Vet Startup Ideas

1 year ago

People love their pets, but when it comes to veterinary care, there’s a shortage of vets, and a high cost. PetMeds is building a subscription service that integrates with veterinarians to deliver pharmaceuticals and supplies to pets at home, where they can get better care and less expensively.

292

2 years ago

A food delivery app for veterans in the US.

287

2 years ago

The founders of a startup that helps veterans and employers identify and hire each other.

193

1 year ago

A startup that makes it easier for military veterans to get jobs by creating an app that can help vets get hired for work by first-time employers

173

2 years ago

A startup that aims to be the Wikipedia of the veterinary industry, by building a community for vets across the world.

159

2 years ago

A tool for distribution of food and groceries to people in need, in the form of a vehicle equipped with a fridge, a microwave, and a coffee machine, and that can travel down the street from a central hub. The startup’s founders are veterans of the American military.

158

2 years ago

A tool for banks to vet potential borrowers based on their credit score, then offer guidance to help them get approved. “If you have a credit score, we can fix your credit score.”

146

2 years ago

This is a mobile application that helps entrepreneurs find, vet and manage teams. It was built by Y Combinator’s own team and is a set of tools that help founders navigate the startup ecosystem.

145

2 years ago

A SaaS business that helps vet people before they get hired.

141

2 years ago

A software company that helps advocates for the homeless, veterans, and other vulnerable populations track the status of their cases with the government.

139

1 year ago

A platform to help companies find and hire veterans and US citizens who are leaving the military.

138

2 years ago

A SaaS platform that connects customers with a vetted network of dog sitters.

135

2 years ago

A startup that wants to make open-source software for 3D printers. The founders are tech veterans who have built digital fabrication tools before.

135

2 years ago

A way to bring transparency to the hiring process, as well as a way for candidates to vet companies and find out who’s looking for them.

134

2 years ago

A company that helps landlords with tools that allow them to quickly find and vet potential tenants.

129

2 years ago

A startup that helps veterans with mental health issues and PTSD.

129

1 year ago

A startup that helps recruiters find and vet candidates and helps candidates find open positions.

127

2 years ago

A startup that helps to ensure that you’re not being cheated by local taxi drivers. The startup offers a database of pre-vetted taxi drivers, helping to ensure that you’re taken to the right place, and not taken to a dodgy place.

125

1 year ago

A startup that vets credit card applications by customers before they’re approved. The startup says it’s saved its customers a few million dollars in potential fraud.

124

2 years ago

PetMD is a vet-tech startup that helps pet owners with a range of services, from consulting to pet care. It has a “pet concierge” service to help owners with questions like what to feed their pets when taking them to the vet, and what food to pick up on the way home.

121

2 years ago

Food delivery and home services in India with no delivery fees. The startup is looking to deliver a wide range of goods, from food to cleaning products, from thousands of businesses that have been vetted by the company.

121

2 years ago

A company that builds 3D-printed prosthetic hands and other medical devices that can be 3D-printed at home, with a focus on helping veterans.

119

2 years ago

A startup that helps employee referrals, and has a system for vetting referrals to help ensure they’re legitimate.

117

2 years ago

A startup hoping to help the homeless and veterans get housing. It uses a hybrid model of providing for-profit housing and non-profit housing.

115

2 years ago

A self-service platform that makes it easy for people to create and vet and review video ads.

113

2 years ago

A file sharing and collaboration tool for veterinarians, with a focus on recording and sharing patient data. They’ve already secured $3.2 million in funding.

111

2 years ago

The company is building a tool for veterans, designed to make the process of applying for benefits easier.

105

2 years ago

An “Ask-a-Vet” app that directs users to the nearest vet, and is backed by PetMed Express, a pet supply retailer.

103

2 years ago

A company that aims to help people find the best local plumbers for their needs. It’s a service that lets people in the US and Canada search for local plumbers on a list of vetted pros.

102

2 years ago

A company that wants to help people find the best plumber and electrician for the job by putting their trust in a community of vetted good guys.

100

2 years ago

A startup for crowd-sourcing, developed by the founders of Yelp, to help providers compete for customers. It’s currently a beta app, but the founders say it will be available for businesses to use in the coming weeks. If it catches on, it could disrupt the way users find and book services by grouping a person’s needs in front of a provider that has been vetted by the community.

