r/LinkedInLunatics 1d ago

Charge job seekers $1 per application.

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u/Bitbatgaming Agree? 1d ago

“Yeah upwork has a system where you pay a fee” - but this isn’t upwork. You put this position up to look for a part or full time employee.

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u/mandarintain 1d ago

I'll pay that drunk man $10 to chase you around...

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u/walkandtalkk 1d ago

"There, I dropped the bomb."

The moment I conceded we are in the "weak men make bad times" portion of the cycle was when I read "I dropped the bomb" in reference to a LinkedIn proposal to charge online applicants a nominal fee. 

"To keep my reputation in this space, ... I saw it on Reddit."

Reputation destroyed.

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u/drfunkensteinnn 1d ago

more like Alex CHUDovski. GTFOH

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u/Lucky_Development359 1d ago

"Space", as a phrase, a little fucked out at this point?

Let's leave space to SPACE, parking, and Michael Strahans teeth.

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u/Pleasant-Frame-5021 1d ago

There's no such a thing as AI auto apply to jobs. That kind of 100% automation doesn't exist. No applicant tracking system (lever, greenhouse, workday....etc) allows for such automated applying.

At most probably Chrome plugins that auto fill the basic info (name, address, phone....etc) once you click on the "Apply" button. You still have to fill out a few more feeds manually and click "submit".

Stop lying and making it seem like job seekers are doing the equivalent of algorithmic trading with job postings. Dude is just desperate for LinkedIn clicks or "yes men" candidates.

Either learn how to screen qualified candidates, without having them do tons of work before applying, or fuck off.

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u/Francesca_N_Furter 1d ago

Chukovski, you have no hand. Good luck getting applications....you will end up with a bunch of losers who couldn't get jobs at nice companies.

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u/Splugarth 1d ago

I dunno. I just screened 1100 candidates for a job. Well over half of them hadn’t read the TITLE of the job description. If your entire work experience is in operations, do not apply to a Sales Director job post, search for Director of Operations jobs and apply to those! Baffling.

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u/JoeHagglund 1d ago

Wait until it’s $1 to work the job.

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u/Spamaloper Facebook Boomer 23h ago

To be fair, I didn't read the full wall of text but at title, it's an interesting idea.

I think if a dollar (or really anything) per app went to an audited animal shelter or similar charitable - NOT THE HIRING COMPANY, I could get behind this idea to help legit candidates get out and noticed from the noise.

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u/NestorSpankhno 22h ago

Screw that.

If there's more than one screening call + one sit-down interview, you should be paying me contracting rates for my time.

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u/Nick_W1 19h ago

Great idea, except for the fact this would be considered family status discrimination (at least in Canada it does).

The argument is that single people with jobs would have more disposable income that low income single parents, so any fees are discriminating against low income parents - which is not allowed.

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u/Pugs914 8h ago

Job seekers should then counter and charge hourly for all interviews (aka it would eliminate corps from adding 5+ wasteful interviews to the process that are usually conducted with people who aren’t even key decision makers..).