Re:Ask HN: I built a site to hire engineers x10 faster. Why ...
by brudgers on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @08:56PM
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Why would an employer trust your vetting process?
I mean the primary cost of hiring is time. Signing up for your service doesn’t save big chunks of it versus working with a regular recruiter.
And it is possible to have a business relationship with a recruiter. Less so with an algorithm or website.
The problem with hiring is it’s a market for lemons. Signing up people looking for remote work doesn’t address a business problem companies can’t solve themselves with a job listing. They probably don’t even need to mention remote work to get a stack of cv looking for it.
To put it in market terms, the recruiting market is very efficient. There is a rough equilibrium between jobs and recruiters already.
Good employers have ongoing relationships with recruiters…just as good engineers already have jobs.
I mean the primary cost of hiring is time. Signing up for your service doesn’t save big chunks of it versus working with a regular recruiter.
And it is possible to have a business relationship with a recruiter. Less so with an algorithm or website.
The problem with hiring is it’s a market for lemons. Signing up people looking for remote work doesn’t address a business problem companies can’t solve themselves with a job listing. They probably don’t even need to mention remote work to get a stack of cv looking for it.
To put it in market terms, the recruiting market is very efficient. There is a rough equilibrium between jobs and recruiters already.
Good employers have ongoing relationships with recruiters…just as good engineers already have jobs.
Good luck.