Job Seekers Battling Broken Hiring Processes
Job seekers are frustrated by a job market characterized by ghosting, irrelevant listings, and overwhelming noise. They feel traditional job boards are ineffective and require excessive effort, leading to wasted time and a sense of powerlessness. Many are building alternative solutions to address these issues.
SOURCES (60)
“i'm incoming junior, i'm just really stressed and anxious with my career prospects, and recently i've been more depressed than ever. linkedin is honestly one of the main causes for my mental health. i tend to deactivate my social medias (especially linkedin) when i realize…”
“Oh I see. Looking at the full context of this. Yeah I do have it for the first 500 but 101 to 500 are not hiring as aggressively as the massively funded, venture-backed Goliaths. Maybe this particular share of the not-top-100. Sounds like that would be of interest?”
“Thank you! So time is your most important variable? Makes sense, 5 good ppl>1 perfect guy”
“A quick intro first: I'm a first year law student, Also into tech (Especially Algorithms and Data sciences) I am to develop a high-signal hiring platform specialising in niche, boutique and Intersectional roles. And recently I got into quite the rabbithole: My question was basically: -"Why are there so few high quality sites for the important tasks of Hiring,interning and networking"? Like sure there's LinkedIn and then we have Indeed,Monster etc but it doesn't fee”
“Only seeing this today but LInkedIn will be retiring the classic search in September (don't know the actual date) and only using AI job search features will be available. It can't be worse than the classic version, can it? I'm hesitant to even try it. submitted by /u/sewanzaki [link] [comments]”
On LinkedIn, yes. I had a long career in an unrelated field.
“Maybe I can search in a different way that leads more results submitted by /u/LurkingTillDawn [link] [comments]”
“I hate job hunting but this service makes it about as easy as it can be. I’ve been impressed with the quality of jobs found and how much better it is at matching than the typical sites. I haven’t found the ai enhancement on the resume very helpful since I’ve already tweaked 3 versions that I choose from, and the Ai rewrite did some formatting damage without a significant improvement in targeting the resume to the job. I did let it write the cover letters. That’s a timesaver and it does a good jo”
“After an extensive job search of my own, I still keep my alerts on, and I have consistently noticed that this specific job has been posted and posted again over the course of about a year. It’s a job that should have no shortage of applicants in the DC area but in an area full of government and policy nerd they still can’t seem to find a good enough applicant. It was just reposted again the other day. submitted by /u/Right_Honorable_Sir [link] [comments]”
“I am kinda liking this new feature mainly because in the past the algorithm wasn't able to show me jobs that I am realistically good at doing, plus I couldn't search for jobs as companies used different types of names for similar job function. With this feature I can literally search what type of role I am looking for, my experience, etc, and get jobs that I can apply for and realistically get a call back.”
“I feel that it is an easy tool to collect resume, PII and then sell it off either to train models, agents and even sales agents to sell different kind of products say resume services or even insurance products.”
“The cleanest bridge from market research recruiting is probably Research Ops or UX Research Coordinator/Project Manager. You already know recruiting, screeners, incentives, timelines, and respondent wrangling, which is basically half the job and also a minor circus skill. I would build a tiny portfolio around 2 or 3 projects showing how you improved recruiting quality, speed, or stakeholder communication, then target UX research ops, consumer insights, and research project manager roles at US or”
“UX research pays significantly better than market research recruiting and maps directly onto what you already do. A lot of companies hiring for those roles don't care where you're based as long as your hours overlap reasonably”
“Has anyone used this? https://career-ops.org/ Curious to know how it has worked out so far? submitted by /u/National-Business674 [link] [comments]”
“tailoring every resume is a grind but networking really is the only way to get eyes on it these days”
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“Is anyone hiring anymore? I see very less number of jobs for fresh MPharm candidates in India submitted by /u/SnooBananas4331 [link] [comments]”
“Thanks man. Yeah with how bad the job market is right now, I struggled a lot too and all the other tools are filled with promos, and vague requirements. The trouble wasn't finding a job that I was eligible for, it was actually getting the job. You hit on literally the hardest part of building this job descriptions are notoriously terrible and full of corporate fluff. I handled this in two specific ways, firstly, transferable Skills over Keywords- Standard ATS scanners just do CTRL+F for exac”
“this is the kind of tool i wish existed back when i was sending out 40 applications a week and getting ghosted on 39 of them the gap analysis part is smart. most people don't realize they're missing one specific thing until they've already wasted time on the application i'm not currently job hunting so i won't take a beta slot but i'm curious how it handles soft skills or vague requirements. job descriptions are so badly written half the time”
“Hey everyone, Like a lot of you, I've been incredibly frustrated with the current state of job hunting. You spend hours scrolling through LinkedIn or Indeed, apply to a dozen jobs, and then hear absolutely nothing back because you were secretly missing one core skill the ATS was filtering for. I decided to try and fix this for myself, so I spent the last few months building a tool called Workly . Instead of just giving you a dumb search bar, you upload your resume/skills, and the engine cons”
“Yeah, exactly. Especially early on, one missing result can make the whole thing feel unreliable even if you've got hundreds of others covered. I guess the tricky part is making the gaps obvious without making the product feel incomplete 😂”
“I kept noticing the same pattern whenever I was looking at new job opportunities. A lot of niche job platforms rely on companies paying to publish their vacancies. Which makes sense as a business model, but it also means you are never really seeing the whole market. At the same time, I was finding more and more questionable listings elsewhere. Jobs that looked outdated, companies I couldn't properly verify, or applications where I wasn't even sure who I was giving my personal data to. I”
