Identified Launches Its People-Ranking Professional Search Engine(forbes.com)
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Identified Launches Its People-Ranking Professional Search Engine
http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomiogeron/2011/09/19/identified-launches-its-people-ranking-professional-search-engine/
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Identified seems to be an effective way to drill down who went to school where, what companies employed who, and who knows who. The number generated from the search engine can be entertaining however when it comes to hiring decisions and real job experience the candidate who is “friends” with the most influential or worked at a certain company won’t exactly turn out to be the most intelligent or at least for a particular position a recruiter is trying to fill (ie, George Bush Jr vs Ronald Reagan). If I was a recruiter now and I have been in the past for various types of organizations (both in the private and public sector), those who benefit the organization most tend to be those who have the personality, the technical skills, the heart for the job, and share the vision of the team which are all determined by a variety of factors bigger than one single score. As labor costs constitute such a huge portion of a company’s budget, I would suggest getting to know exactly who you hire, inside and out, which takes time and effort. Well worth it to avoid a disastrous hiring decision.
Alternatively it would be interesting if Identified showed three scores for each factor considered - one score for education tied to national surveys/ rankings, one score for companies worked tied to perhaps employment surveys conducted by HR consulting firms, and another for connections so that viewers would see three numbers side by side. The availability of all this information is of course dependent on how willing facebook users would be to voluntary disclosure, especially their connections. Some important people don't want to be identified as such and the friends of these individuals would want to protect them from others capitalizing on the relationship.