Congratulations to Brian and Parking Panda!

Whitetruffle’s user experience was professional, clean, and simple. It walked me through the process of filling out my profile every step of the way. Within days, I was getting matches from companies looking to talk to me. Within a month, I was in contact with several companies and, for the first time in my career, I was getting the ability to choose between offers. I literally had no work to do after I set up my profile and I’m now in an amazing position doing what I love to do. If I’m ever on the job hunt again, I will definitely return to Whitetruffle!

Brian Drelling, C# Developer – Parking Panda

Now Offering BitBucket Login!

Whitetruffle has just added BitBucket as our newest way to create an account. Direct sign up, Facebook, GitHub – and now BitBucket!

We Found You a Job – Now We’ll Find You Love!

This morning we announced new, improved profiles for companies. Now we’d like to announce something even more exciting for candidates – Whitetruffle Dating! We’ve always been excited about bringing the romance back to job search. Now we’re bringing the romance back to romance. With algorithms!

The average job lasts 4.6 years while the average length of marriages that end in divorce is only 3.5 years. We saw this as a clear case for improvement. If we can improve the length of these relationships by only 1.1 years, we will be improving the lives of millions. Using the same formulas that we have found lead to employment happiness we know we can make it happen.

Check back for future announcements!

You know you’ve found the right job when even the Mondays are good. :o)

Applying Classic Algorithms to Mate Selection

This last weekend I went on a ski retreat for the seriously geeky with about 50 other people. After we finished a carefully prepared paleo/primal meal, we gathered for microtalks on advanced origami, lifehacking, and the application of mathematics to mate selection.

We’re in the business of applying algorithmic learning to job matching, so math and dating seemed like the perfect topic for a Valentine’s Day blog post. Ben Woosley (pictured) was kind enough to let me share his presentation.

So – given that mate selection generally means selecting a single best candidate from among your available dating pool based on a dizzying array of variables, how can we make sure we are choosing the best possible person?

First, we can break down all these variables into four major categories:

1. Physical Attractiveness

2. Social Status

3. Intelligence

4. Personality

Generally, these four need to be a fit if we’re assessing for long-term compatibility. But life is is short! How do we make sure that we optimize dating time spent so we end up with the right partner?

Ben, with the help of this paper by Geoffrey F. Miller and Peter M. Todd, applied the Secretary Problem: one of many names for a famous problem of the optimal stopping theory. Basically, it tries to solve what percentage of a set of options you need to evaluate before further evaluation no longer leads to a better choice.

Read the paper reference for additional analysis, be essentially, if you can figure out the number of total people you have available/want to date, after dating the first 37% of them, set your aspiration level based on the best person in that group – then propose to the first person who exceeds that benchmark for the ultimate in “til-death-do-you-part” happiness.

See? It’s simple. Happy Valentine’s Day from

What keeps you motivated to succeed?

Have You Heard of the J1 Visa?

We are so lucky to have Mehdi interning with our marketing department. During the process of bringing him to San Francisco, we learned about and were able to take advantage of the J1 visa. More information and details here and here. This lesser-known visa allows interns to stay and work in the United States through the duration of their internship as long as they commit to returning to their home country for a least two years before re-entry. This visa was created to make it easier to bring scholars into the US for continued education and can be much easier to obtain than other visas.

If you are considering hiring an intern, J1’s can be a great option to consider when looking for top talent. Services, like Intern Abroad, that have extensive experience sourcing students and managing visa requirements can be of great help in deciding if international interns are a viable option for your company.

How are you planning to change the world?

Marketing, Sales, and Biz Dev – OH MY!

As you may have heard – Whitetruffle is now matching business professionals in addition to software engineers. Our companies are almost as excited as we are. Want to see a few of our newest business positions?

Kaon Interactive, makers of an innovative, touch-driven 3D marketing tool, is is looking for a Vice President of Sales.

beRecruited, a startup helping high school student athletes connect with scholarship opportunities, is ready for a Head of Marketing – maybe someone with a love of sports?

QuBit, a company in London working on ways to better understand consumer behavior on ecommerce sites, needs a skilled Inside Sales Manager to focus on lead generation.

InsideVault, using big data to help companies spend online advertising dollars effectively, is searching for a Marketing Analyst and a SAAS Strategic Account Executive.

sqrrl, the Seal Team 6 of Big Data, needs a Commercial Sales Account Manager who knows Hadoop.

Bixby Apps, a mobile development firm providing iOS app development and project management services to large brands, small businesses and agencies worldwide, is searching for an Account Executive who isn’t afraid of cold calling.

Interested?