[sokoloff]

Any of the mainstream job site's listings get hundreds of low-effort, rapid-fire applications. GP's post on who's hiring (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38501428) requires you to think a little about what they do and send an email to a jobs@ address. That's more effort than the person who is "applying" to 200 jobs every day is willing to put in.

Sonara*1, LazyApply*2, and others allow job seekers to create an incredible amount of noise with virtually zero effort.

*1 "We send out job applications on your behalf, while you watch the interview requests roll in."

*2 "Automatically apply for 1000's of jobs in a single click. LazyApply will auto fill job applications and apply to all of the jobs..."

[lnxg33k1]

Seems to me that a lot of companies just don’t under Their spot, there are companies who have above average pay and benefits, where people take their time to apply and to prepare, I’ve personally met them and spent weeks preparing. But them some crappy company paying peanuts with shitty benefits puts an advert and say oh applications without a proper motivation/ cover will not be considered. I think if youre a startup trying to stay afloat which could not exist in a couple of months anymore, dont expect people treating you like google

[voakbasda]

I would actively avoid hiring anyone that used one of those services.