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Denver's KWGN TV invited our Co-Founder Andy O'Dower into their studios to explain how our company is giving accomplished, driven college students and grads a way to stand out in a crowded job market. 

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NBC Action News in Kansas City, MO recently featured our company. 

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Beyond Credentials Wins Design and Usability Award; Joins Ranks of Other Winners Such As BlackBerry, Nickelodeon, Cisco, Microsoft, Disney, Sony, Pepsi, Volvo, Nike, and HBO

KANSAS CITY, Mo., (June 21, 2010) — Beyond Credentials announced today that its website, beyondcredentials.com, has been awarded Outstanding Achievement in Website Development by the Interactive Media Awards™. The award is for excellence in the employment category.  Beyond Credentials is an exclusive job search site for college grads.

“We’ve created an exclusive network where top college grads and great companies meet.” said Andy O’Dower, co-founder of Beyond Credentials.  “Our website is intuitive, functional and pleasing to use.   This award speaks very highly to the work the Sub4 team did with us.”

The criteria for judging included design, usability, innovation in technical features, standards compliance and content. In order to win this award level, https://beyondcredentials.com had to meet strict guidelines in each area - an achievement only a fraction of sites in the IMA competition earn each quarter. The honor recognizes that the project met and surpassed the basic standards of excellence that comprise the web’s most professional work.

Beyond Credentials worked with Denver based Sub4Solutions to develop the website under the direction of owner Keith Baltus.

About Beyond Credentials 
Andy O’Dower and Kevin Melgaard founded Beyond Credentials when they saw the need for a members only network and community of Generation Y (born 1980-2000) job seekers and companies targeting these candidates for internships and careers. Beyond Credentials is currently helping recent graduates promote their personal brand, find entry level jobs, network more effectively and improve their after college job search in Kansas City, Chicago, Denver and St. Louis.
 
Kansas City-based Beyond Credentials is an exclusive web community where only qualified job seekers and companies can join and connect through interactive candidate and company branding profiles.  To qualify, candidates must be students or alumni from the top 250 universities in the United States with a current or graduating 3.0+ grade point average.   Companies are evaluated by community standing, culture and quality of opportunities.  Many college grads seeking a career utilize their professional profile over a resume to get internships and jobs after college and beyond.  https://beyondcredentials.com

We're happy to see that the business community is taking notice of our efforts. We're growing!

The Chicago Business Journal (powered by Crain's) did today. 

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The Kansas City Star newspaper featured Beyond Credentials yesterday on the front page of the Careers section. The article is titled: "Website helps college grads make a job pitch". 

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The Star recognizes that we are out in front, filling the need for the top next-generation candidates and companies to have exclusive communities to meet and network.  We are a startup, but we are coming out of the gate quickly because people need our services. 

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