100

9 months ago

This startup is building a new way to hire a plumber, using a community of vetted plumbers.

100

2 years ago

A tool for vets that makes it easier to track and manage vet bills. They’ve secured $3 million in funding.

97

2 years ago

A free online tool for freelancers that simplifies the process of finding reliable clients, vetting them for quality, finding payment terms, and more.

96

2 years ago

A web app that helps teachers organize their lessons, then share them with colleagues. The startup’s founders are veterans of the education sector and the product is meant to serve as a kind of “Google Docs for teachers.”

95

2 years ago

A small business that provides a software package for scheduling and tracking veterinary appointments for pet owners.

94

1 year ago

A company that will help vets find jobs in their field

93

2 years ago

A group of “startup veterans” that want to build a platform for startups to raise capital. It aims to help startups raise $500,000 in seed funding, as well as $1 million in Series A funding and $5 million in a Series B. The startup is in pre-launch mode, with a staff of 15 that includes YC alumni.

90

1 year ago

This is a startup that helps people find franchises to buy from, so they don’t have to go through the process of looking for and vetting them themselves.

87

4 months ago

A travel service for dog owners that lets pet owners take their dogs to the groomer, vet, doggie daycare, and boarding.

84

2 years ago

Senses , a service that turns your smartphone into a personal assistant, is being developed by a team of veterans of Amazon’s Alexa and Google Assistant, as well as a company that sold the Siri app to Apple.

82

2 years ago

This startup is building a platform to help companies find and vet talent. It’s based on “The Apprentice” format, where candidates are selected by a panel of experts and then compete in a series of challenges (e.g. an improv comedy show.)

82

1 year ago

This startup is looking to help veterans find housing in the US.

76

8 months ago

A company that provides a platform for employers and HR to take a more active role in recruiting, allowing HR professionals to vet candidates, and manage candidate relations.

76

4 months ago

A mobile app that helps users find and connect with the best spots to eat, which have been vetted by users

76

4 months ago

A digital property management tool for dog walkers and dog owners, which also helps veterinarians manage pet insurance.

73

1 year ago

Automating the process of training and vetting employees to better manage employee churn.

71

1 year ago

A company that offers credit to disabled vets.

70

1 year ago

This healthcare startup is building software to help doctors manage their patient care. It’s working with the Department of Veterans Affairs, which is using it to manage care for veterans.

68

1 year ago

A healthcare company that vets doctors via video and social media and generates reports on their abilities to practice medicine. The company already has a network of about 23,000 doctors on its platform.

67

1 year ago

A platform that helps students find jobs, with a focus on students in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields and veterans.

67

1 year ago

A company that helps veteran owned businesses get military contracts. They’re looking for a co-founder to help scale their operations.

66

2 months ago

It’s a tool for tracking the life of a pet. This startup is trying to create a searchable catalog of some pet’s life story, including vet appointments, photos and videos.

64

1 year ago

A team of veterans and veterans’ family members that helps people who’ve served in the military with their health needs.

63

1 year ago

Security for Android phones that could include that much-coveted fingerprint recognition feature.

62

9 months ago

A platform for businesses to find and vet quality suppliers.

62

7 months ago

A startup that has built a platform that enables companies to create mobile apps. The founders are veterans of a number of mobile startups, including several that have been acquired by Facebook.

62

1 year ago

Cofound.it is a Swiss startup that launched a year ago with a goal of helping seed-stage companies raise funding. It has a platform that helps investors only invest in startups that it has vetted, and a “crowd” that can help vet companies.

60

1 year ago

This company wants to make it easier for service companies to manage their customers' data. Its software will manage customer relations, customer support, billing, and other tasks. Its founding team includes veterans of companies like Google, Microsoft, and Box.

58

1 year ago

The CEO of the company is a veteran of the automotive industry, and the startup is building a platform to help auto dealers use technology to help them better serve their customers.

57

3 months ago

A startup that connects vets to vets, where vets can connect with vets to get their animals seen.

57

1 year ago

A tool to help companies save money and time by eliminating vetting and onboarding emails, while also encouraging a more collaborative culture.

55

4 months ago

A group buying service for “pre-vetted products” that is “a great place for startups to find their product’s early adopters”.

