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Job boards are garbage. They haven’t evolved in 25 years. And it shows.
We’re all united in this:
👉Hiring managers get flooded with resumes that aren’t even close.
👉Job seekers sift through postings with little relevant info.
It’s the exact same problem for both sides. No one can get the raw data they want, easily.
I know, I know. Aren’t big decisions (like a hire or a job change) made by emotion?
Yes, but they’re driven by data. That’s how we filter. Think of anything else you buy. Sorting by user reviews, technical specs, price, etc.
Buying is self-service in 2022. But hiring still isn’t.
Here’s an example. Sales. A lot of the most important things aren’t always in resumes OR job ads:
👉Average deal size
👉Quota
👉Sales cycle length
Etc etc.
And you’re probably thinking “but James, I’m in sales, I put that in my resume…”
Sure. But not everyone does. And no one uses the same format. So it doesn’t actually go anywhere sortable or useful. <Insert ATS Rant here.>
Resumes are giant free form text blocks. If you’re looking at a stack of resumes, all in different formats, that may or may not include it? Massive time suck.
It’s the same with job postings. Maybe yours give salary info, remote status, a bio on the hiring manager, etc. But do they all?
And if someone is looking at 20 jobs, is there any standardization to track and filter? Hell no.
Net result: job seekers blast all. Right into a black hole.
Talent marketplaces are the next evolution. They can make self-service recruiting relevant and useful. Hirewell acquired Rainmakers because they collect, standardize, and match the data both sides want.
Recruiters know this feel: you talk to a hiring manager, there’s more detail you always have to pull out of them. The stuff that makes a search successful.
That is what goes into the Rainmakers platform.
As for job boards. If it can be set up with an off-the-shelf Wordpress plugin, maybe it’s time for an upgrade…
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