Yes, the applicant is “selling” their time. Companies are buying it. The current information gap is that we don’t know what the sell side looks like at all real

Yes, the applicant is “selling” their time. Companies are buying it. The current information gap is that we don’t know what the sell side looks like at all really, and the buy side is incomplete. You’re right that the other glaring issue is that most jobs aren’t fungible like commodities or shares in a company. I don’t think it would be a useful product but it would be interesting if we even had an approximation.