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by econ 462 days ago
Back when we had the government ran labor bureau in the Netherlands the slightest unserious behaviour would get a company kicked out for a few years. Perhaps one day there will be a similarly serious job platform.

The bureau did other hilarious things like pick 2-3 candidates for you then act offended if you didn't like any of them. Something like, we do have more qualified people but that level of skill is not required for the job you offer.

If you fire the new hire (even few years later) they wanted to talk with you and learn why that is. Don't show op or the excuses are insufficient? You won't be listing job offers for a while.

Applicants got their social support cut for not acting professionaly.

They would set the time and date for the interview. Hiring people is more important than whatever other activities you think should take priority.

It wasn't cheap either. In today's money 1000 euro per job listing.

They took the job very seriously. Get people out of social support and make the economy work.

Part time jobs, temporary work or zero hour contracts were allowed but the applicant had to specificaly ask for it. You didn't have to apply and it didn't count for your minimum number of monthly interviews.

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We need something like this again. It's ridiculous to expect new applicants to have every minor skill covered, so I do understand the government offering the minimum viable candidate - training juniors needs to be a thing again.