No, your logic falls flat. Because what you're suggesting is that a competitor needs to notice and recruit talent before you'll even consider making an offer. In which case, you've already fallen behind by letting a competitor get to the talent first.
Can you qualify yourself as a talent? Does your resume and/or cover letter show that?
It's easy for any of us to say we're a talent - it's how you show that you're a talent that will make you attractive to an employer (not only just Google).
At least you know they're looking at your application - I graduated with a political science degree in December and have been sending steady streams of applications for months with nary a peep from Google recruiting.
Person with great "resume and/or cover letter" only has proven talent in writing great "resume and/or cover letter".
"The Google Resume" is a great book. It's written by a former hiring manager that's worked at Google, Apple, and Microsoft. Gayle Laakman also wrote "Cracking the Coding Interview" and runs www.careercup.com .
Nobody gets hired by sending "steady streams of applications for months". You gotta stand out somehow. In my case, I run two websites that track over 300 start-ups. I was also personally referred to Google by a Stanford PhD already employeed by Google Research. Google has no excuse for not inviting me in the 'Plex.
