1. E Y E S
& A
R
S
Make
your job search
a COMMUNITY MATTER.
.

2. The unemployment
crisis is an incredibly
complex matter.
However, one
element stroke me as
part of the problem –
the way we relate to
information .
We live in the „age of
information‟ and the
EU still claims that we
are doing something
wrong because the
“networks are
insufficiently
interconnected”, thu
s information is not
circulating
appropriately.
CONTEXT
 In the EU zone 19.5 million people are
currently unemployed. Among them more
than 5 millions are young persons.
 The EU has committed itself to foster a
smart, inclusive and sustainable economy
by 2020. Two main obstacles stand on the
way, though:
1) insufficiently interconnected networks
2) the lack of an efficient employment
service network

3. CONTEXT
These days job hunting
is literally this: a hunt.
Competition has
probably never been so
intense.
 In a the typical day a job hunter spends hours
and hours browsing companies websites and
job search engines.
How many jobs does he/she normally goes
through? Sometimes 20 ads before finding the
one that could be a good fit.
 What about the other 19 discarded ads?
Nothing much happens…aside from the fact
that our seeker thinks that job n.5 would really
suit Marta, a friend who is also looking for a
job.
We have access to
more information than
we can individually
use.
How many friends like
marta do we have?
What about all the
time and
Information
we burn for a single
good match?

4. EYES AND
EARS is a social
platform for the job
seeking community.
Here anyone’s job
hunt becomes a
community matter.
The community
actively contributes by
sharing and
connecting the
seeker to
relevant, tailored to
fit information.
PROPOSAL

5. KEYPRINCIPLES
COLLABORATION
NOT COMPETITION
members share
their eyes and ears
with the community
.
 Members share what they see/read (on line)
and what they hear (word of mouth, from
acquaintances, neighbours and relatives ).
 The community contribution comes to no
cost: each member shares what information
(and time) in excess they have gathered
during they own job hunt. They act when
they think a job ad could be of interest for a
friend
 The community acts as a proverbial net: it
scans the sea of information giving the
individual seeker access to new
resources, data and people.
 There is not wasted time or information.
Information is better distributed.

6. KEYPRINCIPLES
INFORMATION FOR
A FRIEND Holds A
DIFFERENT VALUE
AND RELEVANCE
 Information is shared with a specific purpose:
connecting a very specific individual to a
specific piece of information.
 Participants consider each other as
friends. Exchange happens among friends:
for its very nature, friendship entails a
superior knowledge of each others‟ likes and
dislikes, preferences, job aspirations.
( some participants will be friends in real life;
however, EYES and EARS aims to provide a
relaxed, stress free space where to build
good conversations and robust relationships).
Demand and offer is not longer mediated
through abstract keywords: knowledge of the
other determines what kind of info is shared.

7. KEYPRINCIPLES
YOU ARE
NOT ALONE
 Job hunting can be a very stressful
experience also because people normally
carry it out alone, isolated from the rest of the
world. EYES and EARS would offer a space
where job hunting is a shared experience and
where it is possible to receive tangible help
from peers.

8. Thank you and happy Challenge:Future
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