Finding Employees

There should be an online recruitment agency as comprehensive as the career classifieds websites currently in operation but catering for businesses looking for talent rather than unemployed talent looking for a job.

At its simplest level, candidates submit a comprehensive CV and/or portfolio and nominate which fields they would like to work in. There could also be an "attributes" section where candidates nominate their top 5 employable traits; reliability, time management skills, creativity, communication skills, deadline driven etc. The CV/portfolio would be searchable so that companies could find information like years of experience in a particular industry, particular qualifications, references etc. It would be super if the candidates could nominate a salary range or even provisos like "looking for $40K/pa but will settle for $36K/pa if in particular suburb/region" or "looking for $60K+ but will settle for $50K with car" etc.

The money to upkeep the site would come from the employer. While it would be free for candidates to save their profiles, there would have to be a way to conceal the identity of the candidates, including their name and any distinguishing features, to prevent discrimination and to leverage the site's clients. By that I mean when the employers search the site, they "add candidates" they would like to contact (for an interview or whatever) with an online shopping cart feature. When the employers have paid, the contact details for each candidate can be revealed to them. Perhaps for highly-paid positions or positions that require a particular level of expertise (like, $60K+ or "10 years experience in mechanical engineering" I'd charge a fee equivalent to the employee's weekly pay.

I think this system would ensure a greater accuracy rate in terms of matching employees to jobs, take the pressure off the unemployed and it'd mean that employers won't be bombarded with (sometimes unsuitable) candidates for a particular role. This system would have to co-exist with the current system so that jobseekers who are currently unemployed would have something to do and also so people who don't have great written skills or access to the latest technology can still apply for jobs.

It would be great to roll out physical offices where candidates without the technology or good writing skills go to the agency and someone would comprehensively interview them and then write up their profile, much like a recruitment agency does today. This could be done for a small fee (labour and rent costs money, you know!). Recruitment agencies would then search this site as just one of the ways they endeavour to find talent for their clients.

This idea is here because my head has become too full. As far as I know, it's original as of the date stamp given. I may or may not use this idea in a business environment in the future. If you think this idea has been stolen, or if you would like approval to use this idea, please contact me.