Re:Ghost jobs are wreaking havoc on tech workers
by edanm on Friday November 01, 2024 @05:01PM
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Yes, if you consider #1 an issue, then you're right. But I'm not sure that's an issue that should actually be addressed, because:
1. It's not anything new, unlike this "ghost jobs" thing which is a supposed new phenomenon. This makes it less likely that the status quo can be improved.
2. I believe the reason the status quo is as it is is because most companies are inundated with job applicants, many of them not even passing a basic qualifying test (e.g. people with no FE experiecnce applying to FE positions with min. required experience of 5 years).
I don't know if this is true for the HN thread, having never posted to it. It's possible it's much higher signal here so this issue becomes less relevant.
Anyway, just my 2 cents, mostly as an outsider to these threads.
(1) I applied for a job from $Company and never got a response.
(2) I don't believe $Company is really hiring.
I'm hearing both of these concerns from users. They overlap but aren't the same. Linking a job ad to the previous job ad addresses #2 but not #1.