Corporate Speed Dating
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/02/technology/02iht-network.4077677.html
This article introduces a new strategy to the corporate world. To find a job, most people are used to “pounding the pavement”-persistently dropping off applications and going on interviews from one day to the next. However this article focuses on a type of business “speed dating”. Attendees who attend these events are first asked to fill out a profile detailing the types of people and/or businesses they would like to converse with. A program then assigns a list to each person based on their preferences. Some conferences also provide a list of businesses the attendees are guaranteed to avoid. The people then rotate from one table to the next and gain insight to prospective jobs.
This article relates to the preferred-seller graph. The people avoid matches they definitely don’t want, but get to speak with different potential companies. They are each assigned to different potential companies based on their “valuations”, or what they are looking for. Over multiple rounds, companies and applicants alike rate their preferences and valuations may be altered. The value of each company can be related to how well the attendee was matched or even how well the interview went. Also, if there is too much “demand” or interest in one company, the company may raise its demands/requirements for job application. This corporate strategy sets people up for a perfect matching later on.
While this strategy does not provide an in-depth analysis of neither company nor applicant, it is definitely a helpful way of being exposed to opportunities. The list of preferences sorts out unnecessary interviews while keeping avenues open for unexpected (but advantageous) matchings.
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