55

1 year ago

If you’re a company that helps people hire employees, this is a tool meant to help you find and vet candidates. It’s a bit like a dating app for the time-strapped, with a few similarities to Recruiter.com.

54

1 year ago

The startup helps businesses find and vet contractors, either with a mobile app or through an online portal.

54

1 year ago

A tool that lets people take their pet to the vet, get it checked out, and get prescription medications.

53

1 year ago

The average age of the industry is around 30 years old, and that’s not because they’re getting older. It’s because the industry is so new that there aren’t a lot of established veterans.

53

1 year ago

A mobile-first platform for small and medium businesses to connect with local and global marketing. The platform is the brainchild of veterans of the mobile payments industry.

52

11 months ago

The founders of this startup are veterans of the tech industry, and they want to help veterans get jobs in tech, using their network of connections who know companies looking for talent.

52

1 year ago

A startup that wants to make it easier for businesses to vet candidates. The startup is building a platform that helps employers create a page with relevant writing samples, relevant work experience, and a research summary that can help employers determine if a candidate is the right fit.

51

1 year ago

This product helps small businesses and retail outlets vet their vendors and suppliers.

51

1 year ago

A mobile app that allows you to track the health of your dog with a smartphone, using information from your vet.

50

11 months ago

A place where people can shop for high-end, cheap, and secondhand sunglasses. The startup’s founders are a pair of optics industry veterans with an idea for a pair of industry-focused sunglasses, and a desire to sell them directly to consumers.

50

10 months ago

A home-services startup that connects customers with vetted experts in a variety of fields. Customers can book appointments with specialists, such as plumbers and electricians, via the platform.

50

1 year ago

This app-based company has been built to help veterans track military benefits.

48

10 months ago

A startup that works to make it easier for companies to hire remote workers, by helping them find, vet, and interview remote talent. The company is currently focused on the US, with an English-speaking office in Berlin.

47

3 months ago

This startup will be launching in a few months, offering a way for people to track their pets. The startup wants to become an independent pet-care company, so it can offer insurance and vet services.

47

1 year ago

A startup that provides advice on how to ride a bike. The people behind the startup are veterans of the bike industry, and they want to move away from a background that is focused on the bike industry to one that is focused on consumers.

46

1 year ago

A startup that allows companies to easily create and manage their own chatbot platform. The company wants to use chatbots as a way to increase productivity at work, and to help make it easier for recruiters to vet candidates.

45

3 months ago

Military veterans are often in search of employment when they leave the service, and are often left with a gap in their resume that’s hard to fill. This startup is working to help them get back into the workforce by building a platform to help them find jobs and apply for positions, and connect employers with talent.

45

1 month ago

A startup that’s building a mobile app to help vetted local and international job seekers find employment in the US.

45

8 months ago

A tool meant to combat tokenized fraud. The startup wants to make it easier for merchants to limit their exposure to fraud by verifying their identities and vetting them with a phone call.

44

8 months ago

This startup founded by a team of vets is building an app that can detect PTSD in veterans in a matter of minutes. They’re taking preorders for the app.

44

5 months ago

A platform that helps companies in their marketing and sales efforts. The startup recently launched a new tool to help with the hiring process. It allows companies to search for and vet candidates in the same place.

44

2 months ago

A startup that is building an app for veterans to keep track of their military records.

44

3 months ago

A startup that vets and vets people who want to be migrant workers in the US to ensure they are legal and serious.

43

9 months ago

A platform for professionals and organizations to share their expertise. One-on-one mentoring is a huge business in the US, with veteran coaches charging around $1,000 an hour.

42

1 year ago

This startup co-founded by basketball player Kevin Durant is building a platform for housing developers to find and sell homes online. The startup’s database of pre-vetted homes is curated.

41

7 months ago

A company that helps people with talent acquisition. They say they’ve built out a platform that helps companies find, vet, and hire candidates. The startup currently has $2.2M in funding after launching in 2018.

40

6 months ago

A tool for HR to help employees onboard in the US military and veterans.

40

1 year ago

A company that makes it easy to apply for jobs, whether you’re over 50, a first-time job seeker, a veteran, or just a beginner. The company wants to help people connect with jobs and find a new path.

