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    Old Is New


    (November 1, 2001) In the days before the web began to be understood as a gigantic resume database, Recruiters looking to fill strategic positions often relied on Trade Magazines. (Remember them? They were sort of like a website that appeared in the mail monthly. Still produced, though rarely read, these are the big paper things that pile up next to the desk.) In those olden times (pre 1996), Recruiters would scan for names and company information as a way of generating leads.

    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 and Zookeeper. While the service does not yet suggest related searches (Zoo Keeper instead of Zookeeper), the results of each of the searches were fascinating looks at each category. An unseen benefit of the service is that it opens the mind to unsuspected alternatives. The folder system embedded in the product makes storage of good targets pretty seamless.

    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.

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