First it was classified ads, then monster.com, then LinkedIn making job openings more accessible. Do you think the market is ready for something new? When it comes to finding a job and hiring/screening candidates, it seems like the process is tedious, time-consuming and inefficient. Is this a market that would be grounded in where they are or is there an opening for a creative way to disrupt the status quo?
I was going to say: Can you get recruiters out of the process altogether?<p>But after thinking about it, I think recruiters have an important part to play in the current process, but it's not as a filter. Rather they are just a really expensive polling mechanism: Are you looking for a job now? Are you looking for a job now? Are you looking for a job now? ...<p>Like all polling mechanisms, if there's too much polling, it puts a heavy load on the system.
As someone who is in the job market right now, hiring is ridiculously broken. Anecdote time:<p>During a recent job interview, the interviewer mentioned that there was another position in the organization for which I would be qualified. The position had been open for over a year and the department head was desperate for any half-way qualified candidate.<p>Furthermore, when I say that I was qualified for the position, that was an understatement. I am literally the only person on the face of the earth that has experience in their domain who isn't already employed. I also exceeded all of the requirements from their job ad (e.g. they wanted a BS and I have a PhD).<p>So, I sent a nice cover-letter and resume explaining my experience and expressing interest in their project (it was a pretty neat project). Three days later, HR rejected my application without so much as an e-mail. They still haven't found anyone for the post.<p>I've been seeing this time and again. Hiring isn't about finding good people, it's about rejecting bad people. We'd rather reject 100 qualified employees than risk letting one knucklehead in.
There's a lot of issues in finding job and/or finding someone to hire. It feels like trying to tackle the whole problem is a bit brutal.<p>Here are some areas that I find irritating;<p>- Finding companies that I want to work for, other than well known companies. Indeed sucks, I don't trust it.<p>-Terrible job descriptions i.e. this recent one I saw for a technical project manager: "Expert in python, php, ruby on rails, and Java Spring. 10 yrs exper required and we will pay up to 55K"<p>-Getting resumes to speak to the position, keyword loading, properly listing skills, achievements, etc,<p>-Disorganized contact with recruitment teams. ie. I had an amazing phone conversation with a hiring manager, at the end he asked which of his two positions I was interested in. A week later recruiter turns me down for one the positions.<p>-Complete lack of knowledge from recruiters: ie. We use a framework you haven't used before, I'm not sure you can make that switch.<p>-Location - I'm looking to leave my current location and have targeted a city, I'm getting turned down because I don't live there.