Daily Endeavor Blog

I was in a conversation this Fall with a friend who was looking to hire someone to do some hairy statistical analysis. They were in a quandry on where to find them. I suggested Quora. Look up one of the questions you want answered, and in the answers, see who’s good. Quora’s not the only place you can see what people are into today, but it’s one of the good ones. Much like when Doug Crets says the new full-fledged education system is already here, it’s just still operating in the shadows, so it goes for recruiting. The future of recruiting talent is already here, it’s just not yet televised.

We’re in the very early stages of a major upheaval (as major as what Monster did to the newspapers, and what Linkedin did to Monster) in how people find jobs and jobs find people. Most of the companies re-creating this space are still quite young, working their way to the proverbial product-market fit. While the picture of how this new world will work for job seekers is much more clear today, there’s still some more sorting to do for how it will work for recruiters. This will come.

One of the places this conversation will be unfolding is at Unleashed Talent next week in SF, care of Jon Bischke & co. I’m heading to it and very much looking forward. One of the reasons I like Jon, and the main reason I’m going, is that he’s a convener – he seems to be continually bringing people together for interesting conversations. Looking at the attendees, this day looks no different.

My thesis is we’re about to see a step change in how jobs find people. I’m looking forward to hearing what others have on their mind.