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04.29.2011 | Parnunu Helps Herman Miller Manage Internal Talent

When furniture manufacturer Herman Miller was looking for a tool to help manage the growth and development of its 15 interns, it decided to Parnunu.

“We see Parnunu as a way to help our interns begin to tell their story from the beginning of their career and to capture meaningful aspects of their work experience, which could be in the form of case studies, drawings, photos and videos,” said Jodi Royse, manager of talent acquisition for Herman Miller. Read more

05.10.2010 | Parnunu portfolios for the 21st Century

Spurred by an entrepreneurial spirit Otteman founded Parnunu LLC and launched www.parnunu.com in early March. The website is a place for job seekers and other workers to keep their career house in order and store information and highlights — a 21st century portfolio of sorts. Read more

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04.23.2010 | West Michigan Business Review: Startup Parnunu aims to do away with paper resumés

With the launch last month of Parnunu, Zeeland-based Otteman, former director of marketing for Herman Miller’s seating products, has created a web-based career portfolio he says users can customize t Read more

03.17.2010 | New Citizens Press: Michigan is on The Right “Trac”: Helping Small Business Succeed

Michigan is dedicated to helping small businesses succeed. Recently, Governor Jennifer M. Granholm joined with the Michigan Small Business and Technology Development Centers (MI-SBTDC), Michigan Credi Read more

03.10.2010 | Interview with Andy Otteman about being downsized and becoming an entrepreneur

Andy is both a classic entrepreneur – he spotted some services that could be improved and though to make a business out of them. As he was downsized a while ago after 17 years of hard work as an empl Read more

03.07.2010 | Grand Rapids Press: From unemployed to entrepreneur: West Michigan man launches new job search website

In June of 2008, after 17 years on the job as an executive at Herman-Miller, Andy Otteman of Zeeland, Michigan, got a pink slip. He swallowed hard, got his resume together and started looking for a job Read more

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04.23.2010 | Are You Ready for Parnunu?

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03.04.2010 | WZZM News: Parnunu website launches as a job search resource for unemployed and others

Too many people have experienced the panic of suddenly losing a job.
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