if you could quantify the requirements and goals of positions in your company
That hits on one big problem I see with all this: How do you know what the company actually wants? All/Loads of companies claim to want the same thing, and have the same vision of "changing the world". But some companies are run by abusive wankers who want cheap developers who'll be happy working 24/7 for low money. You can tell by the company's actions, not their words. If the only pay peanuts, then they only want cheap labour.
Will this big data be turned around to the company, so employees can see what sort of place the company is?
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'.
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.
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.
An individualised test that advises you to steer clear of a company because you're way less deferential to management than their typical successful hire, or provides helpful hints that they're much more laissez faire than your previous employers is potentially a lot more useful than a review site (which like any review site can easily be abused by astroturfers or ex-employees fired for good reason).
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if you could quantify the requirements and goals of positions in your company
That hits on one big problem I see with all this: How do you know what the company actually wants? All/Loads of companies claim to want the same thing, and have the same vision of "changing the world". But some companies are run by abusive wankers who want cheap developers who'll be happy working 24/7 for low money. You can tell by the company's actions, not their words. If the only pay peanuts, then they only want cheap labour.
Will this big data be turned around to the company, so employees can see what sort of place the company is?
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'.
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.
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.
This sounds like what Glassdoor does. Even small local companies get reviews on it.
An individualised test that advises you to steer clear of a company because you're way less deferential to management than their typical successful hire, or provides helpful hints that they're much more laissez faire than your previous employers is potentially a lot more useful than a review site (which like any review site can easily be abused by astroturfers or ex-employees fired for good reason).