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As I mentioned in another comment, the problem with 2 is that employers routinely hire people who don't meet the minimum requirements. If you don't apply to tho
by BeetleB 4y ago
As I mentioned in another comment, the problem with 2 is that employers routinely hire people who don't meet the minimum requirements. If you don't apply to those jobs because you don't satisfy that one bullet out of the 6 they listed, you're hurting your chances.
They can fix it by actually posting minimum requirements.
- sokoloff 4y agoI believe that that still won't stop applicants who don't meet the minimum requirements from applying. What's the cost to an applicant to spam their resume to an additional listing? Almost $0. What's the possible reward? Very high, if it's less than a 1 in 10-million shot that the company will decide to hire you. How many Powerball tickets would you take if they cost $0?
- BeetleB 4y agoYou're right, which is why I added more factors in my original comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34902201 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34902201 I guarantee you that if your application process requires a cover letter, and will not proceed until you upload one, you will probably lose a fraction of applicants. You can ask them to put the string "xyzzy" in the cover letter as a screening measure. This will almost certainly curtail the bulk of applicants. The basic idea: Add enough friction to the application process so you'll get higher quality candidates. This is trivial to do.