Weeks in weeks out, I intend to display my ideas for new businesses since I believe NDAs are just crap (see my post here).

About 3 weeks ago, I attended my university’s career fair. Great organization, interesting companies, some guys I knew here and there, baggy girls suddenly dressing like executives,…Lots of fun. However, speaking to 30 HR people in 2 days made me go crazy: I felt like cattle. Here’s a typical dialogue:

Me: “Hello, my name is Jeremy Fain, I study computer science, telecommunications & project management @ Centrale Paris although I’ll obtain my Master in Management Science from HEC Paris next June. I went to your website and saw this great job opportunity that grabbed all my intention, hence the fact that you see me here, blablablablablabla”

The HR person: “Did you bring a résumé?”

I sure did…as if I had a tennis racket in my attaché case. But COME ONE, WHY CAN’T YOU SPEAK WITH SOMEONE WITHOUT HANDING OUT YOUR RESUME? It happened once or twice, and I love it. I was so surprised that I actually asked after a few minutes: “I brought a CV. Would you like to see it?”. The best answers I get are: no thanks. This kind of people focuses on what counts: human interaction, body language, and the skills they can detect on the spot – not degrees and awards. This is the sort of guys you want to work with/for/compete against.

To go back to the actual business idea, I believe a lot could be automatized in both career and trade fairs. A way implement such a change would be to organize Virtual Fairs. I know it already exists, but I’m not sure it’s been 100% satisfying yet. There’s in my humble opinion a market for a well-architectured virtual fair software allowing fair organizers to market their event, companies to register and attend virtually, and candidates/customers to attend..no less virtually.

How do you think such an idea may be implemented? Does it already exist somewhere? Feel free to elaborate, I have to say I haven’t thought too much yet on the matter.

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