Would You Pay $5 to Apply for a Job?

Re:Would You Pay $5 to Apply for a Job? by leopoldo on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @04:10PM (#13655366)

I replied to the form, but I think this has to be more transparent than 'some charity'. Also, there is no incentive for the recruiter to put up a quality job posting (aside from hiring a good candidate), but there are recruiting "farms" who will just put anything on the web. The incentive here is for the platform to have as many job postings as possible.

I think a better approach may be charging both the seeker and recruiter the $2.5 fare (recruiters can set a cap, and does not have to be 50/50... could be seeker $2, recruiter $10). But there needs to be painful and incentives on both sides.

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Re:Would You Pay $5 to Apply for a Job? by yellowapple on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @10:16PM (#13657557)

I'd be more amenable to this if all $5 went to a charity of my choice (and if I'm the one credited for the donation). I'd be even more amenable to this if I could pay the $5 by some other means (e.g. by volunteering for a charity, or perhaps by donating blood).

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