The annoying part is that the system* is broken. We're looking for new people to expand our team. We are looking for interesting people with certain skills. But we cannot enter this into the system. The system cannot judge on people being interesting, or have certain skills. What we can insert in knowledge about tools and frameworks. These are then used to filter the pool, by the system, but often also by the people themselves. Skills are the valuable part, having used a tool or framework not so much. If you have the skills, you can learn those tools and frameworks on the job in a couple of weeks. To judge if somebody is interesting we need to figure out what drives people in life. Having a person who likes to build furniture in their spare time can be a worthwhile asset to your development team.
The problem also goes into the other direction. Most job postings are simply bad on describing the work and workplace. It's basically always the same few lines. Like, "you will work in an agile team using scrum". Really? in what way? Maybe describe an average week of somebody in the same position as the application is about. Maybe explain how the system is build/maintained, rather than what tools do you use.
*) the system is the recruiting system composed of HR, recruiters, and the technology they apply to match.
The annoying part is that the system* is broken. We're looking for new people to expand our team. We are looking for interesting people with certain skills. But we cannot enter this into the system. The system cannot judge on people being interesting, or have certain skills. What we can insert in knowledge about tools and frameworks. These are then used to filter the pool, by the system, but often also by the people themselves. Skills are the valuable part, having used a tool or framework not so much. If you have the skills, you can learn those tools and frameworks on the job in a couple of weeks. To judge if somebody is interesting we need to figure out what drives people in life. Having a person who likes to build furniture in their spare time can be a worthwhile asset to your development team.
The problem also goes into the other direction. Most job postings are simply bad on describing the work and workplace. It's basically always the same few lines. Like, "you will work in an agile team using scrum". Really? in what way? Maybe describe an average week of somebody in the same position as the application is about. Maybe explain how the system is build/maintained, rather than what tools do you use.
*) the system is the recruiting system composed of HR, recruiters, and the technology they apply to match.
I was in this boat, so I changed the system*.
Now, I personally review all applications, and if needed personally talk to potential candidates before they apply.
Sure, it sucks my time up... but I don't know a better alternative.