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by biophysboy 149 days ago
Why isn't there a job search website that forces you to adopt this targeted bet strategy? The game theory of job-hunting incentivizes both submitters and receivers to adopt inefficient practices. Why not limit applications to one per day to signal genuine interest? Then you can demonstrate skill at an in-person interview, or at your local legally-bound interview center? (my very boring sci-fi prediction)
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webel0 148 days ago
I tried to build this back around 2020. I think my concept was trying to be too cute in several places. But this was the basic idea.

I found that neither side of the market wanted to rethink the market, they just wanted something that worked well for them. Even today, job seekers may be reaching for something like this but employers have no interest; there is a glut in the market.

I’m sure I never quite got the messaging correct. However, I distinctly recall that triplebyte attempted a pivot in this same vein and also failed bad.

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jjmarr 149 days ago
Greenhouse allows you to mark a single "dream job" per month to stand out.

It's unclear if anyone cares.

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AznHisoka 148 days ago
Thats just greenhouse. They’re one of hundreds of ATS’ out there.
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pavlus 149 days ago
Using spray-and-pray job-sites allows employers to analyze the market, so they can feel the quality, quantity and the price of proposition, to negotiate wages and assess if they can afford to hire to grow, or shrink to get lean.

Connecting the employer with employed to be is not the core proposition.

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johnnyanmac 148 days ago
> Why not limit applications to one per day to signal genuine interest?

I'm not sure if this strategy taken at scale will end up being much different from the LinkedIn model. You just slow down the pipeline on the employee's side while the employer still ends up with way too many applications to process each day. Or the reverse in an employees' market.

It still might be worth a shot, though. Especially if it can cut down on fake AI profiles that LinkedIn has become rife with. Any job board that can commit to a "human experience" is worth its weight in gold at this point.

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