That's true. One way is to improve the process. Another way would be to increase chance encounters between good companies and good candidates. For example, you

That's true. One way is to improve the process. Another way would be to increase chance encounters between good companies and good candidates. For example, you could make it easier for companies to organise meetups (e.g. Github's drinkups - see this thread for details http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1804527 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1804527). I'm sure a lot of employers would like to do stuff like that, but never end up making the time to do it.