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Re: Show HN: Peer to Peer Recruiting?

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Post by kook_throwaway »

gethigher wrote: post #7
gethigher wrote: post #4

Hello! Adrian and Paul here, we conceived of Higher almost 2 years ago now, partly inspired by a HN thread! The other part was Paul being asked to endorse a colleague he had worked with before, he did so positively, however the owners asked him if he'd bet anything on it and he retracted his endorsement! We invented the concept of a confidence curation market as a spin off from content creation markets, the system wi…

AD: It's worth pointing out that Harvard Business School just published a report[1] on what they deem as 'Hidden Workers' - one of the major factors in these workers remaining hidden is that their CV or digital profiles can't get past the AI filtering engines almost all ATS system use... We've side stepped AI filtering systems with peer-to-peer collateralised endorsements, humans are doing the match-making and at sca…

Less AI and more people. I hope this succeeds.

Re: Show HN: Peer to Peer Recruiting?

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Post by MattGaiser »

There needs to be clarity on what qualifies as a success and a failure.

If they quit in two days, do I lose my money? As I know a great candidate who has done that because he was mislead (literal Java developer hired to do JavaScript kind of thing).

How about if they are just let go in a downsizing and not really fired for performance?

But otherwise this is a great idea.

Re: Show HN: Peer to Peer Recruiting?

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Post by dfee »

hasperdi wrote: post #15

I don't think the website communicates whatever service they're offering effectively. Unless the visitor knows exactly what they're looking for. IE. What is ATS? why do I want to see demo immediately?

Applicant tracking system. Basically a CRM for candidates. This is 101 level jargon.

If you don’t know it, now you do.

Re: Show HN: Peer to Peer Recruiting?

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Post by lifeisstillgood »

congratulations on getting to launch! And in a notoriously difficult field - I hope you can "fix" recruiting :-)

My thoughts are :

I would only make the bet if I understood both sides - the skill of the candidate I am betting on (ok) - and the needs, culture and requirements of the company looking to hire.

As that second part is basically unknown then the only rational part is to withdraw the bet. Perhaps a smaller sum would work, but then betting 5 to get back 10 is no incentive - you may as well just ask.

I think I should put more effort into networking and recommending people for jobs - so something in this area is needed.

Good luck

Re: Show HN: Peer to Peer Recruiting?

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Post by beachy »

> Endorsers put down a reasonable but significant sum of their own money in support of the candidate's application to your role.

This feels like it's flirting with "pay to apply", which is an absolutely reliable sign of a scam and is rightfully illegal in many countries.

Re: Show HN: Peer to Peer Recruiting?

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Post by helsinkiandrew »

mtmail wrote: post #2

Interesting concept "By paying £500 now to endorse Paul, you will receive £1000 if Paul is hired and passes probation. If Paul is hired and fails probation, your payment of £500 will be donated to charity. If Paul is not hired then your payment of £500 will be refunded." There are interactive demo pages https://gethigher.io/endorse/demo https://gethigher.io/dashboard/demo linked on the homepage, that qualifies for th…

This seems to be quite a fragile way of offloading some of the recruitment/interview/screening process to the persons friends. What stops Paul paying his friends/acquaintances to endorse him?

Doesn't this perpetuate the lack of diversity in the job market? Whenever I hire I'll ask anyone I know that's worked in the same place if they have an opinion on them - but won't use a lack of one to not bring in for an interview.

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