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When we post a job ad on LinkedIn, I already get 30 spam answers in the first few minutes, people that have obviously spent not a single second reading the requ
by Xylakant 10mo ago
When we post a job ad on LinkedIn, I already get 30 spam answers in the first few minutes, people that have obviously spent not a single second reading the requirements. And you want to further automate this? I’ll just ask my people person to automate the response.
We really try to spend the time to answer every application, but since AI generated applications have become a thing, we have decided to not answer those. Why should I spent time if you haven’t spent the time?
- avidiax 10mo agoThe spammers spend almost no time filling any application, no matter how much work is intended. They have scripts for that. Granted, making it standardized means less skilled spammers can spam too. Making it difficult to apply reduces the number of legitimate applications, however. Either way, you need an automated first screen.
- RobotToaster 10mo agoI've always thought the easiest way to stop spam applications would be to require paper application.
- Xylakant 10mo agoThat’s a great idea if you’re hiring locally but we do hire international remote and I suspect no one will snail-mail me an application from the Americas or South Africa to Germany.
- CalRobert 10mo agoPerhaps they could fax it
- Xylakant 10mo agoBut that would filter for German applicants. Who else would have a fax?
- CalRobert 10mo agoNo idea, though it's interesting that it may yet outlive posting a letter from their Danish neighbors. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg8jllq283o https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg8jllq283o
- PapstJL4U 10mo agoJapan as far as I know - old allies and such ;)
- Xylakant 10mo agoThat is good to remember - I'll keep that in mind if I ever want to hire in [Germany, Japan] without spelling this out for some reason.
- m4ck_ 10mo agoSorry about that! I apply to those jobs because you put out some insane requirements, and I assume you're not actually looking for a single SME with expertise across half a dozen distinct domains and a decade of experience in tech that hasn't existed for half that time. Unless, you are actually hoping to find a full stack developer that can also serve as the principal engineer for your entire network, storage, VMware infra, plus support basically anything with cord all for ~$80-100k. Normally when you get to the point of discussing things with a human, you find out what the actual job is. The job ad is almost always completely irrelevant to the actual job.
- LorenPechtel 10mo agoStandardized data formats would greatly reduce the amount of weeding. The candidate should have compared your wants to their skills already, you cross-check their listed skills vs your wants. And we need to sort out needs vs wants. Job postings should include the required skills (do not submit if you don't meet them) and a separate listing for additional skills that would be desirable. Don't waste everyone's time with a guessing game where people need to decide if they are close enough to the wish list.
- franktankbank 10mo agoDid you even read the comment you are responding to?