39

11 months ago

A decentralized car sharing network that connects customers with vetted, vetted, and vetted drivers. The network can help in the event of an Uber or Lyft outage, and the company has 10,000 drivers and 5,000 customers in the United States.

39

9 months ago

This startup is building a tool to help companies find and vet their next CEO through crowdsourcing.

39

5 months ago

A startup that connects you to the world’s best doctors, who are vetted based on ratings on a website.

39

9 months ago

A program that helps veterans and others with PTSD to access their medical records without leaving the comfort of home. The startup is providing a web-based platform to access electronic health records in a manner that is secure and private.

38

2 months ago

A peer-to-peer car buying app, which gives potential buyers the opportunity to chat with and vet a potential car buyer.

38

9 months ago

A platform that allows users to find the best pre-vetted maid and concierge services in a specific city.

37

5 months ago

The startup is a talent marketplace for companies and employees, offering a new way to hire, vet, and pay top talent.

36

1 month ago

A startup about video games, written by a video game industry veteran.

34

7 months ago

A startup to help veterinary personnel identify and treat animals based on their symptoms.

33

8 months ago

Y Combinator’s waiting list is a list of companies that are accepted into the program but haven’t yet received funding. The list is kept in a secret room underneath Y Combinator’s offices in Mountain View, California. The list is closed to the public and is generally used as a way for Y Combinator to vet companies that are accepted into its program.

31

2 months ago

A healthcare startup that lets you access vetted doctors and pay for care via secure mobile payments. The company says that its growth over the past year has been impressive, with over 10,000 users on its platform.

31

6 months ago

A “peer-to-peer” service that helps investors find and vet startups. They’re currently in closed beta.

30

1 month ago

A startup that helps you find a warm place to sleep when your hotel room is cold. The startup is led by 20-year hospitality industry veterans.

30

7 months ago

A platform that helps homeless people and veterans find jobs

27

6 months ago

A mobile-first, cloud-based system for managing patient records and care. They built on the backend of a similar system for doctors, and are now in a pilot with the Veterans Affairs Office of Patient Centered Care and Outcomes, and the Department of Defense to help improve the quality of patient care.

27

5 months ago

A P2P vetinary clinic that aims to break away from the traditional vetinary model by avoiding the vetinary practice of selling a vetinary service for a fixed price. They want to sell services based on a vetinary’s experience and reputation, instead.

26

2 months ago

Civic is a startup that wants to create a digital identity system for a digital world. It’s building a system that helps people build a meaningful digital identity, something that can be verified and trusted. The startup is working with the US military, the US Department of Housing, and the US Department of Veterans Affairs.

26

16 days ago

A platform that helps companies recruit from a pool of candidates, and to vet that candidate pool.

25

7 days ago

The company’s founders are veterans of the music industry, having worked for Sony, Warner, and EMI, and they’re building an artist-management platform.

24

8 months ago

A platform that allows users to interact with, schedule and book appointments with veterinarians, seeking to disrupt the $3 billion in annual appointment bookings

23

1 month ago

A personal assistant for your dog. The startup plans to connect pets with an array of services and products, like vet care and boarding, pet grooming, dog training, and pet sitters.

23

1 month ago

A platform to help NYC residents find an electrician for their home. The platform connects homeowners with licensed, vetted electricians who can get the job done.

22

1 month ago

A “hip” alternative to the traditional recruiting process that helps companies find, vet, and hire the best new employees.

21

1 month ago

A system for scheduling and organizing home services from trusted, vetted service providers. The startup has a $21,000 monthly recurring revenue business within the Philadelphia area.

20

2 years ago

Idea: A startup that’s trying to make it easier for large companies to do product placement in film and TV by providing a single platform for all their deals The startup was founded by three Hollywood veterans

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2 years ago

Idea: A startup that lets you hire a life coach or choose from a bunch of vetted life coaches and mentors

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2 years ago

Software that could help banks and other businesses prevent fraud by vetting new accounts for risk factors.

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Vet Startup Ideas

People love their pets, but when it comes to veterinary care, there’s a shortage of vets, and a high cost. PetMeds is building a subscription service that integrates with veterinarians to deliver pharmaceuticals and supplies to pets at home, where they can get better care and less expensively.

A food delivery app for veterans in the US.

