Mining Talent in Untapped Fields
There are a lot of ways to learn a lot of skills. There are a lot of ways of gaining a lot of knowledge. consequently there are a lot of people who can do a lot of work. It just isn't obvious. That means finding this untapped talents takes time and effort. I believe this kind of talent is invisible to AI, as it does not appear in key words or phrases. As a pastor trying to find qualified volunteers to perform important work for our organization I had mine unconventional backgrounds. In my experience the work done by these self-taught, self-motivated individuals was equal to or better than the work of mainstreams professional we hired out for. These people did the work because they were naturally inclined to it, and enjoyed it. Having someone who would do the job even if you weren't paying them changes the whole atmosphere of the office. The other observation I made was that when I was willing to take unconventional experiences, i could recruit for quality character. Characte...