Independent
Connect - Consultant Portal:
The Consultant Portal is used to maintain a Consultant's Profile, Skills, Contact
Information and Degree of Publicity. Consultants can set a degree of publicity
for each attribute of their profile - to allow Skills, Resume and Contact
Information to be available to Customers, Recruiters, Public or Search Engines.
Through the Portal, Consultants will be able to contact other Consultants with
similar skills, review their Customers, Rate Recruiters and view Customers or
Recruiters that are currently looking for their skills. Each time a Customers
or Recruiters searches a Skill, the queries is stored; allowing the Consultant
to review Customers and Recruiters that have ‘recently’ been looking for their
skills (Note: Customers will be able to block the reverse lookup feature).
Consultants will be required to obtain at least three referrals from Clients they
have worked with, previously, and to maintain their skills list within the
portal. Twice a year they will be reminded to update their Skills List,
Availability, Localities and Contact Information.
Consultants will be ranked by:
- Skill
- Customer Ranking
- Experience (years of Experience)
- Ability (beginner, intermediate or expert)
- Hosted Resume/Cover Letter
- Professionalism (Website, Corporate Email, Resume and Cover Letter)
IC.US will host a Simplified Resume/Cover Letter Builder - that will not be
applied as part of the search result rankings (we want them Customer looking for
Consultant’s Skills). Completing the Resume Builder and making it visible to
the Customer and/or Recruiter will provide a higher ranking.
Those Customers or Recruiters looking for you will see 'only' the details you
want to present to them. Consultants can make their Profile Attributes available
as: Internal-Only, Customer, Recruiter, Consultant and/or Public Facing (any
combination).
Independent Consultants are often trapped by Location, Expense and ‘Club’
Mentality. They’ve spent years, honing a targeted set of skills – then find
themselves limited to a shortlist of clientele. Independents strain their
personal resources based on “Where” they are located, “How” they can afford to
Search, and the old boys game of “Who Knows Who”.
ICUS destines to help break that destructive model. Providing Independents
Visibility in their field and their location, a Free means to broadcast their
skills, an opportunity to view which organizations need their assistance and the
escape from word of mouth!