Managing Agile has just launched Agile.jobs, which is a free service to you (and your new boss). Agile.jobs is a place where you can create job offers to prospective employers. And after we put you in contact with them, you can interiew your new boss and company to see if they are an ideal fit for you.
It probably sounds a bit odd, I know, but once you get your head around this, it’ll make perfect sense. The chances of you finding your ideal position the next time you’re in the job market are statistically very slim.
One reason is that recruitment agencies operate in substantially the same way as they always have despite the digital revolution. And employers are increasingly dissatisfied with their low value-add. Someone could offer employers this service cheaper, faster, and more effectively than agencies. That someone could be you.
You see, 10% of candidates for any vacancy don’t use recruitment agencies; they network. These people are the cream. The next 10% represent the best candidates a recruitment agency can attract, who may be available for interviews. If not, employers may get some of the also-rans making up the next 20%.
Although companies should never see the bottom 60% of candidates, it has happened that some of them do through strength of personality alone.
Only for the well-endowed?
The problem for recruitment agencies is that they cannot attract top talent anymore, because networking has become easier to do. Even so, self-promotion doesn’t come easily to a lot of us. But the issue at stake is not whether you have great self-image.
It could be that self-preservation should be your overriding concern. Have you ever asked yourself what is the personal cost to you of staying where you are? Your career aspirations may be blocked by the barriers to further Agile adoption in your company. Things like an inability to change the organizational structure, general resistance to change, lack of personnel with Agile experience, and low or no management support are reasons why many Agile practitioners are frustrated.
Yet moving on, using the traditional recruitment agency method, might just find you having to introduce Agile all over again at a new company. If you’re looking for a new position, you need to innovate: The traditional way of doing it has a good chance of giving you a bad result. Why not you make the market? Your creativity changes the rules of the game.
Tell the world about the value you offer. Hire a new boss. You deserve it.
