Michael Shafrir

Michael Shafrir

Account Executive at TheLadders.com

Greater New York City Area

Current
  • Account Executive at TheLadders.com
Past
  • Sr. Manager, Business Development at TheLadders.com
  • Marketing Associate at Greater Philadelphia Tourism and Marketing Corp.
  • Classroom Aide at The Heath School
Education
  • University of Michigan
Connections
500+ connections
Industry
Online Media
Websites

Michael Shafrir’s Summary

After graduating from the University of Michigan in 2002, I spent a year working as a teacher's aide for autistic children (first-graders). I then moved to Philadelphia where I worked in Marketing for a non-profit.

I joined TheLadders.com as employee #11 in April 2004 and have helped the company grow to over 250 employees, 2,300,000 $100k+ job-seeking subscribers, and well over 35,000 recruiters.

If any recruiter or hiring manager would like to learn more about TheLadders.com, please feel free to email me (michael@theladders.com) or add me as a connection.

Michael Shafrir’s Specialties:

Sales, online media, recruiting, business development, account development, account management, team management, customer service, online newsletter content


Michael Shafrir’s Experience

  • Account Executive

    TheLadders.com

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

    December 2007Present (11 months)

    Sales of RecruitLadder and RecruitLadder Enterprise to recruiting firms and companies.

    88% of quota Q1-08, first quarter in direct sales.
    101% of quota Q2-08. Top 20% of all reps by quota.

  • Sr. Manager, Business Development

    TheLadders.com

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

    April 2004November 2007 (3 years 8 months)

    - Founding member of Recruiter Relations team at TheLadders.com.
    - Now manage team of 11 recruiter relations representatives.
    - Lead salesperson for launch of online media/sponsorship packages. Sold 5-figure media packages (banners, newsletters, etc).
    - Responsible for individual and team quota -- job postings and revenue from RecruitLadder Premium sales.
    - Develop and manage relationships with strategic content partners/vendors/membership organizations in the online recruiting space.
    - Lead account manager for top-level clients.
    - Liaison with product and technology teams to help develop industry leading recruiting solutions.
    - When we started, there were about 500 recruiters using TheLadders.com. Today there are 30,000+ recruiters including more than half of the Fortune 500 and recruiters from all of the leading search firms in the world.

  • Marketing Associate

    Greater Philadelphia Tourism and Marketing Corp.

    (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    November 2003April 2004 (6 months)

    - Developed and maintained target client database
    - Promoted city of Philadelphia through online customer service
    - Maintained relationships with vendors
    - Gathered and analyzed online traffic data
    - Produced content for website -- www.gophila.com

  • Classroom Aide

    The Heath School

    (Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Education Management industry)

    September 2002June 2003 (10 months)

    One-on-one classroom aide for children on the Autism spectrum.


Michael Shafrir’s Education

  • University of Michigan

    BA, Organizational Psychology, September 1998May 2002

    Activities and Societies:
    Delta Sigma Phi, Activity Board, Newspaper

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Michael Shafrir’s Interests:

Fantasy Basketball, the NBA, Boston Sports, Michigan Sports, music, pop culture, online media, social networking, web 2.0, venture capital, blogs and other new and exciting forms of media distribution.

Michael Shafrir’s Groups:

  •    Online Sales Pros

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