How much time did you spend on your college applications? Why should applying for a good job be easier?
Say it takes 3 hrs to do the application (probably not, but I haven't done one). The resulting candidate pool will be smaller, and consist of more dedicated applicants, who aren't just firing off blanks. I think both the employer and the applicant might get a higher "hit ratio".
If a recruiter has to sift through thousands of resumes, then good talent gets missed, bad talent gets interviews, and 2.5 months later you'll still be unemployed.
Maybe companies could still accept resumes and "regular applications" in addition to the HireArt channel. I think applicants going the HireArt route would be more likely to get consideration/interviews.
Seems like a good thing. If you can fire off 100 resumes at no cost, while a company has to spend time reading each one and filtering out the junk, doesn't that seem asymmetrical? Large companies often have screening tests, or let hr people phone-screen candidates before moving on, but smaller companies don't have the resources.
If you want the job, you'll put in the time. In the process you'll also learn about he skills and culture the company expects, and they'll also be trying to present themselves as an interesting place to work.
It's the same dance, but now you need to be involved from the start.
Great idea. I've interviewed hundreds of candidates (mainly technical) and it's often easy to tell within a few minutes if a candidate's resume is inflated or skills are exaggerated. A short video or test that helps filter out candidates that would fail an interview or call within the first 10 minutes call seems like a huge timesaver.