By no means was I trying to say these will solve everything at all, and thanks for detailing a bit more of what you did. Was just having a conversation with so

By no means was I trying to say these will solve everything at all, and thanks for detailing a bit more of what you did. Was just having a conversation with someone today about this topic too. Some companies get 80 applications, and someone will indeed actually at least put eyes on all 80. Other companies get 80, and they'll just look at the first 3-5 then stop and move on to other stuff. > > I'm saying that "the existing solution is bad" is not sufficient to draw people to alternatives by itself, and that building a better solution is harder than it seems. Without a doubt. I've been asked a couple of times to join 'job board' startups, and there's never been a compelling hook as to how to differentiate or compete with indeed/linkedin/etc. There were ways to differentiate, but to me, they weren't compelling enough to throw my lot in with them. And... not surprisingly, years later, neither got very far. In one case, the 'hook' was to provide as detailed a profile as you could, asking users to input things like various NAICS codes to classify their work in various industries, so that people who know NAICS codes could search for your skills faster. That's certainly differentiating your platform, just not in a good way. > What kind of "acknowledgement" are you looking for? ... But are you really going to use an entirely different platform because they say "no" rather than letting you infer it, even if that platform has 1/10th the jobs or takes a bunch of energy to sign up? Not on its own, no. There likely are platforms that automatically close stuff out and send an acknowledgement that the hiring company has passed on you.... but I don't think I've ever engaged with one in 20+ years. And the 'takes a bunch of energy to sign up' - ideally that's already something that is taken care of. The one place I see some growing value in 'job boards/markets' is in niche/focus - industry/skill niche and/or geographic niche. Job boards focusing on .net, or matlab, etc run by orgs who have some ability to bridge the gap between the hiring industry folks and the workers seem to be where it's at, but I seem to only know of a few (but expect that trend to grow). Thanks for the input and insights.