I second this—I think that whether it is in impactful circles or not, everyone has frustrations with the way recruitment is done nowadays.
See this post from 2022 which in my view summarises all the main complaints: siloed processes, no ability to build a holistic picture of each applicant over time and share insights from potential recruiters / career advisers on how each individual could best serve the movement, stale talent databases leading nowhere, and most high absorption opportunities being poorly integrated into the recruitment process + generally excluding lots of useful demographics / skillsets (mid career professionals, Humanities background people, etc.)
However, I see a huge potential for a centralised, pooled recruitment system amongst an ecosystem of EA orgs, emulating what we already see in other context where a group of organisation seeks to recruit within a highly qualified group of people (UK civil service, Oxbridge admissions, Ambitious Impact Charity Entrepreneurship Incubator etc.)
I’ve been drafting a post about my ideas for reforming the talent acquisition system. I’m currently seeking feedback on it from a small group of people before posting (I’m shy like that!) but watch this space as it should come out quite soon.
I second this—I think that whether it is in impactful circles or not, everyone has frustrations with the way recruitment is done nowadays.
See this post from 2022 which in my view summarises all the main complaints: siloed processes, no ability to build a holistic picture of each applicant over time and share insights from potential recruiters / career advisers on how each individual could best serve the movement, stale talent databases leading nowhere, and most high absorption opportunities being poorly integrated into the recruitment process + generally excluding lots of useful demographics / skillsets (mid career professionals, Humanities background people, etc.)
However, I see a huge potential for a centralised, pooled recruitment system amongst an ecosystem of EA orgs, emulating what we already see in other context where a group of organisation seeks to recruit within a highly qualified group of people (UK civil service, Oxbridge admissions, Ambitious Impact Charity Entrepreneurship Incubator etc.)
I’ve been drafting a post about my ideas for reforming the talent acquisition system. I’m currently seeking feedback on it from a small group of people before posting (I’m shy like that!) but watch this space as it should come out quite soon.