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I'm confused. Is there some aspect about a person being laid off that makes them more/less desirable that they need a specific service to help them find a new j

• adamstober 7y ago
  Great questions. Yes. The job seekers are more desirable to sourcing teams if they are systematically filtered to be sincere about taking a new role, local, and experienced in a given role. Layoffs tend to produce a gold mine in that respect from a talent acquisition perspective. Good point on fragmentation seeming counterproductive. It certainly is, but that’s the way it is since different candidates and different employers have different preferences (e.g. an engineer might prefer maintaining GitHub over LinkedIn, so sourcers can’t just use LinkedIn). Also, people who have been laid off tend to value a specific package of help — not just job leads, but also resume reviews, fast-track processes, and sometimes creative (non-traditional / part-time) leads that fill any potential gap.
• rolltiide 7y ago
  > I'm confused. Is there some aspect about a person being laid off that makes them more/less desirable that they need a specific service to help them find a new job? Yes. There are stigmas. People solve this by just having their perpetual consulting company on their resume, or put back on their resume when convenient. There is bargaining power when you can feign disinterest, as in you're 'open to opportunities' but not 'looking for a job I'll start next week' like a new college grad. Less relevant for engineers in this job market but not irrelevant. > Also seeing a trend of niche job websites popping up... Fragmentation in this industry seems counterproductive. But that buyout isn't counterproductive. Also recruiters either earn a tiny referral bonus or like 20% of the agreed upon salary. The company doesn't pay it from the employee's salary, they just pay that additional amount equivalent to what 20% of the salary is.
  • sokoloff 7y ago
    > just having their perpetual consulting company on their resume Has this ever fooled anyone? Ever?
    • rolltiide 7y ago
      > fooled That presupposes that it is inaccurate which doesn't have to be proved or disproved since its irrelevant either way: It undermines the stigma of 'gaps', 'hopping around', and also shows relevant experience as much as other roles, if that's what you want it to do. If you actually had clients then consider listing them too
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• rewritteninrust 7y ago
  The value-add from this service, I'm assuming, is less on the candidate side and more on the company side. For context, it is really hard for companies to build a pipeline of candidates for technical roles. If your hiring for a technical role, 99% of the ideal candidates you'd like to hire are already employed. Big layoffs at tech companies release a ton of qualified, immediately-employable technical candidates into the market all at once. For recruiters, and 3rd party recruiting platforms like this one, these candidates represent a massive opportunity. Any engineer who has been laid off in a big round has had to deal with marketing/outreach from recruiters and recruiting platforms (Hired, AngelList, Vettery, etc.) From what I see, this platform won't give you, as a candidate, any advantage another platform won't.