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One thing I've noticed in my more recent job searches before starting my company was that this kind of spam exists at all job search levels. I'm really getting
by torusenthusiast 6y ago
One thing I've noticed in my more recent job searches before starting my company was that this kind of spam exists at all job search levels.
I'm really getting the feeling that online applications to jobs are rapidly becoming next to useless, it really feels like this market is ripe for disruption, and I've been thinking for a while about how this could be done.
- save_ferris 6y agoA lot of people have tried. The biggest problem in this space IMO is that there’s so much more money on the recruiting side than the job-seeker side of this exchange, which means that recruiters are ultimately going to play a much bigger role in the product development than the job-seekers. Job-seekers don’t want to pay to look for work, but recruiters are more than happy to. Until that imbalance is figured out, job posting spam is gonna reign supreme.
- dataduck 6y agoJob-seekers are legally prevented from paying to look for work in my jurisdiction. It may be a while until that imbalance gets fixed.
- castratikron 6y agoRecruiters impacting product development seems so obvious of a link but I've never thought of it that way. Makes me wonder what effect referral bonuses have on an org. People might be more likely to refer people who are similar to themselves, so you might end up with more of the same. Which could be a good thing or a bad thing depending on who's already in...
- save_ferris 6y agoYeah, ultimately the users of your product define how it’s built and what features it needs. And if your goal is to build something profitable, you’re gonna go after users that are willing to pay over those that aren’t. It’s hard to say what impact referral bonuses have. I know that most of my network does not appreciate being solicited for new opportunities, but I don’t know how often referral bonuses are actually paid out.
- Aperocky 6y agoFrom my experience the only thing that ever worked is when the recruiter comes to you.
- cvhashim 6y agoConnecting with recruiters and messaging them also helps sometimes.
- 0xy 6y agoOnly on sites that have free/scraped job posts like LinkedIn and Indeed. On sites where you pay for listings the quality is substantially higher.