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What makes re:purpose
ABOVE: Guests re:purpose a $250 monthly
different? Anyone can apply,
subscription fee and $7,500
mingle and
but only the best appli-
per job placement. Job seek-
network at the
launch party.
cants among businesses
ers use the service free. Plans
and job seekers are chosen.
include launching an initia-
Re:purpose singles out those
tive called “1% for Education”
with strong professional
where 1 percent of all profits
backgrounds, the right cul-
will be donated to grassroots
For more
ture fit and a meaningful
educational organizations to
information
mission.
help people prepare for their
or to try
Landau is looking for
professional lives.
re:purpose,
purpose-driven businesses
“The ideal candidate is
go to
and people who want to
repurpose.co. someone with 2 to 10 years of
make a difference, hence
experience who has worked
the name “re:purpose” or
with a tech company, has
“regarding purpose.” He operates out
experience with a startup and is look-
of the WeWork space Downtown with ing to get involved in the next chapter
about half a dozen contractors, some
of their career,” Landau says. “There’s a
of whom he worked with during his
ton of opportunity.”
Chalkfly days.
Landau is focused on attracting
“Forty percent of applicants are
young professionals to Detroit in
from Michigan but live in other major
other ways as well. He was recently
cities like New York, Los Angeles and
elected president of NEXTGen Detroit,
San Francisco,” Landau says. “They’re
the young adult division of the Jewish
using our platform as a portal to find
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit.
a job to come back.”
He’ll be officially inducted in June.
One of his goals is to get young Jewish
professionals in the suburbs more
HELP WANTED
engaged and connected with what’s
Right now, a variety of high-tech jobs
happening in the city.
are available with a host of different
“NEXTGen is going through a rein-
startups including Lunar, a Detroit-
vention period,” Ryan says. “It’s an
based company creating a pay-as-you
exciting time.”
go cell phone platform that aims to
Back to business — Landau has
eliminate bills, contracts and hidden
big plans for re:purpose down the
fees. They’re seeking people for their
road, which include an “Uber-style”
growth and marketing teams.
roll out, city by city, in 2018. Target
Opportunities can also be found
markets will include Chicago, Atlanta,
at FarmLogs, an Ann Arbor-based
business with a mobile app that helps San Francisco, Los Angeles and more.
For now, the focus is exclusively on
farmers track and manage everything
Detroit and Southeast Michigan.
from the weather to planting seeds
“If you’re from Michigan, we’d love
and more. It’s designed to help farm-
to help you find a job you love. If
ers become more profitable. The
you’re thinking about coming back
company is looking for a senior proj-
and wanting to be part of Detroit’s
ect manager and a senior front-end
comeback, we’d love to help you, too.
engineer.
For companies, we would love to
The businesses range in size from
help match you with some awesome
20-500 employees. Some have ven-
talent,” Landau says. “We’re making
ture capital funding; most want to
matches every single day.” •
grow quickly. The companies pay