I think the cause of this is fairly modern as well. It is online applications that have caused a tinderification of the process. On Tinder, if response rates are low, there’s an incentive to just swipe on everyone and see what that nets. Once people do that, response rates get even worse because women get ridiculous amounts of likes/matches, many from men who aren’t even interested once a match is made.

Recruiting has become similar, and largely because of the ease of sending an application in. When you had to go to a place, you were limited by the time that took. Now in the time that would have taken you could easily send out 20 applications.

Beyond that, It’s almost not worth even really looking at the job descriptions, as they are often asinine and written by someone who does not do the job advertised, and has unrealistic expectations on skills needed and salary to offer. Assuming it wasn’t AI that wrote it in the first place.

And since AI screens resumes, it insentivises using AI to write them. And because response rates are low, it makes sense to swipe on everything and see what it nets.

Efforts to make recruiting easier on both sides has backfired spectacularly.

Pardon if I’m being an idiot, as I’ve been ill lately and it has me a little addled. Also I’m an idiot, so there’s that as well.

That seems to be more geared towards difficulties once work has been achieved, whole the article linked is more about the process of finding that work in the first place.

And it always immediately involves a discussion of what a shit head the Dilbert guy (I know his name, I just also know he doesn’t like being called/viewed as the Dilbert guy) is.