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According to startup company Jobvite, hiring is everyone’s job. I tend to agree.

Jobvite has built an innovative applicant tracking system that empowers the entire organization to collaborate on the hiring process. The software is specifically written to support the organic nature of a company’s social recruiting strategy, a need left unaddressed by most applications on the market. The best part—social networking and employee referral features (see below) seem well thought-out and even play a strategic role in the software.

My first question: where can I invest? The product is positioned well against competitors and meets the demands of an emerging need. Not to mention, the company has acquired some top leadership talent itself. It seems ready to take off.

Recruiting through Network Referrals

In this interesting article written by Inc author Michelle Rafter, Jobvite is mentioned briefly.

At nGenera, a venture-backed Austin, Texas, company that makes a suite of Web-based business software, recruiting starts at home. The year-old business uses applicant-tracking software from Jobvite to broadcast information on job openings over its company intranet to 537 employees, half of whom work from home. Employees can use Jobvite to forward the information to any email address in their Microsoft Outlook address book -- and earn a referral bonus if someone they know ends up taking the job.

The referral features are quite interesting and they lead me to my second question: where’s the version of Jobvite for recruiting firms? With a few modifications, this could be an excellent offering for so called "third-parties".

I suppose I’m asking too much, too soon. I'll keep an eye on Jobvite.