TalentSpring.com - Find the Best Job Candidate

TalentSpring is a job posting board with a novel twist. Employers post their available positions as they usually would; the would be employees, however must go through a trial of sorts. So you´re looking for a job, and you go to TalentSpring to post your resume, so far, so good, however, once it´s put into the system, other users actually vote on it. So you´re put up against another candidate applying for the same position, and anyone who´s browsing that particular area gets to choose between you and the other guy. Depending on the outcome, your Merit Score is ranked and in the end, the employer gets the best candidate. Even if your resume wasn´t the chosen one, the voting process gives you an idea of how you can change and tweak your resume for better results. To use TalentSpring you´ve got to sign up first, but it won´t cost you a cent.

“For Candidates, we work with the candidate to best articulate their strength in the industry. This enables candidates to stand out in their industry to the best of their ability. The industries top candidates will be able to fully utilize their strength in the market.

TalentSpring´s great for employers as it narrows down the field for them without their having to waste time looking at resumes that don´t suit their parameters. The site is also useful for those who need help with their resumes, because the voting process is essentially feedback; plus users can compare their resumes with those that have the best Merit Scores to get a better idea of how to write a better resume.

Do Merit Scores really reflect the quality of a candidate? Could they be skewed? TalentSpring is obviously more geared towards employers, will job hunters distrust the results? Will the job categories expand to include non-tech listings?