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> After previously seeing 50 to 75 applications for available jobs on LinkedIn, he’s now seeing between 500 and 1,500 as workers are chasing fewer available job

> After previously seeing 50 to 75 applications for available jobs on LinkedIn, he’s now seeing between 500 and 1,500 as workers are chasing fewer available jobs. How much of this is the rise of auto application services? From the perspective of a job seeker, there is virtually no reason not to send your resume in for every remotely potentially applicable job. If a bot can auto apply, it is not worth your time to even read the job description.

Spastche 3y ago
that kind of thing has been available for a while now and it hasn't really been an issue. it's only in the recent environment that it's been _this_ bad.
rightbyte 3y ago
Ye this "efficiency" you are forced into is so annoying. It is like trying to get a match on Tinder. Just auto-swipe right and see who answers. Useless to try to "filter" in advance. From the employer's perspective it has to be annoying too, since many pf the applicants arent really interested.
- foofie 3y ago
  > From the employer's perspective it has to be annoying too, since many pf the applicants arent really interested. I think employers are ultimately the root cause of this problem, or in the very least recruiters paid and working for these employers. I lost count of the number of job ads that some companies post on any given day, and the extent and number of these job ads are better described as fire-and-forget broadcasting. I'm talking about the exact same job ad being reposted multiple times a day on multiple geographical regions with multiple variants. Every. Single. Day. And I doubt the job-to-jobad ratio is higher than 5%. So what is an unemployed person to do? Reply to a single job ad and expect that one to be the one that counts?
  - nothercastle 3y ago
    We need a fake spot for job listings. Figure out if the listing is unique or copy pasta
DinaCoder99 3y ago
The metric might also be straight unreliable, either via people filing false applications to make their own look more respectable, or from LinkedIn lying about the metric to give the appearance of value added.
BlueTemplar 3y ago
Can a bot write a motivation letter precisely targeted to the company too ? (I shudder to think that we might be nearly there with neural networks, I might have to forget about even trying to find my potential next job using the normal channels, especially since using LinkedIn is absolutely out of the question.)
- catlifeonmars 3y ago
  You can probably take comfort in the fact that this puts employers in the same boat. Application filtering mechanisms will need to evolve to cut through the automated noise.
fxtentacle 3y ago
I keep getting automated spam from recruiters and companies. I'm pretty sure if I was ever searching for a job, I'd return the favor ;) And yes, LLMs are probably good enough to generate cover letters for most large companies. It already is not worth to read most job application emails. Instead, you post a public profile for legal reasons and then hire someone from your personal network.

Spastche 3y ago

that kind of thing has been available for a while now and it hasn't really been an issue. it's only in the recent environment that it's been _this_ bad.

rightbyte 3y ago

Ye this "efficiency" you are forced into is so annoying. It is like trying to get a match on Tinder. Just auto-swipe right and see who answers. Useless to try to "filter" in advance. From the employer's perspective it has to be annoying too, since many pf the applicants arent really interested.

foofie 3y ago
> From the employer's perspective it has to be annoying too, since many pf the applicants arent really interested. I think employers are ultimately the root cause of this problem, or in the very least recruiters paid and working for these employers. I lost count of the number of job ads that some companies post on any given day, and the extent and number of these job ads are better described as fire-and-forget broadcasting. I'm talking about the exact same job ad being reposted multiple times a day on multiple geographical regions with multiple variants. Every. Single. Day. And I doubt the job-to-jobad ratio is higher than 5%. So what is an unemployed person to do? Reply to a single job ad and expect that one to be the one that counts?
- nothercastle 3y ago
  We need a fake spot for job listings. Figure out if the listing is unique or copy pasta

DinaCoder99 3y ago

The metric might also be straight unreliable, either via people filing false applications to make their own look more respectable, or from LinkedIn lying about the metric to give the appearance of value added.

BlueTemplar 3y ago

Can a bot write a motivation letter precisely targeted to the company too ? (I shudder to think that we might be nearly there with neural networks, I might have to forget about even trying to find my potential next job using the normal channels, especially since using LinkedIn is absolutely out of the question.)

catlifeonmars 3y ago
You can probably take comfort in the fact that this puts employers in the same boat. Application filtering mechanisms will need to evolve to cut through the automated noise.

fxtentacle 3y ago

I keep getting automated spam from recruiters and companies. I'm pretty sure if I was ever searching for a job, I'd return the favor ;) And yes, LLMs are probably good enough to generate cover letters for most large companies. It already is not worth to read most job application emails. Instead, you post a public profile for legal reasons and then hire someone from your personal network.