Idea 367 of 500. Cluster 18: Sri Lankans abroad, both directions
A returning-professional registry that hospitals, universities and firms at home can search
The mechanism, from the book
1.5 million people abroad who know how rich countries work, and who send home money and little else.
Every idea in cluster 18 uses this mechanism.
A first step
Ask the HR managers of three hospitals, universities or firms at home which roles they cannot fill, and whether they would search a list of Sri Lankans abroad who are considering return. Then collect 20 CVs from professionals abroad in those fields through Sri Lankan associations, with permission. If one employer asks for an interview, or pays to search, the registry has a buyer.
- Who pays first
- A hospital, university or firm at home with a post it has failed to fill locally, which would pay a search fee for a returning candidate.
- What leaves today
- Professionals abroad never hear of the posts at home; a searchable registry is the route that brings their experience back to the island.
The idea and the mechanism are from the book. The first step was written for this site as a suggestion; if you know a better one, say so.
The test
Does it keep value that now leaves the island, or build the proof that lets somebody else do so?
The only test any idea on this site has to pass. The four rules that go with it are here.
In the book
- Ch. EightWhat It Costs to Go First
What bonds sold to Sri Lankans abroad have and have not done - Ch. SixteenThe Bridge
The institutions that could carry value back
More from cluster 18
- 361A directory of Sri Lankans abroad: who does what, where, and what they will help with, verified
- 362Return-relocation services: the school, the house, the car, the tax, in one package
- 363Sri Lanka House in London, Melbourne and Toronto: a shop, a café and a desk, the Colombo model abroad
- 364Money-transfer products that buy a specific thing at home, a course, a machine, a roof, rather than cash
- 365Investment clubs of Sri Lankans abroad that own one business each at home, with a manager on the ground
- 366Import agencies in each city with a Sri Lankan community, stocking Sri Lankan brands and nothing else
Idea 367 of the 500 in the appendix of Why Not Sri Lanka? Every one can be started by one person, one family or one small firm.