So I had an idea. I thought it was gonna make me a millionaire. I drew prototypes of it on paper. I showed it to people who make their money in that industry. Unfortunately, it didn’t go down at all well. The idea was a simple calendar where recruiters can see the guaranteed-up-to-date availability of freelancers for weeks in advance. It turns out that most recruiters don't want to talk to freelancers that are available. More are focusing on headhunting, getting the best candidates to leave their current engagement for something more lucrative or more interesting. The perception is that if you’re available you can’t be that good. Fair enough but that gave me another idea. How about a service where you can only book a freelancer at the last minute? Even the best freelancers can have immediate availability should a project they are working on be cancelled for example. In any event, recruiters would have to be realistic about the perceived abilities of that freelancer given the tight deadlines of get someone sitting at a desk. I’m now gonna go away and prototype that idea, I’ll let you know how I get on.
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son der venn
12/9/2012 06:28:32
Nice! You could call it lastminuteIAs.com or lastminuteUXers.com
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