Uberisation of Talent

I met a very senior person this morning and he said a very exciting thing which got me to push the concept of “uberisation of talent” once again. He said, recruitment market, primarily at a middle to senior management level, are more like ‘client’s market’, which is essentially demand driven from a client’s end. There are so much talent around these days and each one is evolving in their own way. Why can’t search consultants build a business which is ‘candidate driven’.

Imagine, role and competency based mapping done at a personal level and a marketplace was created where companies hire from. They hire for competencies and capabilities/potential. Picture this, that a search consultant is a PR adviser for a candidate for the experience & wisdom they bring to the table and advice a focused positioning strategy. A candidate not only work for one organization, but multiple. Beyond a point, it becomes important for a professional to see the impact they create, the value they generate for a business as well as for themselves. I am talking about a community of candrepreneurs?. Candidates brand themselves, choose their own way of working, own company to work for, own team, own project and price themselves according to their capabilities.

Similarly, a growing company or even if it’s a large organization, willing to experiment and always in the look out for a good talent, explores working relationship with a candidate that aligns with their business goals. In today’s market of disrupting change happening every second, why should organizations block money as fixed operating expenses. Each investment on talent need to be assessed against ROI.

Gone are days hiring or even job scouting used to happen in a traditional method. Good to see organisations and business leaders do think like that. #letsthinkoffbeat #uberisationoftalent #candrepreneurs.