SmartRecruiters caught up with Brin
McCagg at the HR Demo Show in Las Vegas to learn more about how the OneWire
solution addresses the biggest problems in recruitment. The interview was
part of SmartRecruiter's Zero Unemployment series, an ongoing effort to find
technological solutions for the hiring process, especially as it relates to
unemployment figures. McCagg spoke to his perception of technology’s
impact on the recruiting industry, and OneWire’s ability to precisely connect
relevant candidates with hiring managers. View the entire interview below.
The interview was part of a SmartRecruiters Zero Unemployment
series. SmartRecruiters founded the Zero Unemployment movement - an
ongoing effort to find technological solutions for the hiring process
and high unemployement problem.
July 6, 2011 by David Smooke
As part
of SmartRecruiters‘ ongoing effort to identify how technology
can reduce friction in the the labor market, I interviewed Brin McCagg at
the HR Demo Show in Las Vegas.
“We focus on the big three problems in
recruiting,” said McCagg.
“Its hard to find the right candidates,
and if you talk to the heads of HR of the Fortune 1,000, I think they’ll all
tell you, they are dealing with – first of all- an abundant volume of
candidates they have to sort through, and that’s getting more and more
difficult as the cost of distributing resumes is going down – with email and
with social networks and all that. Being able to narrow down to a very precise
candidate that matches the opportunity is very important and getting
increasingly difficult.”
How much can technology do for
employment levels?
“Well there is two parts to that
question; as technology companies grow, they are obviously hiring. OneWire
created 55 jobs in the heart of New York at the depth of the recession. We
started the company in 2008. And so that is obviously one effect we have. But
by getting people better matched to relative opportunities, you’re basically
creating better retention because if you get better people, they are more
likely to stay at jobs and be more productive, be happier in their position.
And so we think - and its hard measure this – that OneWire along with
other technologies are having a beneficial impact on getting people in the
right positions for them and the right positions for their company.”
Brin McCagg is the Cofounder and
President of OneWire, a company
that efficiently and confidentially connects professionals at every level
with precisely relevant opportunities.
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