NexHire Aims to Be the LinkedIn of Web3—Career Fest Goes Quarterly
Ritch Traballo, the chief executive officer and the co-founder of talent crowdsourcing platform NexHire, joined BitPinas Junior Editor Nathaniel Cajuday to share about NexHire’s platform.
- The interview happened at the Future Forward 2024, a web3 and tech-centered career fest in Metro Manila.
In Focus: NexHire, as a job platform, rebranded from “Web3 Jobs Asia” and aims to be the LinkedIn of web3.
- In an interview with BitPinas, founders Justin Wee and Ritch Traballo disclosed that they are planning to incorporate web3 and crypto micropayments into their job platform. NexHire was incubated by Archipelago Labs and was the career fair partner for Yield Guild Games’ web3 community summit.
The following interview focuses on Traballo’s thoughts on the importance of web3 and tech career fests and online platforms and how NexHire will play in this mission.
Also in this article is the recap of Future Forward 2024.
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Interview with Ritch Traballo of NexHire
On NexHire’s Initiative to Create a Quarterly Tech Career Fair
Nathaniel Cajuday, Junior Editor, BiPinas: During the event, you announced that this web3 and tech career fest will happen quarterly. What was the motivation behind this decision?
Ritch Traballo, Chief Executive Officer, NexHire: There are two reasons why we want to have a career fest. One, we really want to give more avenues for more people to explore opportunities and network. I think those are the two main things—upscale and network, so they are able to dive deeper and learn about the tech space.
Second, we realized that there are a lot of career fairs in the Philippines but we saw them as one time-big time event only once per year. So what we’re thinking is why not we make it a per quarterly event to give more people a chance to explore the tech industry.
Our vision here is to get more tech companies—developers, creatives, and any tech industry-related roles. And hopefully, we get to immerse people in that kind of scene and industry.
That’s why in this career fest, we have two main goals. In upskilling, we have educational vendors, workshops, and anything that will help upskill improve their skills and CVs.In networking, once you get to know the right people and you build the right connections, it will be easier for you to immerse and learn more about the space itself.
Cajuday: So what are the initial plans? Like, will the fest happen in different places and cities, or would you visit schools?
Traballo: Ideally, we plan to cater more to young professionals. Yes, we have some plans on tapping into schools, but our main priority are those people who are already in the industry working or those people who are doing freelance work who want to shift their career to the tech industry.
Although we do cater for students and for universities who are looking for internships for them to start their journey in the tech industry but we are more focusing on young professionals already.
In terms of place, we are still planning but definitely the future fests will happen in different places. But we are still planning whether we’re gonna have it either here in Metro Manila or expand it on Visayas or Mindanao. But definitely, the goal here is to give opportunities to other people.
On Importance of Web3 and Tech-Focused Career Fests
Cajuday: For you, how important are career fests like this that focus on web3 and tech?
Traballo: Well, it is not just for me. My co-founder Justine Wee and Gabriel Fordan and our team at NexHire really believe that this is the future. A lot of opportunities are here, and we want to give that opportunity to other people. I think its a matter of looking at it that this is the big thing and we want people to ride into this big thing.
On NexHire’s Future Plans
Cajuday: Lastly, let us talk about NexHire as a platform. What is next for NexHire? Would you just focus on web3 and tech or do you want to expand to other industries?
Traballo: So definitely, our main priority for NexHire is the emerging tech industry. We have web3 companies, developer agencies, and those people who are in the tech industry but are looking for either marketing, creatives, developers, and that range of skill set. We want to focus on those people.
Event Recap: Future Forward 2024
The Future Forward 2024 is a career fair focused on web3 and tech that aims to connect professionals to companies through upskilling and networking.
What’s the significance: Organized by NexHire, the event allowed attendees to learn and receive tips from industry leaders and visit booths of companies that has open positions where they can apply.
Live Coverage: Future Forward 2024
Hostari Labs Managing Partner Richard Parayno discusses ‘Generative Everything? How (U)X Can Adapt to a Changing World,’ focusing on user experience in the era of web3.
Fermin Barrenechea and team lead a workshop on ‘Techonomics: Building Your Career & Business Acumen,’ discussing essential skills for the tech industry.
A separate workshop, located at the event’s training room, is also ongoing.
The workshop is about Gen AI for Lifelong Learning.
Here are the booths present here at #FutureForward2024:
- NexHire, a talent crowdsourcing platform
- PDAX, a centralized crypto exchange and fintech app
- Fillr.work, a freelance bidding platform with blockchain secured payment
- White Cloak, a custom software development company
- Museigen, a growth marketing campaign solution and transformative learning platform focused in web3.
- Eskwelabs, an upskilling school for future work skills, including data analytics and generative AI.
- Uplift, a coding camp that offers software development courses.
- iACADEMY, a school for SHS to college. It also allows students who are taking their second degree for a flexible learning setup
Sponsored segment by Qoomon Quest underway, introducing career opportunities for attendees in the tech space. #FutureForward2024 #TechCareerFest
The crypto gaming platform also has a booth for attendees’ inquiries.
James Shimskinof AHG Lab, a Makati-based venture capital firm, introduced the company and announced they have open positions that attendees might be looking to.
Panel discussion on ‘Trad to Tech: A Guide for Career Shifters’ features industry professionals sharing insights on transitioning into tech roles.
Attendees are also encouraged to attend and join the Philippine Startup Week 2024 that will happen on November 11 to 15.
Fireside Chat: ‘Couch Conversations: Launching A Freelance Career’— Learn how to thrive as a freelancer in the tech industry.
LOOK: More attendees are present in Future Forward 2024’s afternoon session.
According to NexHire, they are expecting around 200 to 400 attendees.
Sponsored Segment: ‘How to Make Your Money Move with @pdaxph.’ Insights on digital finance and navigating crypto payments.
Ritch Traballo delivers the closing remarks: ‘The Road Ahead: FFTCF and NexHire,’ discussing future opportunities for tech professionals. #FutureForward2024 #TechCareerFest
The NexHire CEO announced that the NexHire Tech Career Fest will happen quarterly.
In-Picture: The NexHire Founders and Co-Lead Team
What’s Next: NexHire will announce soon the date and venue of the future career fests that they will be hosting.
This article is published on BitPinas: NexHire Aims to Be the LinkedIn of Web3—Career Fest Goes Quarterly
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