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ZoomInfo Compiles Web Information about Companies and People
 ZoomInfo describes itself as a search engine for discovering people, companies and relationships. A News.com article says the service can be used to find a job candidate even if that person isn't looking for a job.
ZoomInfo has devised a search engine to ferret out job candidate, even if they aren't looking for a job. Subscribers insert their requirements--need a vice president of marketing, experience in networking in California-- and the search engine comes up with a list of potentials and assembles a roster of their educational background, experience and email address. It's part of a wave of vertical search apps that venture capitalists are funding.
"The best people aren't necessarily on the hiring boards," said Russ Glass, vice president of marketing. "We look at SEC filings, corporate web sites...In general, if people are on the web, we will find them."
The News.com article also points out one downside of the service -- the data is sometimes incorrect.
But errors are common. It says Intraware CEO Peter Jackson went to undergrad at Stanford (uhhh-Berkeley) and worked at Accenture and EDS (that would be Intraware's COO). It couldn't find my wife by job title, but it found her by name. My brother was a complete no-show, although on Google I found his office and a quote in an article about treating patients with incontinence. I popped up, although my current job and educational bio didn't despite the fact that it's posted in several articles.
The service might be useful for finding information about someone. Job seekers might also find the company information valuable. However, web data is often unreliable. There may also be people that are unhappy about being contacted by employers if they are not actively seeking a job.
Posted on July 14, 2006
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