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> Meanwhile you can apply to a role where you meet maybe one of the requirements, and then wind up with an interview. I've seen this pattern too, where I reali
by joquarky 2y ago
> Meanwhile you can apply to a role where you meet maybe one of the requirements, and then wind up with an interview.
I've seen this pattern too, where I realize that one keyword on my resume got them to contact me.
Do they want spam?
Because this is how they get bored unemployed engineers to automate filling in hundreds of applications a day stochastically littered with keywords, potentially making the overall problem worse.
- CM30 2y agoTo be fair, the awfulness of job boards and the current hiring system is probably inspiring a lot of the same automation, even without this insanity. When your choices are 'fill in dozens of applications a week and hope one pays off' and 'spend a long time filling in one every day/two days, only to find the company doesn't even read it', then it becomes extremely easy to just treat it like a soulless box ticking exercise.