The JobSync Blog
Addicted to interviewing
August 16, 2011
Nikolaus Gebhardt is a skilled software engineer who lives in Austria and is the CEO of his own software development company. He’s also a job-seeking enthusiast, and he plans to stay that way for the foreseeable future. He makes a point of interviewing for an advertised job as a software programmer at least once a year to keep in touch with the job market.
Interviews can be a fun way of keeping up a passive job search while staying grounded and informed. “I talked with a lot of interesting people,” Nikolaus says, “learned new views, got constructive reviews of my skills and personality, and even built some business relationships in this way.”
So, what does this habitual interviewee think of the changing job search landscape? He complains that, because they are inundated with resumes, HR departments have trouble getting to know candidates and the jobs they are trying to fill. He feels that online applications do a poor job of evaluating the background and personality of a candidate. And he laments that the process seems to be taking longer than ever.
Nikolaus is in an enviable position – he has a job. We know that the challenges of an inefficient recruiting process are plaguing American companies and candidates as well. Candidates and recruiters browse through endless mounds of job postings or resumes, with no solid understanding of where the best matches are. This inefficiency is leading to poor outcomes, with job satisfaction and engagement at all-time lows.
Focusing on the key factors that drive a successful hire, recruiters and candidates can weed through the mess and make the recruiting process much more efficient. At JobSync, we believe that matching candidates to jobs based on experience, qualifications, and fit can focus the recruiting process on what matters most. It takes out a lot of the guesswork, and allows recruiters to focus on what they do best – recruiting. A customized job search based on compatibility can lead to a more productive, happier workforce, and reverse the trends that Nikolaus is seeing. At the end of the day, who can argue with the pursuit of happiness?
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