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A lot of college grads go into the recruiting industry as a means to get entry level tech sales experience, a lot of people are also unemployed and thinking abo

by tmpz22 6y ago

A lot of college grads go into the recruiting industry as a means to get entry level tech sales experience, a lot of people are also unemployed and thinking about unemployment solutions, finally job boards are a good means to collect data that is interesting: the resumes of everyone. Job boards are a major part of the zeitgeist of collapsing middle class America.

monopoledance 6y ago
Hm. I am not satisfied with that explanation. Why now? And I am seeing this in Germany as well, which of course suffers a social divide, but much less extreme, or existentially threatening, than in the US. I assume the "job exchange" market is a natural monopoly, at least for its respective sections, and now there seems to be a race for it. But weirdly it's for the most part all the same: Listings. There doesn't seem to be a sustainable model, which avoids the problems of the past's iterations. Therefore I assume it's driven by business folks, not people with ideas.
- lmarcos 6y ago
  Genuinely interested: What are the problems of the past iterations you are talking about?
  - monopoledance 6y ago
    I don't know, but apparently they weren't perfect or otherwise there wouldn't be such a rush for it, no? I guess it's still a tedious experience for all parties involved. I wonder why there isn't an OkCupid for jobs, but I think the problem is an asymmetrical interest in a "good match", unlike dating. As usual people fail to come up with good metrics and incentives and it's Goodhart's law all the way. Some problems just can't be solved by technology. But that never stopped anyone from trying over and over again... hyping their overfit tech to non-tech people. I think the actual problem is with management on the employer side, not the job boards. They need to bite the bullet and accept they need real human interactions to measure productivity and reward it case to case.

by tmpz22 6y ago

monopoledance 6y ago

Hm. I am not satisfied with that explanation. Why now? And I am seeing this in Germany as well, which of course suffers a social divide, but much less extreme, or existentially threatening, than in the US. I assume the "job exchange" market is a natural monopoly, at least for its respective sections, and now there seems to be a race for it. But weirdly it's for the most part all the same: Listings. There doesn't seem to be a sustainable model, which avoids the problems of the past's iterations. Therefore I assume it's driven by business folks, not people with ideas.

lmarcos 6y ago
Genuinely interested: What are the problems of the past iterations you are talking about?
- monopoledance 6y ago
  I don't know, but apparently they weren't perfect or otherwise there wouldn't be such a rush for it, no? I guess it's still a tedious experience for all parties involved. I wonder why there isn't an OkCupid for jobs, but I think the problem is an asymmetrical interest in a "good match", unlike dating. As usual people fail to come up with good metrics and incentives and it's Goodhart's law all the way. Some problems just can't be solved by technology. But that never stopped anyone from trying over and over again... hyping their overfit tech to non-tech people. I think the actual problem is with management on the employer side, not the job boards. They need to bite the bullet and accept they need real human interactions to measure productivity and reward it case to case.