I am guessing by now we all know about LinkedIn, so no need to elaborate on that one.
I've got involved and answered questions before (where I thought I had something relevant to share), and it was kind of fun and I had some nice interactions with the "asker" of the question.
But on Friday night, just before leaving for home, I thought I'd ask a question myself and see what happened.
Well, I stuffed up a little bit because I forgot to put a question mark so really what I wrote was just an assertion! I was a little embarrassed but it was posted and gone and I couldn't change it so I just wondered if people would think I was wierd and ignore it.
Monday morning came around, and low and behold I had 7 messages in my inbox from kind people taking pity on me and trying to answer my (sort of) question.
Actually, their answers were brilliant, expansive, sincere and represented a wide range of experience and enlightened thinking.
I am certainly richer for having asked the question and have of course connected with a number of those who answered the question, and we have continued our dialogue.
One of the answers that stood out was a lady who clarified my equation:
#1 organisations = #1 recruiters
Her name is Reut Schwartz-Hebron , who runs an organisation called the KindExcellence Institute, and she respectfully (and quite rightly) suggested to me that:
#1 organisations = tons of friends, referrals and piles of top talent looking to join
Wow! Thanks Reut, you've just helped me more than you know.
I am also going to make sure I ask more questions in the future. Those wonderful folks that took pity on me and answered have already enriched my perspective on why talent matters and how you get your unfair share of it.
And I am just getting more and more blown away with how small the world becomes with web 2.0 tools like LinkedIn.
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