A More Human Approach to Human Capital

Nearly 80 percent of managers are

at least somewhat concerned

about the skills gap, just about 40

percent are doing anything to

alleviate it

Career Builder

When new hires don’t work out

89% of the time it isn’t

because they didn’t have hard

skills – it was a gap of

soft-skills and attitude

Leadership IQ

In the US, 1 in 7 young adults are

not in school or working

Opportunity Nation

An additional 4.7 million people between 18 – 34 are underemployed Accenture

The economy has drastically changed but companies haven’t

In today’s dynamic economy, employers rate soft-skills as being the

most important characteristic in entry-level hires and industry

and job-specific skills lowest In importance.

Yet… they still hire based on industry-specific skills

We need…

A different way for candidates to effectively demonstrate their skills

and experience to potential employers, and a better way for

employers to evaluate candidates and determine that they are

getting the right hire

A better way to evaluate and hire candidates

We believe we can positively impact the problems of high un-

and underemployment, high employee turnover, and the disconnect

between the skills employers say they need and the skills they

measure while hiring:

From self-generated, retrospective résumés that try to retrofit the Situation,

Action, Response into a measure of a candidate’s potential…

… to reference-driven, experience-based profiles that attest to a young

person’s future value in any environment.

theThings.biz helps candidates:

Evaluate their skills and experience gained through either non-

traditional work or previous jobs

Identify how their skills and experience into a proven, reference-

driven profile that demonstrates their potential value to employers

Connect with potential employers who understand the value their

skills and experience regardless of where they were obtained

theThings.biz helps employers:

Access a broader, more diverse base of qualified candidates for

their open positions

Find candidates with the demonstrated skills needed for the job

Job, education,

and volunteering

experience

Reference identified and

Verified, soft-skillsbased profile

Soft-skill basedachievements

C A N D I D AT E R E F E R E N C E S

A R E F E R E N C E - S O U R C E D P R O F E S S I O N A L P R O F I L E

A reference-sourced professional profile

Accomplishments are marked by the soft-skills that references identify most often

Jobs, education, and volunteering experiences are all chances to highlight how candidates work and think

At theThings.biz it’s free for candidates to:

Discover and attest to the transferable skills they’ve proven through

their work, education, and volunteering

Bolster their online presence with searchable profiles

Create printable supplements for their résumés

Find and apply for jobs

At theThings.biz it’s free for employers to:

Build a Profile

Search Candidates’ Profile

It costs $75 a month to list a job, reach out directly to candidates,

and use our hiring management tools

Our team

Geordie McClelland Founder / CEO

BEAM Interactive, Monitor Group, Straightline International, 2003 Inspire! Antarctic Expedition, The Coca-Cola Company Think Tank

Brett Maurer Founder / Chief Creative Officer

Velocify, Cornerstone OnDemand, Straightline International, The Rhode Island School of Design

Scott Swanson Lead Developer

Powerlytics, Fluid Group, Microsoft

Charles Pollak Director of Veterans Services

Marine Corps, Brown University

Ryan BraswellAssociate Director of Veterans Services

Marine Corps, Hinds Community College