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One of the first really visionary products offered on the web was a tool that
moved a database full of trade magazine clippings online. That long gone service
provided some biographical details and limited contact information for people
who had been featured in a huge array of press. It was a hyperactive clipping
service that automated and webified this time honored approach to the discovery
of potential candidates. Like a surprising number of good ideas, it failed to
make money. Although it was one of the earliest examples of the possibilities of
the web, first mover advantage was no substitute for the fact that it was
underfunded and the market wasn't ready. Scroll ahead seven years to today. Eliyon Technologies has combined the
features of a resume spider and that old fashioned hyper-clipping service into
an attractively packaged online database. Based in Cambridge, MA, the company
has aggregated information about nearly 6 Million People from over 500,000
companies into an easy to navigate service. Although their incessant blather
about technology will make your eyes roll to the back of your head, the
service is extraordinary, enabling a recruiter to really consider passive
candidates (as in....they are not looking for a job). We suggest that you wander over to the web site and take a test
drive. We looked at Intel,
Monster,
monster.com,
CDI,
Bioethics,
assessment
services, job
board, Internet
Recruiting Manager Eliyon has managed to create a tool that serves the needs of several segments of our industry. Obviously, recruiters looking to fill tough competitive slots will want to have access to the service. We believe that it is also an incredible lead generation tool for the sales forces that serve the industry. There are a number of obvious alliances, partnerships and reciprocal back-scratching arrangements that we can see evolving from Eliyon's entry into our market. One of the things we really liked about the Eliyon interface was its capacity to display various depths of information based on the contents of the database. Here's one with a lot of data. It's a feature that ought to be incorporated in the various candidate management systems. Why in the world should an information professional have to review empty elements of a form. The service isn't without its flaws. Natural language can not seem to distinguish between fictional characters and real. In other words, humorous as they might be, there are some wild goose chases embedded in the service. Regardless, it will turn up novel opportunities faster than anything we've seen to date. On another level, Eliyon amplifies our concerns about the ownership of data. While we think there is a clever path through the minefield that is an extension of Eliyon's approach, a good look at their database will show that that take great liberties in appropriating other people's content and applying their copyright to it. Users probably don't share in the liability risk unless they store and process the copyright protected stuff. Eliyon is hardly alone in this and, as we have mentioned previously, the law is clear but enforcement is muddy. At the introductory price of $99/month, we can't imagine how you could do without it. - John Sumser © TwoColorHat. All Rights Reserved.TrueCareers is the industry's first Affinity-Based Recruitment Resource (ABRR). Our job board serves Sallie Mae's seven-million-plus borrowers, and while doing so, offers you:
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