{"id":23948,"date":"2016-10-25T15:22:52","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T19:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/creator\/?p=23948"},"modified":"2020-03-30T22:39:41","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T02:39:41","slug":"40-40-jeanmarie-boben-always-knows-next-big-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/40-40-jeanmarie-boben-always-knows-next-big-thing","title":{"rendered":"40 over 40: Jeanmarie Boben always knows the next big thing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cHere I am a recruiter, and I can\u2019t even get a job at Burning Man,\u201d laughs Jeanmarie Boben, hours before she heads to the annual desert blowout for the ninth year. \u201cMy welding skills were subpar, my plasma cutting skills were subpar. One thing after another\u2014rejection. It was quite a table turn for me.\u201d The San Francisco-based member, who has been specializing in recruiting services for Bay Area and Silicon Valley startups the past 15 years, plans to turn these series of rejections into a humorous video for her business <a href=\"http:\/\/www.springsearchgroup.com\/\">Spring Search Group<\/a>. (Spring is her favorite season, though \u201cI originally named the company \u2018Olive Search Group\u2019 because I like martinis,\u201d she admits.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/10\/Jeanmarie-Boben-2-800x571.jpg\" alt=\"Jeanmarie Boben\" class=\"wp-image-23950\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Everybody\u2019s asked me why I don\u2019t build a bigger empire. I\u2019m not necessarily interested in managing a large business, but rather I\u2019m interested in being a recruiter, being connected to the tech sector, being that person who really has a great sense of what\u2019s going on.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a gift to be sitting in an area in the world where we\u2019re so advanced technology-wise,\u201d says 44-year-old Boben, a breast cancer survivor who was once told she had two years to live. \u201cI have a chance to remain young if I choose to.\u201d Which she does. Forget that 11-year-old who told her recently that \u201cSnapchat is for old people.\u201d Boben is well aware of \u201capps that most people don\u2019t even know exist yet,\u201d she says. \u201cI control my life from my phone. 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