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Automation is Automatically Eliminating Your Best People
I’ve been looking for work for a while now. Through the process, I’ve observed a few things. I have discovered thousands of professional people stranded beneath a cloak of invisibility. Unable to exist because of the automation of the job seeking industry. Here is what the job searching world looks like to us.
Automation
The company’s side of the hiring process is automated. That automation has created automation on the seeker’s end of the equation. Which has exacerbated the problem of too many applicants mucking up the system. Further, companies like LinkedIn have inserted their own automation into the equation. The LinkedIn email bot sends me a note “Someone has read your resume,” thanks LinkedIn.
Automation is so widespread, nobody ever needs to speak to anyone, so they don’t. Which poisons everyone. Is it possible to do better, reliably and repeatedly? I’m not sure.
Advice
The automation has created a maze with no cheese. Not to worry, we have experts a plenty. The advice is always directed at the applicant. Let’s see how many tropes I can bang out in 50 words:
“Turn on your ‘Open to Work’ banner” “Update your resume” “Your LinkedIn profile is incomplete/outdated” “You must network” “Take a class” “Watch a video”…
