Ask HN: Why don't companies make applicants pay a fee to apply to a job? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Why don't companies make applicants pay a fee to apply to a job?

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Post by dave4420 » Mon, Jan 06, 2025, 8:09 PM UTC

theoreticalmal wrote: post #23

MultifokalHirn wrote: post #17

I think you should ask this to people in person. Their responses will tell you a lot more than what you are willing to hear through the computer screen.

Applying for a job in person de facto means you have skin in the game: you spent your time and energy to go down and apply. I think the point of the application fee is to get applicant’s skin in the game

In what way do people who need a new job not have skin in the game?

Re: Ask HN: Why don't companies make applicants pay a fee to apply to a job?

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Post by vunderba » Mon, Jan 06, 2025, 9:35 PM UTC

pavel_lishin wrote: post #3

> Would that be a net positive or negative for employees? In what world would this be a net positive for employees?

In the same world where algorithmic HFT could be nerfed by charging a token transaction fee - this would likely kill 99% of automated resume application systems... assuming that it could be implemented fairly/properly which is by no means a certainty.

Re: Ask HN: Why don't companies make applicants pay a fee to apply to a job?

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Post by dyingkneepad » Mon, Jan 06, 2025, 10:59 PM UTC

bdangubic wrote: post #25

ossm1db wrote: post #24

companies would post ghost jobs to collect a fee. it would be widely abused.

if company needs this type of income source they will likely be on the verge of bankrupcy anyways :)

People would create companies that do nothing else besides posting job offers and collecting fees.

Re: Ask HN: Why don't companies make applicants pay a fee to apply to a job?

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Post by csomar » Tue, Jan 07, 2025, 6:10 AM UTC

dyingkneepad wrote: post #33

bdangubic wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

if company needs this type of income source they will likely be on the verge of bankrupcy anyways :)

People would create companies that do nothing else besides posting job offers and collecting fees.

These things do actually exist if you have ever been or dealt with the UAE job market.