Profit From Failure: The Truth About Job Boards
Jul 1, 2024 6:23:05 PM Ben Bronson 3 min read
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Uncover the hidden truths behind job boards and social media in the hiring process.
Hiring is a Rigged Game
The current system, heavily reliant on job boards and social media, is fundamentally flawed because job board business models are designed to profit off of your struggles rather than support your success.
In essence, the table is tilted in a system that is rigged against you, making it challenging to navigate and find meaningful employment opportunities as a job seeker and to hire top talent for your open positions as an employer.
It's fixed to be a quantity game where everyone pays tribute and few if any survive instead of a quality game where job seekers and employers find a great fit and thrive.
The House Always Wins
Your interests and their interests aren't aligned – they're adversarial.
You remain unemployed – their job board wins because their pool of candidates remains an ocean – attracting employers to post jobs.
Your open positions remain unfilled – their job board wins because their opportunities are as plentiful as fish in the sea – drawing all sorts of people to apply.
May the odds be forever in your favor.
They Profit from Job Seekers Losing
You spend hours crafting resumes, applying to countless openings, and refreshing your social media feeds... only to feel like you're getting nowhere. The truth is, you're not alone, and the struggle is real because the job boards and social media profit from your struggle.
These platforms sell "premium" features to job seekers that provide little to no actionable insights or realized value. This is because they would prefer for you to continue to be a paying customer as a job seeker than for you to get a job and stop paying them.
They Profit from Employers Losing
These platforms prioritize profit over quality hires, as their main goal is to keep companies paying for job postings rather than ensuring the right fit for both the employer and the job seeker. By encouraging companies to keep job posts open longer and create more job posts, these platforms create a cycle of continuous revenue generation at the expense of meaningful and successful hiring practices.
Employers are caught in a vicious cycle of posting and reposting jobs, paying exorbitant fees for "featured" listings that supposedly increase visibility. But in reality, these featured posts are just another way for job boards to extract more money from desperate companies. The result? A flood of unqualified applicants, wasted time sifting through irrelevant resumes, and positions that remain unfilled for months or even years. It's an endless cycle of frustration by design that keeps job boards full and filthy rich.
The Illusion of Progress
Job boards and social media platforms have mastered the art of keeping you hooked. They feed you just enough hope to keep you coming back, but never enough to actually land a job. Those "profile views" and "application seen" notifications? They're designed to give you a false sense of progress while keeping you trapped in their ecosystem.
The Algorithm Abyss
Ever wonder why you keep seeing the same irrelevant job postings? It's not a coincidence. These platforms use algorithms that prioritize engagement over relevance. The more time you spend scrolling, the more ads they can show you, and the more money they make. Your perfect job could be out there, but it's buried under a mountain of mismatched opportunities designed to keep you searching – and paying – indefinitely.
There's a Better Way
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