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Michael (Mike) O'Brien is currently CEO of Climber.com. Through his leadership and vision Climber.com has gone from concept to one of the most innovative companies in the recruitment space. For its members, Climber.com offers an anonymous platform to network with recruiters and hiring managers who can help advance their careers. For organizations, the company offers cutting edge products such as Search Engine Optimized Microsites, Video Job Postings, and a Social Recruiting Platform known as Catalyst. In June of 2007, AC Nielsen named Climber.com the tenth most visited career site. Climber.com has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, US News and World Report and Media Life Magazine.

Q&A with Mike O’Brien
Six Degrees: Tell us about Your Company

Mike: Climber.com is a Recruiting Platform that helps today’s Recruitment Professionals source Qualified, Available and Interested (QAI) Candidates by combining advanced techniques like Career Purposed Social Networking™, Search Engine Optimization and Video with traditional online recruitment strategies like job postings.

Climber.com continues to innovative and deliver higher quality Candidates, faster.

Six Degrees: How was Your Company Founded?

Mike: After selling my last business and attending the ERE Trade show, we started Climber.com as a candidate matching site. We have moved way beyond that and now focus on new media as a way to interact with unique candidate pools.

Six Degrees: Where did you go and find investors?


Mike: I went to friends and family and investors from my prior business. I also have funded a lot of it myself.

Six Degrees: Your Company’s Value Proposition ?

Mike: We provide access to unique candidates and productivity tools that are best of breed in a cost effective fashion.

Six Degrees: What is the pricing structure for your services/products?

Mike: We offer Microsites that index and Search Engine Optimize all a companies jobs, these are very cost effective. We offer Video Job Postings that are distributed to 45 video sites online and also search engine optimized. These are great for the roles that an organizations fills over and over. The Video Job Postings last for years. We also offer traditional job postings with targeted email campaigns that deliver twice as many clicks per posting and the big boards.


We also offer Catalyst.climber.com which is an essential tool for Social Recruiting. It automatically creates networks of candidates who match the recruiters needs. Imagine 200 Software engineers who want to be recruited and match your needs instantly available for you to network with. Plus, the tool also allows you to send emails to large groups, request referrals, post splits and source candidates.

Six Degrees: What is the future for Your Company?

Mike: We believe that our success will be determined by our ability to help organizations reach candidates who are not using the big job boards.

Six Degrees: Do you blog?

Mike: Yes, I have been writing a entrepreneurial blog for a few years. In 2005, it was featured as Blog of Note on blogger.com. You can check it out here http://climber-com.blogspot.com/

Six Degrees: Tell me something others may not know about you.

Mike: I am a geek at heart. I love new technology. If I do not have a computer in from of me I am probably playing with my kids.