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SoFi member spotlight on Elien Becque, founder of RoomZoom

How Elien Blue Becque Made Co-Living a Lot Less Awkward

Name: Elien Blue Becque

Age: 30

Location: New York, New York

Business: RoomZoom

Business Goal: To help young urbanites find roommates they’ll love sharing space with

Alma mater: Graduated in 2008 with a degree in International Relations with a minor in English from Tufts

Student loan debt: $85,000

SoFi Solution: Student loan refinancing

Entrepreneur member since: 2016

Elien Blue Becque is the founder of RoomZoom, a platform that does for co-living what OkCupid and Tinder do for dating. RoomZoom asks members questions about their lifestyle, personal habits, and general conduct, and grinds those answers through an algorithmic scoring system. The scores are then used to pair up compatible people who will make awesome roommates.

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Student Loan Contributions as Employee Benefits

One Key Benefit That Could Revolutionize Your Millennial Recruitment Success

A company’s success is partially driven by how well it anticipates the future. But even a top HR manager clinging to a Magic 8 Ball can’t foresee the next hot job trend. One thing is clear, though: as a generation of baby boomers readies to retire in the next 10 to 15 years, companies must not wait to attract top candidates who will grow into tomorrow’s top leaders.

Unique talent acquisition techniques are key for recruiting today’s sharpest millennial minds. While we don’t know what will entice job seekers in 2025, we do know that today they’re greatly focused on benefits packages.

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Fed Confirms Gradual Increase Plan – Week of Oct. 24, 2016

It was a relatively uneventful week as Fed Chair Janet Yellen and Fed Vice Chair Stanley Fischer continued to reiterate the need for a gradual path of rate hikes. Inflation data came roughly in-line with forecasts, which kept ten-year inflation expectations at their highest level since the end of April. Equity and oil prices were up moderately while the euro depreciated against both the dollar and yen.

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#WhyISoFi Round 2 Guidelines

200K #WhyISoFi Contest Round 2 Guidelines

Congratulations on being selected as a potential #WhyISoFi finalist! For Round 2, you are required to create a video (60 seconds or less) explaining how SoFi has changed your life. Check out the resources below to help you with your entry.

Questions? Email [email protected].

SOFI LOGOS

If you would like to include the SoFi logo in your video (optional), click here to download the latest version. Make sure not to use our old logo (example here)!

TIPS TO KEEP IN MIND

Please re-read the official rules in their entirety here, and keep the following in mind:

  • Do not include content in violation of third-party rights including, but not limited to: copyrights, trademark, right of publicity or any other proprietary rights.
  • SoFi suggestion: Do not use, feature or wear brands or their logos besides SoFi in your video.
  • SoFi suggestion: Only use music or images that you have the rights to in your video.
  • Do not depict or otherwise identify a minor in your video unless a parent or legal guardian is the Entrant.
  • Do not depict or otherwise identify a pet in your video unless its legal owner is the Entrant.
  • Your video content must not have been previously published, submitted or otherwise used for any commercial purpose.

VIDEO SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

By 9:59:59pm ET on October 27, 2016, submit your 60 seconds (or less) video in mp4 format to [email protected].

Please note that in Round 2, the only thing that will be displayed on the website is your video. You should not submit any sort of written description or copy to support your video entry as it will not be displayed with your video for voters to see. Voters will only be looking at the content of your video.

Your video will be featured among the other finalist videos for voting. All videos will be displayed in randomized order to make sure everyone has a fair chance. Votes will not be displayed publicly, so you will not know how many votes any video including yours has received until Round 2 of the contest ends.

See the official rules at WhyISoFi.com.

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