iHipo.com - Social Network for international Jobs, Internships and Career Networking

PRLog (Press Release) – Singapore, Singapore June, 27th, 2007


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Innovative job-platform launched for international high-potentials

Three entrepreneurs from Germany, the Netherlands and Singapore have launched a new career platform catering to the fast-growing market of students and young professionals seeking international careers.

iHipo.com is innovative in the sense that it combines an online job-board with social networking, two components which are highly popular in today’s internet environment. iHipo (deriving its name from International High-Potentials) offers its users a versatile job-board, enabling high-potentials to search via a world map or an extensive search function. To ensure the academic and international criteria, iHipo needs to approve every vacancy posted, as well as every high-potential sign-up.

The platform also has a community section intended for networking and interacting with peers in the same country or with the same interests. A student or expat living in or moving to Singapore for example, can become a member of the "Singapore community" and ask questions regarding accommodation, expat-life, nightlife, careers or any other topic of interest. One can also create their own community, for example "investment bankers in Hong-Kong".

This database of internationally-minded high-potentials offers companies a valuable and highly-effective recruiting tool for those seeking the best available global talent. Recruiters can post their job ads and search the iHipo database. Candidates fill in their profile, upload their CV and "tag" themselves with keywords which would make them easier to find for recruiters.

iHipo is following the trend of the globalization of the job market, and catering to a growing number of high-potentials with international ambitions. There has not been a better time for savvy job seekers to find international assignments: the rapid rise of developing economies means new markets and new jobs for those who can meet the challenges. The moving of jobs across national boundaries is a natural part of the long-term trend of globalization, and both the demand and supply of international jobs are on the rise. "The trend is clear: companies from any country will seek the best talent they can get, wherever they can find it, and that includes Indian companies hiring Americans and Europeans" (M. Kamdar, bestselling author of "Planet India").

The popularity of international jobs and assignments from the demand side is increasing: a recent global survey (2006) by international HR consultancy Robert Walters has revealed that 90% of candidates consider a global CV as being important, and 50% even finding exposure gained from international work experience as being ’vital’ for improving a CV. The study has also revealed that employers are increasingly taking a international view to employment: working abroad is seen as a positive enhancement to one’s CV. "It shows ambition, gives valuable skills and adds an international flair to work experience".

iHipo is the first platform which combines a job board for international talent with the advantages of social networking via communities. The result is a global community which brings together internationally-minded students and young professionals with top employers throughout the world. The company is established in Singapore, where the idea was also born.