The recent Wall Street Journal piece about the use of online dating apps for employment networking explored what happens when people in the relationship marketplace leverage dating apps for career development. It makes sense if you think about it because employment relationships are at their core personal relationships. While the Journal’s piece focused on the perceived awkwardness (by some) of using a dating app for networking, it also raised some interesting points about the place dating apps might have as an employment recruiting device.
In the online dating realm, there are no real legal constraints on investigatory mate selection. People self-select the type of dating app based upon their personal criteria which includes an increasingly large number of apps that allow people-sorting by age, religion, gender and even occupation (for those of you unfamiliar with Farmers Only). And, unlike the highly regulated employment arena, anything goes for those seeking potential mates online. Do you want to meet a 6 foot tall vegan atheist between the ages of 34 and 46? Your imagination is the only constraint. A dating app truly is an ideal mechanism for the discerning relationship hunter.
The employment relationship, on the other hand, while equally significant to many people, is much harder to recruit for, curate, and predict a successful outcome. Employers are limited in what they can and cannot ask of job applicants, and what kind of information they can include in online...
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