The future of employment is a broad and poignant topic these days, and although I'm optimistic in the medium-term, we are already experiencing mean...
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Good post.
I agree, the numbers game is certainly grueling and soul-crushing for everyone involved.
HR is always late to catch up to trends. And it's a buyer's market for talent, so there's not really an incentive to fix the problem of sorting through way too many applications for every position.
From what I've seen, the "smarter matching" you're referring to is currently supplied by networking. Someone at an organization who vouches for you likely cuts your number of applications 10X and makes a recruiter's job significantly easier. I don't think AI replaces this anytime soon.
For me, coming fresh out of college with my CS Degree. I found that lowering my standards is what finally landed me a job coding(after 500 applications and 20 interviews). Jobs with “software engineer” or “developer” in the title are always going to be gotten by someone better than me(I am an average joe who picked up coding in my mid 20’s and came from a blue collar background). I ended up accepting a job at a small software company with the title of “software support” where I debug SQL procedures and sometimes debug C# code to solve client support cases. The reason I got the job? Only 7 people applied. The job isn’t fancy, or high paying. But am I getting to look at code every single day and make more than enough money to live comfortably? You bet. If I do this 40 hours a week for 18 months to 3 years will I eventually have the skill set to land those “software engineer” roles? Absolutely. QA and Support roles are where guys like me belong, and I had to learn the hard way that it was only my ego that was holding me back from starting my career.
First of all congrats at seeing some success, it's only the start of the journey I'm sure.
This is the part I cringe at. This is so painful for all involved.
It's one thing for the general numbers problem to exist and acknowledge the complexity of the problem — but I kind of feel like this is an epidemic.
My suggestion is to think about how AI (Artificial Intelligence) could help with finding jobs. Even though some people worry about AI being unfair, it's important to look for AI tools that are fair and clear. We should also remember the importance of human judgment alongside technology. Checking out tools like Commit Agent can show us how AI might make the job search easier while still keeping things friendly. It's good to stay open-minded and learn more about how AI can help with job hunting.