Ask HN: What you think of this recruiting startup idea?
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It might also be worth checking out http://sourced.tech/ as they seem to be doing something similar.
I know of sourced.tech as they contacted me about a position recently, but the job they contacted me about wasn't relevant enough to my skills and experience.
Your competitive advantage will probably be in the quality of the target lists you create. If you can nail that on a broad scale you'll have something with a lot of potential (this is probably also the hardest problem).
I'd consider starting by running some experiments for how to create relevant target lists.
I know of sourced.tech as they contacted me about a position recently, but the job they contacted me about wasn't relevant enough to my skills and experience.
Your competitive advantage will probably be in the quality of the target lists you create. If you can nail that on a broad scale you'll have something with a lot of potential (this is probably also the hardest problem).
I'd consider starting by running some experiments for how to create relevant target lists.
I tried creating a startup in this space in the past. After interviewing about 60 recruiters, I changed to a totally different industry.
Solutions to finding good talent are not easy
Solutions to finding good talent are not easy
> Problem: It's very hard to find technical talent
It's not. The problem is not finding talented people, the problem is hiring them (hint: "what can you offer me in your job? why would I want to work for you?").
And one doesn't really need talent, just competent workforce would be enough.
It's not. The problem is not finding talented people, the problem is hiring them (hint: "what can you offer me in your job? why would I want to work for you?").
And one doesn't really need talent, just competent workforce would be enough.
Solution: Sourcing as a solution. Creating a platform that creates target lists for positions and conducts outreach on behalf of your company (eventually AI to replace the agency recruiter)
Market: Global Staffing is $416 billion business.
Competitors: Ultimately, agency recruiters are going to disappear. No matter what industry, middlemen are replaced by the internet. Our current competitors would be hired.com, wayup, and whitetruffle. They are taking a marketplace approach to the solution of staffing which I think is very difficult and misaligns incentives. The companies that are taking our approach are recruitloop.com and http://wadeandwendy.ai/ (this is great idea and our ultimate solutions borrows from this concept)
Go-to Market strategy: Connections I've built recruiting and running newsletter. Content strategy and Drip campaign.
Business Model: We will only offer sourcing in the beginning and it will cost $250 to get 100 candidates with information and contact info on an excel spreadsheet (MVP)
Team: I'm currently a technical recruiter at an agency and my two friends are developers.