2D plotters are what, $100? That's basically no cost for someone wanting to spam "handwritten" letters
Employers, please use postmarked letters for job applications (2025)
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Re: Employers, please use postmarked letters for job applications (2025)
#32I'd really like a rejection physical letter back saying thankyou for application but no thanks signed by a human. I put some effort in to applying, they could at least exert some effort coming back, rather than simply ghosting. A reasonable barrier to bots collecting CV's.
Re: Employers, please use postmarked letters for job applications (2025)
#33This does nothing. I'll just start a business that mails letters to companies for you. Now, an APPLICATION FEE, that's interesting. Hmm.
This does nothing.
I'll just start a business that lends money to job applicants. Apply now, pay later (ANPL).
Re: Employers, please use postmarked letters for job applications (2025)
#34I think something like an escrowed fee that both the applicant and the employer pay would be a reasonable way to solve the spam and keep both parties honest. If either the applicant or the employer are unhappy with the process (resume doesn't match, employer ghosts) - the fee is sent to charity, otherwise the fee is returned to both parties.
Re: Employers, please use postmarked letters for job applications (2025)
#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
That never seems to happen in practice. The number of jobs I have applied to that required additional effort and that never bothered to reply is just too high.
What was the "additional effort" you've had to do before?
Filling out an application form by hand.
Re: Employers, please use postmarked letters for job applications (2025)
#36Has anyone tried this from the applicant side? Just send in a cover letter and resume, old-school?
That used the be the trick FAANG used to justify H1B visas. Onerous application requirements like mailed applications to prove there's no Americans wanting the job
Re: Employers, please use postmarked letters for job applications (2025)
#37Introducing JobbyPasta, the service that will hand-complete and mail in job applications for a small fee of $9.99 per application. Add on a transcription of your cover letter for an additional $4.99, or have us generate one (with your approval) and transcribe it for $7.99. Have a lot of applications to send out? Subscribe to us monthly for $34.99/mo (billed annually).
We just found ourselves a new industry to contribute to GDP growth
Re: Employers, please use postmarked letters for job applications (2025)
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Re: Employers, please use postmarked letters for job applications (2025)
#39As someone who is currently looking for a job, I don't like this idea. All this does is increase the effort and barrier to entry to apply for a job. This is not a good thing. Applying to jobs is already time consuming as it is; nobody wants more hoops to jump through. I understand that recruiters/hiring managers/whatever get a lot of junk applications, but frankly, it is your job to sort through them. You are paid to…
> I understand that recruiters/hiring managers/whatever get a lot of junk applications, but frankly, it is your job to sort through them. You are paid to do this. Recruiters, hiring managers, and whatevers are humans too, with ordinary human limitations. Just because they are paid to do something doesn't mean they gain superhuman capabilities. Even if I am a recruiter with nothing else to do, if I get 5k applications…
That's a fair point! It is true that recruiters are human and cannot review 5k applications per week.
I don't mean to say that recruiters must/should review all applications, because indeed this is sometimes impossible. I'm just saying that, as a recruiter, your job is to review applications and you should therefore not be making things harder for the applicants.
Asking for someone's favourite GIF to filter out junk applications is a great idea. This does not detriment the applicant, and it makes the recruiter's job easier. This is good. Making all applications mail-in is not good, because it detriments the applicant (by way of costing significantly more time and some money), while also not solving some of the larger problems when it comes to the job application process.
Re: Employers, please use postmarked letters for job applications (2025)
#40This does nothing. I'll just start a business that mails letters to companies for you. Now, an APPLICATION FEE, that's interesting. Hmm.
This does nothing. I'll just start a business that lends money to job applicants. Apply now, pay later (ANPL).
If you continue to get mountains of slop applications after introducing an application fee, then at least you have a new revenue stream.