What’s a day in the life like as a Listings Curator?
My job is to review and approve every single job an employer posts on WayUp. It’s an incredibly important role because it benefits both sides of the business: students and employers. You have to be very quick on your feet and approve jobs as soon as possible because employers have immediate hiring needs and college students need to make money (or build experience) fast.
What’s the best part about your job?
Because this part of my role is the core of WayUp’s mission, I’m able to add value across a number of different departments – whether that involves sending over our top jobs for an email marketing campaign, communicating with sales on getting the best opportunities for students, and giving the engineering team product feedback.
It’s also rewarding to know that I’m helping to contribute to WayUp’s incredible stat: 1 in 3 students who apply for a job on WayUp get hired – which wouldn’t happen if there were no jobs being approved! :D
What’s a challenging part of this position?
It’s definitely a challenge juggling approving hundreds of listings 7 days a week along with my other job responsibilities (managing the blog, handling student support emails), but at the same time, having so much on my plate has taught me how to focus and get my work done. It obviously takes a bit of time to settle into the responsibilities of any position, but once you finally hit your stride, you feel like you can take on anything.
What skill is absolutely necessary to succeed in this role?
You absolutely cannot succeed in this role without being detail-oriented. I have to look at a listing and check for grammatical errors and discrepancies – does the person posting this job with their personal email really work for the company? Why is this employer requesting “Masters students only” for a Campus Rep position? Things like that. It’s so important because one small detail can alter the success of a listing.
