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0 pointskremlin12y ago0 comments

I was also hoping to see the analysis apply both ways to some degree. Rather than simply having a paying company ask you to find the best fit, is it not better to have something akin to a dating service, where you're not just finding the best fit for one party; you're trying to find the best fit for all parties. An employee who's not a great fit for Company A may be a perfect fit for Company B -- this, ideally, is the sort of value I see from these ideas, rather than just ending with 'He's not a great fit for company A'.

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politician12y ago

Well, that might be nice, but I wouldn't expect to see it happen. The company formed to collect this data, Q, is a B2B play that will want both Companies A and B to pay for each individual assessment. Persons P and Q will not want to pay for the reverse service, and even if they were so inclined, Q's client base won't really be large enough to make it worthwhile.

In other words, hand-wavy big data aside, this is yet another HR tool.

jqm12y ago

I wish there were an easy way for people to be exposed to more companies and companies to be able to survey a broader range of people without the commitments of a formal revue process and the recruitment scam.

I really think this informal "who you know" is how many jobs actually happen. Something like speed dating but for employment.

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