The founders of a startup that helps veterans and employers identify and hire each other.

A startup that makes it easier for military veterans to get jobs by creating an app that can help vets get hired for work by first-time employers

A startup that aims to be the Wikipedia of the veterinary industry, by building a community for vets across the world.

A tool for distribution of food and groceries to people in need, in the form of a vehicle equipped with a fridge, a microwave, and a coffee machine, and that can travel down the street from a central hub. The startup’s founders are veterans of the American military.

A tool for banks to vet potential borrowers based on their credit score, then offer guidance to help them get approved. “If you have a credit score, we can fix your credit score.”

This is a mobile application that helps entrepreneurs find, vet and manage teams. It was built by Y Combinator’s own team and is a set of tools that help founders navigate the startup ecosystem.

A SaaS business that helps vet people before they get hired.

A software company that helps advocates for the homeless, veterans, and other vulnerable populations track the status of their cases with the government.

A platform to help companies find and hire veterans and US citizens who are leaving the military.

A SaaS platform that connects customers with a vetted network of dog sitters.

A startup that wants to make open-source software for 3D printers. The founders are tech veterans who have built digital fabrication tools before.

A way to bring transparency to the hiring process, as well as a way for candidates to vet companies and find out who’s looking for them.

A company that helps landlords with tools that allow them to quickly find and vet potential tenants.

A startup that helps veterans with mental health issues and PTSD.

A startup that helps recruiters find and vet candidates and helps candidates find open positions.

A startup that helps to ensure that you’re not being cheated by local taxi drivers. The startup offers a database of pre-vetted taxi drivers, helping to ensure that you’re taken to the right place, and not taken to a dodgy place.

A startup that vets credit card applications by customers before they’re approved. The startup says it’s saved its customers a few million dollars in potential fraud.

PetMD is a vet-tech startup that helps pet owners with a range of services, from consulting to pet care. It has a “pet concierge” service to help owners with questions like what to feed their pets when taking them to the vet, and what food to pick up on the way home.

Food delivery and home services in India with no delivery fees. The startup is looking to deliver a wide range of goods, from food to cleaning products, from thousands of businesses that have been vetted by the company.

A company that builds 3D-printed prosthetic hands and other medical devices that can be 3D-printed at home, with a focus on helping veterans.

A startup that helps employee referrals, and has a system for vetting referrals to help ensure they’re legitimate.

A startup hoping to help the homeless and veterans get housing. It uses a hybrid model of providing for-profit housing and non-profit housing.

A self-service platform that makes it easy for people to create and vet and review video ads.

A file sharing and collaboration tool for veterinarians, with a focus on recording and sharing patient data. They’ve already secured $3.2 million in funding.

The company is building a tool for veterans, designed to make the process of applying for benefits easier.

An “Ask-a-Vet” app that directs users to the nearest vet, and is backed by PetMed Express, a pet supply retailer.

A company that aims to help people find the best local plumbers for their needs. It’s a service that lets people in the US and Canada search for local plumbers on a list of vetted pros.

A company that wants to help people find the best plumber and electrician for the job by putting their trust in a community of vetted good guys.

This startup is building a new way to hire a plumber, using a community of vetted plumbers.

A tool for vets that makes it easier to track and manage vet bills. They’ve secured $3 million in funding.

A free online tool for freelancers that simplifies the process of finding reliable clients, vetting them for quality, finding payment terms, and more.

A web app that helps teachers organize their lessons, then share them with colleagues. The startup’s founders are veterans of the education sector and the product is meant to serve as a kind of “Google Docs for teachers.”

A small business that provides a software package for scheduling and tracking veterinary appointments for pet owners.

A company that will help vets find jobs in their field

This is a startup that helps people find franchises to buy from, so they don’t have to go through the process of looking for and vetting them themselves.

A travel service for dog owners that lets pet owners take their dogs to the groomer, vet, doggie daycare, and boarding.

Senses , a service that turns your smartphone into a personal assistant, is being developed by a team of veterans of Amazon’s Alexa and Google Assistant, as well as a company that sold the Siri app to Apple.

This startup is building a platform to help companies find and vet talent. It’s based on “The Apprentice” format, where candidates are selected by a panel of experts and then compete in a series of challenges (e.g. an improv comedy show.)

