A new way of talent discovery

Finding new talent is hard. Its a cumbersome proces, and after reading Valeria Maltonis suggestions about job search evolving, I thought I wanted to offer my two cents on the subject.

As I see it there are a number of issues with recruitment today. The worst is the pain of having to advertise a position, wait for people to see the ad, apply and then come by for interviews before you can ultimately pick the person, you pray is going to be right for the job. It’s time consuming, stressful - and yes, a lot of pain.

At the very same time you have people being hired through friends or the friends of friends based on the merits of what they have achieved so far in their careers and (often) a personality that fits into the new org.

Well, why not look towards combining the two? Why not turn the process around and let people advertise themselves not only towards their network and networks network but to anyone looking for raw talent? Let them use Facebook, Twitter or whatever tool to hawk their qualifications, personality and drive. And think of an alert mechanism that will trigger these companies looking for talent into identifying people, who might fit the profile. It should all be well and possible.