In application forms, include a request for permission to share the candidate’s application with people who are hiring for similar roles.
Yes! Just to add some color/texture to the comment and also the premise of the post to supporting the common application:
Several major EA organizations, whose recruiter or directors the writer/”founder” spoke to directly, passes candidates like this, exactly like you say. Some only do it within certain circles, or is ad hoc, and this can’t be efficient.
Maybe because this wasn’t efficient, one or more of the recruiters or executive directors of the major EA organizations was directly trying to share/develop this very common application or lent their support. This is a very “live” proposal someone should do!
Execution and buy in of orgs is critical, and initial conditions are important.
One key strategy is to start from the largest, best talent pools and flow down. Beginning to execute this, the writer/”founder” reached out to very respected EA orgs, who expressed interest.Their talent pools (separate and additional to the the funder mentioned in the document) would be incredibly valuable and their interest shows this strategy could work well.
Search for recently closed hiring rounds for similar roles and ask the hiring managers if they have permission to share any strong applications with you (or if they could share your ad with the strong applicants they didn’t hire).
Yes, yes! This is a great idea!
Note that the link brings one to an Airtable with thousands of rows.
Exactly as you say, this is a huge opportunity. At the same time, there’s both a huge task and a lot of institutional knowledge, relationship building, and key strategies that could make this much easier and bring candidates and organizations together.
This suggests why you want a full time, multiple FTE organization, and sophisticated execution.
There’s so much here and the value only grows as EA grows.
Yes! Exactly, these are great points!
Yes! Just to add some color/texture to the comment and also the premise of the post to supporting the common application:
Several major EA organizations, whose recruiter or directors the writer/”founder” spoke to directly, passes candidates like this, exactly like you say. Some only do it within certain circles, or is ad hoc, and this can’t be efficient.
Maybe because this wasn’t efficient, one or more of the recruiters or executive directors of the major EA organizations was directly trying to share/develop this very common application or lent their support. This is a very “live” proposal someone should do!
Execution and buy in of orgs is critical, and initial conditions are important.
One key strategy is to start from the largest, best talent pools and flow down. Beginning to execute this, the writer/”founder” reached out to very respected EA orgs, who expressed interest. Their talent pools (separate and additional to the the funder mentioned in the document) would be incredibly valuable and their interest shows this strategy could work well.
Yes, yes! This is a great idea!
Note that the link brings one to an Airtable with thousands of rows.
Exactly as you say, this is a huge opportunity. At the same time, there’s both a huge task and a lot of institutional knowledge, relationship building, and key strategies that could make this much easier and bring candidates and organizations together.
This suggests why you want a full time, multiple FTE organization, and sophisticated execution.
There’s so much here and the value only grows as EA grows.