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Updates
Stay updated with the latest happenings of Glints — product, fund raising, business growth.
New funding, new beginnings – getting more done to empower the 120 million professionals in SEA
Like for many startups out there, 2020 was a challenging year for Glints. Fortunately, thanks to some market tailwinds for our products and the hard work of the Glints team, by year-end, we managed to scale up to having over 4 million professionals visit Glints’ platform every month in pursuit of career development, and have served [...]
Oswald Yeo
Glints Raises Series B – What’s Next?
“Hey good news we have closed our first sale!” “Great! Now you can send the customer an invoice..” “Huh what’s an invoice? Ok let me google…” “….” That was way back in 2015, when we first left college to launch Glints. Glints was not only our first company, but our first work experience. So there were many [...]
Oswald Yeo
How this Startup’s Founders Broke Up, Stayed Friends and are still Going to Bali Together
It’s the dreaded after-lunch dessert conversation. Hearts thumping, saliva swallowing, and a bittersweet feeling that no amount of sweet raspberry cheesecake seemed to help. “It’s not you, it’s me” “What could we have done differently?” “Can we still be friends?” The breakup conversation. It’s the founders breakup [...]
Oswald Yeo
Auto-Saving, Bahasa Indonesia and more!
Hi friends of Glints! Today I’m pleased to announce a few new features for the Glints platform! This release brings auto-saving functionality for job postings and job applications, improved status updates for your applications and of course, an assortment of bug fixes. For our friends in Indonesia, the platform is now available in [...]
Yong Jie Wong
Better Application Status Tracking, Better Applicant Previews, and more!
Hello once again! We have just released Version 5.0 of the Glints Platform! This release brings better application status tracking for our talents, and better previews of job applicants for employers who are deliberating on whether to unlock their job postings. There is also a little something special for students from Ngee Ann Polytechnic [...]
Yong Jie Wong
Employer Dashboard Overhaul, Applicant Tracking, Facebook/LinkedIn Logins, and more!
Hello friends of Glints! My name is Yong Jie, and I am the Technical Lead for Glints. This is the first product release announcement I’m making on this blog, and I’m very excited to announce that we have released Version 4.5 of the Glints Platform. This release is mainly geared towards our employers, but there are a few notable [...]
Yong Jie Wong
Glints Completes Beta
200,000 years ago, the first human appeared on Earth. The human race discovered that hunting in groups was more effective than as individuals. They selected the best from each tribe for every night’s hunt, in order to enjoy the best cuts of meat. Over the years, this selection process continued. Family referred family, friends referred [...]
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Why We Do Creative Job Descriptions
Did you change my job description? If you posted a job on Glints in July or August 2015, probably. Why? We were running a site-wide experiment to better understand what increases quality applications. How do we engage the attention of job-seekers, highlight the unique culture to work at each employer on Glints, and draw in quality candidates [...]
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