Posted on 08/05/2014 12:59:54 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
A new Seattle-based startup called Poachable wants to play matchmaker—not with your love life, but with your career.
Poachable’s online book of possible employee-employer matches may well change the way people engage with the often dreaded and largely outdated process of searching for a job. But it’s more of a flirtation with the idea of finding a new job than a mission to marry a new job as soon as possible. It’s the Tinder of the online job search, not Match.com.
Poachable cofounder Tom Leung, a former Microsoft and Google employee, may well have identified the new "sweet spot" in recruiting. As he sees it, there are two major problems with online recruiting today.
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“If you are a recruiter, it’s really hard to identify and engage with candidates who are not actively looking, but might be open to opportunities,” Leung told The Fiscal Times. “On the other side of the coin, if you are a candidate and you are open to looking at new opportunities, there is a big fear of being discovered by your current employer.”
Poachable specializes in what Leung calls “passive candidates”—those who are keeping an open mind versus those who are hitting the road with their resume. “Those who aren’t ready to move right now and aren’t desperate to change their job tend to be the most sought after and often the highest quality,” he said.
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Headhunting.
(I always found that the best way to find a job was to have a job)
Well, I’ve always heard that it’s easier to land a new job if you are currently employed. And I’ve always heard that lots of people are looking while currently employed, and wait to make a move until they find a good match. Sounds like an interesting site they have put together.
...and all hiring managers always wait until you need a job before taking vacation
I signed up. We’ll see what happens.
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