Jobs

You know I hate to say it but this isn't the single worst idea I've ever heard, it would still fucking suck though.

This is not a bad idea but just make it a refundable fee. Maybe larger depending on how badly they want to fill the position. Job shops would have to spend a shit ton of money to spam employers so they could focus on real applicants. If you show up, you get your money back regardless of having or not having an interview.

if I'm guaranteed a human interview and not an AI chatbot ...yeah I would pay 20 dls as shitty as it is

Simple solution to this problem: just don't apply in that assholes' company.

Pay $20 to apply for a fake position that was only put up to trick investors into thinking the company is growing. The fee will guarantee you an in-person interview with an unpaid intern instructed to say no all all interviewees (in person, because even if someone gets mad and attacks them - it's just an intern). Parking validation is not included.

This is the most entitled white guy take.

For those complaining that it's a terrible idea, and it may well be, have your ever been on the receiving end of shotgunned resumes?

What's a good solution to this?

Arent the people doing the interview on the clock. Fuck off.

Companies will find some way to monetize those fees. Those multi-million executive salaries won’t pay themselves.

What if we had smart contracts as a type of escrow for this? That way the multitude of bots applying for the jobs have to put something up, and the job poster has to put something up as like a mutual escrow.

I think the problem job posters are having is it’s never been easier to apply to a job. Bots can apply to hundreds of jobs on your behalf in minutes. Now multiply that by the thousands of applicants per job and you’ll start to see the problem. Too many applicants per job. It’s similar problem to spam filtering. There was a thought experiment about requiring emails to cost a real amount of currency to be received or sent which would theoretically reduce spam. Note, I’m not suggesting job applicants use of bots is spam, just illustrating a similarity between the two problem domains.

pay a fee for an interview, sure. in the old days you'd have to do some real nepotism. what progress.

I paid an application fee to apply for the local electrical union JATC

Although this is obviously a dumb solution, I do get what he's saying. Part of why the job market is so bad right now, is that there is a lot of people (often with the help of automation) sending out applications in bulk to companies they fail to meet even bare minimum requirements for. For example, its anecdotal, but a local company has given up on public postings because last time they tried, they received thousands of applications in a single day (most of which with no qualifications) and the ones they tried to reach out to weren't even in the country. There are a lot of ways to help filter this, but it just highlights what a mess things are right now.

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