Dominic Jackman Founded Escape the City to Help Restless Professionals Escape
For many people, an office job, a five-day workweek and a typical urban environment can make for a very satisfying life. However, cool person in tech Dominic Jackman believes there are many other professionals out there who feel unfulfilled by their current work. That’s why he founded Escape the City, an organization dedicated to helping professionals leave standard office jobs for more exotic and adventurous opportunities. Using a wide variety of features such as a job-posting site, an e-mail newsletter, and a social network, Jackman wants to ensure that professionals looking for something different have all the resources needed to find that opportunity. Escape the City specifically aims to attract jobseekers who are trying to break convention. For example, a high level IT support professional might use the site to leave a corporate position and head the IT department of a growing non-profit in Africa. Not every job offered on the site is so exotic. Many of the opportunities listed on Jackman’s site are merely positions at very young companies, which offer a very different culture for professionals looking to change their scenery. Read more »
