Society - Written Wednesday, October 14, 2009 by Denis Hancock - 2 Comments

Can job search be eHarmonized?

It’s not uncommon to read about how sites like LinkedIn are becoming a more important way to find jobs (or, from the other side, employees) than sites like Monster.com. The reasons for this tend to be fairly straightforward – and many of them are centered around the power of referrals. Many companies have learned that if you have (say) one good employee, a decent way to find another one is through their network. And the recommendations people make for other people on the site, in general, are likely more truthful and accurate than (say) traditional recommendation letters. After all, if you put your opinion out there for everyone to see, you have a vested interest in only recommending people you actually think are good.

However, this approach is far from perfect. One of the major reasons is that the increased transparency helps bring out “the truth” a little bit, but there are many things that people opt not to share openly about themselves. And it got me thinking whether the job search process could learn a little something from what’s happening with the online dating scene – because there are a lot of interesting similarities.

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