“Is it just me or did Indeed recently remove most of the search filters leaving only date posted and distance? I’m seeing this both on PC and in the mobile app so I’m wondering if it’s a general change or if something is wrong with my account. Is anyone else seeing the same thing? UK based. submitted by /u/RelevantEducator1793 [link] [comments]”
“this is exactly it. most people only need one tailored resume, maybe two. theyre done before they ever hit the paywall”
“Hey guys um willing to pay referral of upto 25% of my first salary if you guys can get me interveiw in UX design Ive 4 years of experience submitted by /u/Cold_Membership_5441 [link] [comments]”
“Hi, here are some potentially new linkedin headlines for your profile: Open to Work, Closed to Everything Else Results-Driven Professional | The Results Are Pending Senior Whatever | Please See Attached Résumé Passionate About Paying My Bills Leveraging Synergies Until Morale Improves Thought Leader | Currently Having No Thoughts Dynamic Professional in a Static Job Market Seeking Opportunities | Also Seeking Inner Peace Experienced Professional | Inexperienced Millionaire Open to Work | Open to”
“Everyone always mentions that in today's rough job market, networking is key to improving your chances to landing a job. However, what does that really look like? If I were to see a job posting that I believe I am a good fit for, however no one in my immediate network works at this company, would you guys recommend I reach out to linkedin mutuals who do work at this company to attempt to get a referral? submitted by /u/ConsiderationDry1787 [link] [comments]”
“Everyone always mentions that in today's rough job market, networking is key to improving your chances to landing a job. However, what does that really look like? If I were to see a job posting that I believe I am a good fit for, however no one in my immediate network works at this company, would you guys recommend I reach out to linkedin mutuals who do work at this company to attempt to get a referral? submitted by /u/ConsiderationDry1787 [link] [comments]”
“Oh absolutely. The return to office push in my state is due to a business lobby group + commercial real estate forcing the current government. Although in my experience, job title seems to matter within my agency. I got told this week that I was being denied a BA role due to my remote working requirements and would be considered for more "technical" roles that did not require as much in office attendance 😞”
“Hi everyone, It’s often said that your network is your net worth, and in today’s job market, that feels truer than ever. Getting in front of actual people and building genuine connections often carries far more weight than submitting dozens of cold resumes into an ATS portal. I’m currently navigating a career transition from digital marketing into tech, specifically targeting data analyst roles. I’ve earned a data analytics certificate and built two hands-on portfolio projects on GitHub, but I k”
“I'll put it out there that I'm not in Bangalore and my org isn't hiring anyone remote or w/o experience, but I'll try to pay it forward and give some actionable advice. Figure out what differentiates you from everyone else looking. What's the advantage that you can offer someone to take a chance on you? Anecdotally, I had a few people take chances on me, the first was b/c it was pre-covid and I knew how to code enough that they could pay me a low salary and call me a PM while”
“The actual text isn't describing a job, it's describing an intake funnel. The posting is one big pipeline to collect personal and professional data. There's no actual job being offered, just an invitation to hand over your resume and personal data "in case" a contract materializes. They're trying to puff up the numbers on government contract proposals by making it appear they have a committed labor pool. Meanwhile, they expect us to hand over our data to improve their o”
“jesus, i’m so happy i never participated in linkedin. i would have lost one of the two neurons i have left. never have i had a linkedin and i probably never will. and these articles are a reminder to stay the heck away from it.”
“Have you been able to refine your resume based on the feedback you received and any positive responses you received during job search?”
“Exactly, I focus only on specific ATS pages that are owned by a company as you say. That’s the CRM which ATS Monitor checks against. That’s the top firms you want to work at according to two or three career thesis you’d have in the harness. The discovery engine from new ingestion points is different and one example is subscribing to substack and sources where some curator does the work of providing you signal. Thank you for asking! Everyone was so negative!”
“Something u have built in notion… u gonna use crawlers to get the job, but every company has its own ATS systems.. how will u access that”
“For smaller lists I’d probably keep it simple and use manual export or copy/paste. Automation starts making more sense once the same process has to be repeated regularly.”
“If you can get the recruiter/HR to use Google Sheets you have a really easy and possibly free way to do this. Create a Google Sheet with the job data. Use a possibly free service (depending on your usage) like SheetDB (better free tier) or Sheety (you may exceed their free tier usage) which instantly turns a Google Sheet into a read-only REST API endpoint. In your Next.js app, fetch the data inside your career page component.”
“I work around construction HR/recruitment in the UAE, and I've seen how much time can disappear into manually opening CV after CV. For one vacancy, a recruiter may need to figure out: Does this person actually have the required trade experience? How many years are relevant rather than just total experience? Have they worked in the UAE/GCC? What types of construction projects have they worked on? Do they actually mention the technical skills required for the vacancy? Where in the CV is the ev”
“Process: Instead of cold emailing, I found the HR's contact info through apollo and found out the same number through another whatsapp community. Pure coincidence. Using the community, I started asking some questions and soon asked for a chance. I already cold emailed them but most of them didn't check it apparently. I did the assignment and made sure, it included a lot of gen Z memes which wasn't the part of the assignment. Yet, I did because the target audience was Gen Z. After 3 m”
“Maybe read the rules of the sub before you fart out your linkedin ads next time. It's not difficult. Also, hiding your post-history won't help you there either.”