Show HN: Get discreet job interviews with your LinkedIn connections

Re:Show HN: Get discreet job interviews with your LinkedIn c... by nns on Wednesday September 04, 2013 @10:38AM (#6327843)

So this is basically speed dating for job interviews ! This is how most speed dating events work (atleast in London) - you indicate your interest in the other person anonymously and if they 'like' you back, the system sends out an email to both.

This kinda breaks when someone ends up clicking 'like' for everyone they met at the event ! This someone in your case will be recruiters who'll use the information to hunt probable passive candidates.

So in search for discreteness, the job-seeker would end up falling prey to the game of head hunters.

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Re:Show HN: Get discreet job interviews with your LinkedIn c... by victoriap on Wednesday September 04, 2013 @10:43AM (#6327875)

Thanks for the comparison and feedback. You are right with the risk, but we have some soft limits for selections as an anti-spam measure. Also in our case the set of people are not finite but open ended.

Someone today suggested using it for intracompany hiring in large consulting companies like Accenture etc.

This is still experimental, we don't definitely aim to be a mainstream tool. We just hope it will benefit some people in some situations.

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Re:Show HN: Get discreet job interviews with your LinkedIn c... by nns on Wednesday September 04, 2013 @10:46AM (#6327901)

Sorry if the first comment sounded a bit discouraging. I think you folks have made a great start and would be on the verge of a breakthrough.

Good luck and I hope it works! :)

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Re:Show HN: Get discreet job interviews with your LinkedIn c... by victoriap on Wednesday September 04, 2013 @11:15AM (#6328099)

Any comment is always better than 'No comment' . I appreciate your feedback.

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