Better use of AI?
The good, the bad, and the ugly headhunters ...
Pictures: Playoff Super Bowl LIX and Leadership Resolutions
Since last weekend the NFL playoff picture is ready for Super Bowl LIX on 09-Feb-25, see the picture.
In the mindset of a selective awareness, some more AGILE status links. Might also be depending on who I follow:
Agile: Less Is More But More Is Less
The Agile Training Industrial Complex: Why Certified Scrum Masters Are Set Up to Fail
21 Things Declared "Dead" by LinkedIn Pundits (That Aren’t Dead)
There Are No 'Best Practices' in Agile (There Can't Be)
The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) stirs up, shall we say... strong emotions.
Coming to the headhunter topic. I am 62 years old now and have 34+ years of experience in different job positions so far, when you read my LinkedIn profile. I am very well established in my current role and happy in my daily work. So no need to think about a change, even with the restructuring that is currently ongoing. Anyway, I do get regular emails and LinkedIn messages about "dream" jobs and great companies waiting for me.
Between 2017 and 2019 I did work 2 years as self-employed headhunter, so I know a little bit about the industry, customers and the daily ways of working with potential candidates. You need to find the right balance between quantity (to find as much as possible new potential profiles every day) and quality (you need to contact the right people, who might be of interest for your customer, not waisting anybodys time).
Using AI should be very helpful was my assumption today? I did export the experience in my visible LinkedIn profile to a PDF file and asked Anthropic Claude 3.5 to propose some great jobs for me. Here the results, just the name of the position, I skip the arguments why - shared from Claude as well:
Chief Technology Officer (CTO) or IT Director
Global Program Director
Digital Transformation Leader
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Consultant
Agile Practice Leader / Enterprise Agile Coach
Engineering Systems Architect
Not so bad for 5 minutes effort in total, including the PDF file export. When I still would be looking for a new position, the 6 examples above would be of interest for me. BUT the requests/proposals I get are different:
A junior position in IT Service management
Several Freelancer positions
Application manager with minimum 5 years of SAP experience
An Application Director position remote, for people living in the USA
Just by reading my profile it would be clear that I am not a fit for these positions, but people are not reading and their search algorithms seem to be really bad. Only focus on quantity and NO quality, what a waste of time for all involved parties. As I believe in the general learning interest and capabilities of people, I always share a small feedback to all these crazy requests. Surprise, surprise, I did not get a thank you note so far.
Anyway, I keep going ...
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Credit to Eric Partaker
Buy less. Choose well. Make it last. Quality, not quantity. Everybody’s buying far too many clothes. I mean, I know I’m lucky, I can just take things and borrow them and I’m just okay, but I hate having too many clothes. And I think that poor people should be even more careful. It doesn't mean therefore you have to just buy anything cheap. Instead of buying six things, buy one thing that you really like. Don't keep buying just for the sake of it. -- Vivienne Westwood