A company wishes to find a consultant who has expertise in multi-path radio wave signal detection that they can hire for four months to help them understand some of the issues involved with an in-house wireless video monitoring system they are developing. Although the company could go to a consulting company directly, they would like to quickly get a broad selection of available consultants who have extensive experience in this particular area. They choose to contact Fortnight to help save them time and to help find the right consultant from the beginning.

Fortnight posts the client's Request to our Network:

A company wishes to hire a consultant for approximately four months. The consultant must have the following expertise: RF signal detection Multipath software analysis Demonstrated success in increasing signal-to-noise ratios in building-contained wireless networks 5 years experience Able or willing to temporarily relocate to Boston, MA Please provide a description of the wireless projects you have worked on that required these capabilities.

Several independent consultants respond, as do a few consulting companies who have all done similar projects. Fortnight reviews them and presents the most likely candidates and their resumes to the client. The client interviews the consultants it deems most suitable and chooses the one they feel is the best. If the client is not satisfied with the choices, Fortnight continues to work with the client until a match is found. This may include, for example, sending out a modified or expanded Request.

DISCLAIMER: This is a contrived example. Any semblance to any existing company or problem is merely coincidental.