10: How to Become a CEO in Your 20’s With Ladan Davia, Beeya [Main T4C Episode]

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Ladan Davia started college thinking she wanted to be a new reporter. Fortunately, she realized the work-life balance of an entry-level reporter wasn’t for her. After landing a job at Entertainment Tonight she decided to scrap the whole TV thing altogether. She spent hours browsing multiple job search sites and still couldn’t find a good fit for her professional interests. Instead, she got recommendations for jobs to be a gardener or a nanny. So, being the bad-ass 20-something that she is, Ladan decided to do something about it!  She decided to use DATA to match job seekers with the jobs they actually want. What a concept, right? With her past experience as a co-founder of the test prep company Excelerate Test Prep (while she was still an undergrad) and with the help of engineers, Ladan founded Beeya. Beeya is a meta-search engine and employee matching platform that has partnerships with companies including Zip Recruiter, Indeed, and Nexxt. Ladan graduated from Chapman University with a double major in Broadcast Journalism and Political Science.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT IN THIS EPISODE:

• What it’s like to be a badass 20-something CEO of a tech startup (2:12)
• What Beeya is and how it can help anyone find the perfect job (3:41)
• How to take a simple problem and solve it with your own startup (5:16)
• How to stand out in a job interview regardless of the competition (10:19)
• Why you should get involved in some kind of philanthropic work (for example, Ladan is a Big Sister with Big Brothers Big Sisters) (21:44)
• How to effectively layout your resume/CV to break through the noise (23:09)

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