This startup is looking to help veterans find housing in the US.

A company that provides a platform for employers and HR to take a more active role in recruiting, allowing HR professionals to vet candidates, and manage candidate relations.

A mobile app that helps users find and connect with the best spots to eat, which have been vetted by users

A digital property management tool for dog walkers and dog owners, which also helps veterinarians manage pet insurance.

Automating the process of training and vetting employees to better manage employee churn.

A company that offers credit to disabled vets.

This healthcare startup is building software to help doctors manage their patient care. It’s working with the Department of Veterans Affairs, which is using it to manage care for veterans.

A healthcare company that vets doctors via video and social media and generates reports on their abilities to practice medicine. The company already has a network of about 23,000 doctors on its platform.

A platform that helps students find jobs, with a focus on students in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields and veterans.

A company that helps veteran owned businesses get military contracts. They’re looking for a co-founder to help scale their operations.

It’s a tool for tracking the life of a pet. This startup is trying to create a searchable catalog of some pet’s life story, including vet appointments, photos and videos.

A team of veterans and veterans’ family members that helps people who’ve served in the military with their health needs.

Security for Android phones that could include that much-coveted fingerprint recognition feature.

A platform for businesses to find and vet quality suppliers.

A startup that has built a platform that enables companies to create mobile apps. The founders are veterans of a number of mobile startups, including several that have been acquired by Facebook.

Cofound.it is a Swiss startup that launched a year ago with a goal of helping seed-stage companies raise funding. It has a platform that helps investors only invest in startups that it has vetted, and a “crowd” that can help vet companies.

This company wants to make it easier for service companies to manage their customers' data. Its software will manage customer relations, customer support, billing, and other tasks. Its founding team includes veterans of companies like Google, Microsoft, and Box.

The CEO of the company is a veteran of the automotive industry, and the startup is building a platform to help auto dealers use technology to help them better serve their customers.

A startup that connects vets to vets, where vets can connect with vets to get their animals seen.

A tool to help companies save money and time by eliminating vetting and onboarding emails, while also encouraging a more collaborative culture.

A group buying service for “pre-vetted products” that is “a great place for startups to find their product’s early adopters”.

If you’re a company that helps people hire employees, this is a tool meant to help you find and vet candidates. It’s a bit like a dating app for the time-strapped, with a few similarities to Recruiter.com.

The startup helps businesses find and vet contractors, either with a mobile app or through an online portal.

A tool that lets people take their pet to the vet, get it checked out, and get prescription medications.

The average age of the industry is around 30 years old, and that’s not because they’re getting older. It’s because the industry is so new that there aren’t a lot of established veterans.

A mobile-first platform for small and medium businesses to connect with local and global marketing. The platform is the brainchild of veterans of the mobile payments industry.

The founders of this startup are veterans of the tech industry, and they want to help veterans get jobs in tech, using their network of connections who know companies looking for talent.

A startup that wants to make it easier for businesses to vet candidates. The startup is building a platform that helps employers create a page with relevant writing samples, relevant work experience, and a research summary that can help employers determine if a candidate is the right fit.

This product helps small businesses and retail outlets vet their vendors and suppliers.

A mobile app that allows you to track the health of your dog with a smartphone, using information from your vet.

A place where people can shop for high-end, cheap, and secondhand sunglasses. The startup’s founders are a pair of optics industry veterans with an idea for a pair of industry-focused sunglasses, and a desire to sell them directly to consumers.

A home-services startup that connects customers with vetted experts in a variety of fields. Customers can book appointments with specialists, such as plumbers and electricians, via the platform.

This app-based company has been built to help veterans track military benefits.

A startup that works to make it easier for companies to hire remote workers, by helping them find, vet, and interview remote talent. The company is currently focused on the US, with an English-speaking office in Berlin.

This startup will be launching in a few months, offering a way for people to track their pets. The startup wants to become an independent pet-care company, so it can offer insurance and vet services.

A startup that provides advice on how to ride a bike. The people behind the startup are veterans of the bike industry, and they want to move away from a background that is focused on the bike industry to one that is focused on consumers.

A startup that allows companies to easily create and manage their own chatbot platform. The company wants to use chatbots as a way to increase productivity at work, and to help make it easier for recruiters to vet candidates.