeks after announcing nearly $2 million in seed funding, GetHired.com has opened its doors on University Avenue with a team of 14.

Palo Alto Mayor Yiaway Yeh joined Chamber of Commerce CEO Paul Wright and Downtown Business and Professional Association Executive Director Russ Cohen in welcome GetHired CEO Suki Shah and his team at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday afternoon.

“Palo Alto is an incubator of leading growth companies,” said Suki Shah, co-founder and CEO at GetHired.com. “We’re honored to launch in the same office that Intuit started out in – and in the same town that Facebook, Google, Sun Microsystems and PayPal got their start. These companies have been game-changers in their respective industries, and I am confident that GetHired.com will make a significant mark, as well.”

Wright said GetHired.com will be a great platform for job-seekers and companies alike, due to their ability to marry the services used by both parties into one service.

“I think it’s an excellent fit,” he said. “If you think about the technology businesses that are in this space, they’re perfect for serving that market.”

GetHired is a video-based social recruiting platform that allows employers to, in addition to simply posting jobs, also ask video and audio pre-screening questions that allow applicants to offer more detail than a simple resume offers. The service also includes an applicant tracking system for employers to manage candidates and onboarding. And, it’s free.

“We help bring the cost down from tens of thousands of dollars for an employer down to nothing,” said Shah.

Mayor Yeh said that GetHired will bring new energy to Downtown, as evidenced by the house music bumping in the office.

“You bring the vibrancy to our downtown,” he said. “You bring a lot of energy. The music was not staid, not very plain when we walked into your office today. There was a very clear beat. And that reflects a lot of the energy that you bring.”

Russ Cohen, who presented Shah with a “Downtown Crown” award, said GetHired’s decision to come to Palo Alto is emblematic of many companies who realize the value of capitalizing on the city’s talent pool and capital resources.

“GetHired has recognized—like many other companies have recognized—the power of being in Downtown Palo Alto,” he said. “They know that they can find talent just by walking out in the street and going to lunch.”

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