Braintrust is one of the world’s first user-owned and controlled Talent marketplaces. And it is a huge responsibility to make Braintrust a helpful, usable, and compelling platform that serves the Talent who use it. What’s the secret to making that happen?
Focusing this week (and every week before and every week after) on making that goal a reality.
Because as stated, Braintrust is user-controlled, and what's good for the users is always the top priority.
Total jobs on Braintrust.
If someone asked you to double your work productivity, how would you do it?
Well, you could start by asking Sales. Last week, they 2x-ed their weekly average for job postings, totaling an impressive 48 new jobs added to the platform!
And here are a few hot jobs from the amazing clients on Braintrust right now:
How the Braintrust network has grown.
Check out these other key growth metrics from last week:
And a big congratulations to these 4 Talent who have recently been hired on the Braintrust platform! Check out their profiles to get an idea of how they crafted their personal work story to be compelling to a client:
Clients are picky. Companies are picky. Hiring managers are picky.
You know who should be picky too? Freelancers.
Think about it! If you’re signing on for a freelance project, shouldn’t you get to be JUST as picky as the client about whether or not you want to take it?
Check out the latest blog - What to Ask Before You Sign Your Next Freelance Project - to find out how to do this right.
And ICYMI, there was an impressive client success story last week! While most companies had to slow down innovation during the global pandemic (rightfully so, it was a tough time for everyone), Pacific Life managed to:
All with the help of Braintrust. This story is too good, you just have to see it for yourself. Click here.
This week, let’s give some serious kudos to Braintrust Talent and Community Leader Paulina Truong. She has been hard at work the past week (to be honest, she’s working hard EVERY week) to help make Discord feel more like home for the Talent Community.
It’s been less than 2 weeks since the Community migrated there from Slack, and Paulina has been chiming in to answer questions, suggest improvements, and research ways to make the user experience smoother. Thank you, Paulina!
Priorities for the Braintrust Community this week include:
The Governance Beta is - you guessed it - still hot! This week, it has progressed to on-chain voting. Here’s a look at the voting portal:
Note the proposal in question, establishing a central notifications preference center (hooray customizability!). Note the vote options, for or against (obvious). Note the total amount of test BTRST tokens voting for this proposal in the Ropsten sandbox, 8,000,000 (that’s a nice round number). DON’T note the way it looks (it hasn’t been designed yet!).
This Beta is about to create a monumental shift for Braintrust. The success of this Governance process test means Braintrust can effectively launch mechanisms to enable user ownership. User-owned and user-controlled is not just jargon… it’s a reality.
Aside from moving mountains, Infrastructure is also working on:
Don’t tell anyone, but you’re about to get a top-secret super sneak peek at some product designs….
This is the new Talent Home Page! It’s a beaut, right? This has been an extensive project to rework this page and make it more usable, helpful, and engaging for Talent on the platform. Get excited to find everything you need right on the home page - very soon.
Aside from that, Product is working with Talent in the Community to improve the sign up and onboarding experience. They’re conducting interviews to find out:
More to come on this in future weeks!
Braintrust’s independence skills are being put to the test the next couple of weeks while HR + Culture is offline. Lots of folks are pitching in to help with recruiting for a few open roles, but maybe you can help them out a bit.
Know someone who might be a good fit for the following? All are needed ASAP!