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I used to get one recruitment email a week. Now I get two a day.

The problem is that they’re all crap. They’re always recruiters who just try to herd me like livestock. And they never have any useful answers.

So maybe you have a really good job I’d be great at and you’re prepared to pay me properly. I won’t ever know because you’re using one of the worst mediums of communication.

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Hiring is such a headache not only from the employee perspective but also from the employer perspective. There have been numerous tech companies that have tackled this, but mostly in the form of job boards, or job boards with a twist (AI, social media, etc...)

There has to be a better solution.

A first step could be a large survey of people who have found themselves on both sides of the equation recently. Hiring seems opaque to me. I sometimes don't even get feedback on why I was passed up for a role that I match perfectly (I mean, at least as to what HR posted...).

I'm sure there's also troves of evidence-based guidance somewhere that no one takes the time to utilize.

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