If you are looking for a better mousetrap, this is where you will find it. You’ll hear from new companies hoping to convince you and the rest of the world that their approach to recruitment will help you hire smarter, better, quicker, cheaper or all four. They get their moment in the sun and then you get to ask questions, challenge their claims and even rake over their business plan.

InterActive Applicant, an employer-controlled multimedia candidate screening system which uses webcam technology to allow employers and recruiters to see, hear, and read applicant responses to job-specific questions, before first interviews are arranged. Darryn Severyn is founder and president/CEO.

Urgent Career uses linguistic technology to match sales professionals with compatible employment opportunities. Urgent Career's patent- pending technology digitally deconstructs conversations into thousands of data points that are then algorithmically measured on 32 key dimensions of sales compatibility. Urgent Career's services are free to sales professionals; employers pay per hire. Urgent Career was founded by serial entrepreneur and investor Jeff Stewart.

FutureResume.com and its affiliate, GreenJobInterview.com, are using the power of video technology to impact the way companies hire. Combining a video-based job board and a unique, point-and-click, browser-based videoconferencing system from the desktop, FutureResume.com reduces the cost and time-to-hire by allowing face-to-face meetings with more job seekers without the need for travel or significant expense.

SnapTalent is an online advertising service for recruiters and hiring managers that resembles a keyword marketing campaign, but places ads on content sites, rather than on search results pages. It targets ads to the site and to the user, analyzing their address to decide which ad to serve. Sumon Sadhu is CEO and co-founder.

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