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Unshitifying Hiring, Part 6: Why Job Boards Are Built for Noise, Not Results
You post a job. You get 300 applications. You think: 'Wow, what a great response!' But then reality hits: Only 10% meet the basic qualifications. Only 3% make it to an interview. And maybe, maybe 1 is a good fit. If this sounds familiar, it's because job boards are optimized for volume—not accuracy.
Read ArticleWhat Is Outcome-Based Hiring? (And Why It's Replacing Resumes)
Most companies still hire by filtering resumes, checking for keywords, and hoping the formatting tells a story. But there's a better way. Outcome-based hiring flips the process: Instead of asking 'What titles has this person held?' You ask 'What problems have they solved?'
Read Article📉 The Resume Problem Nobody Wants to Admit
You're hiring for a critical role. You open your ATS. You filter for keywords. You eliminate 90% of applicants in under 10 seconds. Efficient, right? Except the person who actually solved your exact problem last year? They used different terminology. And your system filtered them out.
Read Article🎯 The Job Hunt Is Broken—And Even LinkedIn Knows It
4 months. That's the new average time it takes to land a job, according to LinkedIn's own data. Not four weeks. Not a few conversations. Four. Months. That's not a market problem. That's a system failure.
Read ArticleUnshitifying Hiring, Part 4: Ghosting, Gatekeeping & the Grind
Let's call it what it is—modern hiring is a trust crisis. Candidates ghost companies. Companies ghost candidates. Everyone's burned out. Everyone's lying just a little. And the whole process feels like a never-ending performance review you didn't sign up for.
Read ArticleUnshitifying Hiring, Part 3: The Candidate Experience Is Broken (And Everyone Knows It)
We've normalized garbage. As job seekers, we now expect to send out 100+ resumes and hear back from 2, to get ghosted after interviews, to talk to 4 people before we learn what the job actually pays, and to be judged by keyword-matching bots instead of actual work. It's not just inefficient—it's demoralizing.
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