The death of the recruitment industry?
Richard Scoble has playfully placed his details in his blog, on the premise that google will be able to locate them...and thus his details can be available for anyone who needs to contact him...
Here they are:
Robert Scoble’s email: rscoble@microsoft.com
Robert Scoble’s cell phone: 425-205-1921
Robert Scoble’s mailing address: 1 Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052
Robert Scoble’s birthday: 1/18/1965
Robert Scoble’s best friend: Dave Winer
Robert Scoble’s significant other: Maryam Ghaemmaghami (married November 2, 2002).
Robert Scoble’s offspring: Patrick Scoble (born January 14, 1994).
Setting aside the debate about the searchability of this numerical data (and there's a big debate about that!), the logic is intriguing.
Not just the end of yellow pages, but also the end of outlook?
And also the end of recruitment 'exchanges'. Marketing Directors! Just put your CV out there in your blog...metatag it with all your key achievements...and see what happens...
In a sematic web/web 2.0 era, data, knowledge, and even social connections are increasingly commodities.
The smart headhunters will have to be in the insight and experience business...
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