Would you fork over $250 or $500 for the right to interview a candidate?
This very interesting approach is being trialled by US site
Notchup and from all accounts is generating quite a bit of interest. The concept as I understand it is that the candidate registers their profile, specifies an amount that they would accept for an interview (generally a few hundred dollars) and then employers can get in touch and pay the fee if they would like to speak to the candidate.
Clearly there are a number of potential flaws in the system, such as candidates bonusing their experience to drive up the interview price, non genuine candidates interviewing for beer money, or genuine candidates who are no longer active.
Potential flaws aside this is a very interesting approach in a candidate short market. Would you pay $250 to interview a candidate? I think I would. I would pay $250 without hesitation if I was sure that (a) the candidate was genuine and (b) that they knew enough about my company or role to be able to qualify their interest before I paid the fee.