Blog
What’s the vision?
October 3rd, 2008 in Random musings
We have had a rough couple of days as we tried to map out the strategies that we could take to accelerate the growth of our platform. There aren’t many levers to pull - we think it takes old-fashioned word-of-mouth, successes and faith (from our employers and members) for us to reach the vision that we initially had for this particular business. In the process, however, we did manage to bring more clarity to the initial vision that we have for our marketplace.
What’s our vision? We see Vawch as a global jobs referral exchange (or Ebay for jobs if you like) where employers post their high-value positions and individuals (be it recruitment professionals or amateurs) forward their best candidates for the job (filtered and vouched for of course!). I, personally, have always been amazed at how inefficient the job market is. You don’t really hear about the best positions out there - you have to call many headhunters to find what’s available or hope that a headhunter calls you at the opportune time. Headhunters would call people in their databases to quickly match these positions and even though someone might be a good fit, that person may never get called.
Shouldn’t there be a better way to get these jobs out there - especially to those who are not actively looking at that point in time but open to new opportunities? And at the same time pass any cost savings from increased efficiencies to the employer? Is Vawch the platform for this - maybe (we certainly hope so) but that’s at least what we are aiming for.