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Re: Show HN: A job application tracker with company reviews, recruiter autoresponder

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Post by dalai »

romanhn wrote: post #69
lelanthran wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> In other words, theoretically spoofing could occur, but there are compensating controls in place to minimize any damage. Given a very low likelihood of an attack in this direction, that felt like a reasonable compromise. Would love to get feedback on that though! I don't have good recommendations right now[1], but I think not having a way to opt-out for those who are security conscious is a turn-off for some people…

Just want to say I super appreciate your balanced perspective here. I'm not a security engineer by trade, so getting this sort of feedback is quite valuable. The no@ scenario is an interesting one. The opt-out would certainly be one clean approach here. Going to give it some thought!

You could also consider a “personalized” no+uuid@ address that only the user knows. Slightly more work, but the user would just add it to their address book anyway.

Re: Show HN: A job application tracker with company reviews, recruiter autoresponder

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Post by danwee »

Congrats for launching the product!

> These days it is common to apply to dozens of positions (some users track over a hundred opportunities).

Honest question: is it that common? I'm an average software engineer in Western Europe. When I was junior (around 2010-2015) I usually got a job after submitting ~3 job applications (mainly, because I was accepting anything at that time). Nowadays, since I have more experience, whenever I want to switch my job, I know exactly to what kind of company I want to apply to, this means I don't send a dozen applications; rather I send usually 1 or 2. But I do my investigation on that 1 or 2 companies I'm applying to. And I never interview with more than 1 company at a time (it would be very stressful for me).

So, I've never had the struggle of "keeping track" of job applications. I've never worked for FAANG, though (not sure if this has anything to do). I thought my situation was more common, but based on your statement perhaps it's not.

Re: Show HN: A job application tracker with company reviews, recruiter autoresponder

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Post by pacerier »

bee_rider wrote: post #36
Grimburger wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I honestly think you should aim to make jobseekers pay instead of the job offerers. The automation of job applications means that basically everyone tunes out when they hit 100+ CV's, go post a small wage globally remote job to test and you will see what I mean. A dollar here or there definitely means your clients will get actual people who are serious about wanting it rather than the current spray and pray system th…

As a currently not employed person, one interesting thing to note about me is that I have no income, which means not much money to pay for things.

Sure, and you certainly have future money. if the app is that good that is.

Re: Show HN: A job application tracker with company reviews, recruiter autoresponder

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Post by pacerier »

romanhn wrote: post #3
randomsofr wrote: post #2

Looks pretty good, i'm wondering how are you planning on monetizing this?

Through employers, not job seekers. Not sure how to put this without marketing-speak, but I do truly believe that there is a win-win proposition here where an amazing candidate experience can be highly beneficial to the hiring org. I wrote down some thoughts on https://rolepad.com/employers as well. As I mentioned in the original post, there is a lot of consider here privacy-wise but I definitely have some concrete i…

I'm confused. Are you honestly selling to the CEO?

If someone down the ladder, who exactly?

Re: Show HN: A job application tracker with company reviews, recruiter autoresponder

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Post by akvadrako »

danwee wrote: post #84

Congrats for launching the product! > These days it is common to apply to dozens of positions (some users track over a hundred opportunities). Honest question: is it that common? I'm an average software engineer in Western Europe. When I was junior (around 2010-2015) I usually got a job after submitting ~3 job applications (mainly, because I was accepting anything at that time). Nowadays, since I have more experience…

Sure it's common and it really depends how picky you are. I have 20 YoE and applied to over 150 places last year, some in Western Europe and some remote jobs in the USA. In the end I only got one offer, which I turned down. But I did gain a greater understanding of the market.

Re: Show HN: A job application tracker with company reviews, recruiter autoresponder

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Post by Hasnep »

gadders wrote: post #71

Please build something that auto fills Taleo/WorkDay application forms.

I've had a good experience auto-filling job applications using this browser extension: https://simplify.jobs/ You need to create an account to use it, but at this point it's saved me so much time that I don't mind.
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