alt Hacker NewsAnd why would this be the case? Maybe the solution is to ban AI from the hiring process. This seems like companies being hoisted by their own petard. This is because they are the ones who drove the hiring market to be this way. They are the ones who started using AI in the hiring process. They are the ones who decided to make applying so much work driving applicants to use AI to survive.
Also, if you are having trouble hiring right now, that is 1000% a skill issue. It is easier to hire good talent right now than ever before. So I have absolutely 0 sympathy for this POV. Go down to your HR department if you want to see who is at fault.
PS You fix it by charging $1 to apply for jobs. Took me all of 30 seconds to figure that one out.
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> They are the ones who started using AI in the hiring process
Aren't you ignoring the reports of companies receiving thousands of ChatGPT-written resumes, bots sending applications, and interviews with applicants being live coached by AI?
This is a breakdown of trust on both sides.
I wouldn't pay anything to a company I'm applying to, but I would gladly send a small amount of money to a charity and show them the relevant bank or cryptocurrency proof if they explain why they need the micropayment. They could present me with a list of 10 or 10000 charities, I'd pick 1 and put "micropayment for applying to company X" in the comment of the payment.
That way I know I'm not giving money to some huge corporation and they know I think applying to their job should at least cost me Y amounts of currency.
And if they waste more than an hour of my time with the hiring process, they could similarly pay a charity some money per hour.
That was neither me nor the company will feel cheated and in the end, no matter how the hiring turns out, a charity will have benefited.
You have invented micro-payments, which has never worked, ever.
> charging $1 to apply for jobs
Yeah, I don't see anyone lining up to game that system. Maybe you ought to think about that a little longer than 30 seconds.