32-year-old Jeremy Lamri is a French entrepreneur as well as the founder of Monkey Tie, the first job board that focuses on the candidate’s personality and the employer’s corporate culture. To date, Monkey Tie has supported over 100,000 young people for the job market, and it currently has operations in  France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, UK and Ireland to name a few.

It all started when the Oxford and HEC Paris alumnus discovered a gap in the job board market. More specifically, none of his competitors were asking affinity-based questions to their clients before recommending them to various companies. In essence, not only does Monkey Tie identify people’s personalities, but it also pairs those personalities with the company that it is suited for. In the words of The Future of Earth Magazine, “Monkey Tie…matches a candidate to an employer or a job based on their mutual affinities, in very much the same way as a dating site.” This produces two main benefits; 1. more criteria can be implemented for screening new recruits on personality and motivations, and 2. knowledge of a workplace’s internal talent pool is improved. This can then enhance the planning process for internal mobility, inform learning and development decisions, and lead to new recruitment strategies for businesses.

The culmination of Lamri’s years of work and sacrifice have payed off. Currently, the Monkey Tie team has raised over €1 million ($1,172,634) in seed funding, and it is expected to receive a further € 2 million ($2,345,268) over the coming months. This, in turn, will form Monkey Tie into a leader in online professional development, and thus change the way thousands, if not, millions of people will live their lives. It is no wonder Monkey Tie is the 2nd hottest start up in France according to Challenges Magazine, as well as the French laureate for the European Business Awards in both 2014 and 2015.

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