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A layman’s read of the “pick arms race” is that it’s not just like regular keyword-stuff job applications spammed through online recruitment portals.
by BeFlatXIII 5y ago
A layman’s read of the “pick arms race” is that it’s not just like regular keyword-stuff job applications spammed through online recruitment portals.
- 542458 5y agoSort of, but if you were charged money per application (so that it was more accessible to the wealthy). The pick was supposed to avoid this sort of pointless mass application and allow students to focus on the residencies that they really wanted and were competitive for, but with higher education becoming so expensive and so competitive, shovelling money at applications has increasingly become the student strategy.