In a our sustained labor shortage, the essence of the Job Fair needs an overhaul. The more we consider the prospect of Talent Labs , the more excited we get about the prospects for change. The simple fact that someone is willing to invest capital, reputation and energy into a reinvention experiment is cause for applause. Most carnival goers are oblivious to the deeper possibilities on the midway. For the most part, job fairs sell hope to candidates and recruiters.
Recruiters pay with money and candidates pay with time.
Everyone invests hope. In that way, job fairs are very similar to most job boards and free agent markets. To counter this underlying dynamic, Talent Labs is selling skills, interactions and possibilities to candidates and recruiters. Like many experiments, the underlying thesis is intuitive. Like many event development prospects, the process will be evolutionary.