In The Future, You will be Using Expertise Finding Technology
If your company relies on highly skilled labor you will be using Expertise Finding Technology (or else your company talent will decline).
Expertise Finding is an emerging field among Sentiment Analysis Professionals, Computational Linguists and HCIR professionals (Human–computer information retrieval) at the forefront of the rapidly transforming HR field ("HR" as a term may be dead soon because so many companies have moved into "Talent Management" as a term and a philosophy).
Recent projects in Cambridge, MA and other tech centers have made great advances at the intersection of Expertise Finding and HCIR with tools like Vitru
I would argue that in the future, Jobs will find us (not visa versa).
If I have your attention, here's some more you'll want to read:
Expertise Finding on Wikipedia
HCIR Workshop
Human–computer Information Retrieval On Wikipedia
An Overview on the 2012 HCIR Expertise Finding Challenge here:
Academic Paper on the Vitru Expertise Finding Tool:
More on Expertise Finding Technologies here and here on Topsy
ADDENDUM
Great Article: The Bees Knees of HR Tech
Check it out! Should your company be using some of these expertise mining tools to woo ”the best and brightest” experts?
