Competing recruiters try to fill job requirements from Fortune 500 firms. These firms send job requirements electronically to the recruiting firms. Electronic databases then convert the requirements into postings which are fed to other databases such as Monster.com. Search parameters set by job hunters then find these postings and e-mail them to the job hunters who respond to the "blind" ("company confidential" or recruiting firm) ads.
Because the recruiters are often not clear on the full detail of the job requirements and because the actual firms looking for contractors or employees make their requirements extremely detailed, excellent candidates are frequently missed due to "glitches" in the overall process.
To make matters worse, if one of the Fortune 500 firms receives two resumes for the same candidate, many automatically eliminate that candidate from consideration. This is a "lose-lose" situation.
What are the remedies? Let me get to the fish story first. Different kinds of tropical fish get their food in different ways. Some look for the food on the bottom of their tank . Their food is usually distributed in the form of pellets which the fish find in the sand. Others need food floating in the water. Their food is usually distributed in the form of flakes which float around the fish. These fish will starve if they are provided fish food in a form they are not looking for.
The Fortune 500 companies, the recruiting firms, and the job seekers are often starving as well, because the packaging is not effective in matching the best candidates with available jobs.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
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