Our New Matching Algorithm

"Stop searching." The clear-cut efficiency of OrangeSlyce CEO Sean Coleman's two word statement was a nice fit for the new service that he promised to roll-out on June 7th. To understand the service, though, we first need to take a look at the problem that it will solve.

For as long as labor markets have existed, there's been "friction." Employers and qualified workers have always had to seek each other out. This search is costly for anybody, but the burden is especially great for small businesses that can't afford to spend weeks wading through applications in search of the "right" worker. As Sean explained, "it [can take] as much time for them to find the right person as it takes the right person to get the job done." As for students, searching for work (and trying to find the handful of jobs that they want amidst the thousands of jobs that aren't a good fit) "becomes a job unto itself."

For students and businesses, then, OrangeSlyce will soon offer a solution. That solution comes in the form of a matching algorithm. An employer who chooses to use the algorithm instantly be matched with the student workers who are most qualified for the employer's posting. No waiting for applications, no hoping that the most qualified applicant sees the posting, no sifting through hundreds of applications to find the "right" students–the algorithm will allow the employer to skip all of that and get down to business.

Sean made clear last night that this algorithm has been the goal for OrangeSlyce "since day one." "We're not a job board, we're not another place for employers and workers to get bogged down with searches. We're the place people can go to avoid searching in the first place."

Starting on June 7th, students and businesses can finally "stop searching" as Sean put it "and start getting work done."

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