The eHarmony of Jobs?
Is anyone else sick of all the “job matching” companies positioning themselves as the “eHarmony for jobs“? I mean are there really only 29 dimensions of a person that can be categorized and matched or are we following the same carrot on the end of a different stick?
Seriously, if you need help mining resumes, finding talent, give Shally or Jim Stroud a call and stop trying to make a love connection with your openings…
Really, 29 dimensions? Geeesh!?!
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I’m definitely sick of them.
If you want a good match, be forthright and honest about what jobs at your company are like. A great, information-rich careers site will help applicants self-select in a way that is a lot better than any job matching software can achieve.
Hahaa. Yes. Eharmony doesn’t work. Well, it doesn’t work any better than meeting someone in a bar or being set up. So… I assume that job matching technology is the same. Because it can’t account for personality/charisma/chemistry/etc.
Chad, good point. I do think the key is to have a more focused job search though and eliminate jobs that don’t reflect your personal brand.
Ahh Chad. Well said. Matching algorithm, scientific selection, etc etc is a bunch of crap really. In theory it is great but it is far from practical. Many of the newbies jumping on the job board bandwagon should are all hat and no cattle imo.
Thanks, it’s nice to know that I’m not the only one who believes job matching is ummm.. errrrr… (refer to Rob’s comment)
- Chad