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Auguest 4, 2014 | VOL. 50, No. 31
A NEW FOOT IN THE DOOR
FCBJ this week ON THE AVENUE Success requires work in Greenwich … 4
TRIO RETHINKS JOB EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS BY CRYSTAL KANG
CARE-CENTRIC AND THRIVING CareCentrix expands in Stamford … 5
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hen the fifth Live Green Connecticut Food & Music Festival kicks off at Taylor Farm Park in Norwalk the weekend of Sept. 13-14, 5,000 attendees — the same number as in the previous four years — can expect to experience environmentalism as
hree Greenwich women are firm believers in breaking the idea that you need a job to get experience and you need experience to get a job. Ten months ago, Andra Newman, Betsy O’Reilly and Bridie Clark Loverro, entrepreneurs with backgrounds ranging from human resources and recruitment to journalism and banking, decided to develop an online tool that offers college students a boost on their resumes by helping them get job experience despite their limited schedules. That tool is QuadJobs, an online job board serving as a platform for small-business owners and homeowners who need to hire an extra hand on short notice. “We’ve got a group of college students who probably now more than ever need to work some type of job throughout college,” said O’Reilly, CEO of QuadJobs. “College kids in general need money, but the problem is their schedule. A lot of college kids can’t take permanent part-time work. They don’t have the hours to work 20 hours a week at Starbucks. So they need flexible options in employment.” Similar to the networking website LinkedIn, where a segment of a user’s profile is dedicated to employer and co-worker reviews, QuadJobs has scalable ratings that measure students’ work ethic. “It’s the idea of a job GPA,” Newman said. “It’s a massive differentiator and it’s something that’s a cornerstone of the business. As a student on QuadJobs, every odd job that I do is recorded – not just recorded, but a good percentage of those will have reviews attached to them. So
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ON THE RISE Bankwell fills key positions … 14 ON THE CUFF? Bitcoin gets legislative attention in New York; Connecticut watches … 14
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PART NATURE, PART NURTURE Daphne Dixon’s businesses seek the environmentalist in everyone +
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Millionaires among us The state topped 100,000 millionaires in ’13 and Joseph Matthews noticed
BY BILL FALLON Bfallon@westfairinc.com
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