Unshitifying Hiring, Part 6: Why Job Boards Are Built for Noise, Not Results
Vetta Team
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🎯 The Illusion of "More Applicants"
You post a job.
You get 300 applications.
You think: "Wow, what a great response!"
But then reality hits:
- Only 10% meet the basic qualifications
- Only 3% make it to an interview
- And maybe, maybe 1 is a good fit
If this sounds familiar, it's because job boards are optimized for volume—not accuracy.
They monetize posts, clicks, and impressions.
They're not incentivized to help you hire faster—they're incentivized to keep you posting.
📉 More Applications ≠ Better Candidates
Job boards measure success by:
- How many views your post gets
- How many people click "Apply"
- How many sponsored boosts you buy
But they never answer:
- "How many qualified candidates applied?"
- "How much time did this save you?"
- "How well did those candidates map to your actual business problem?"
Spoiler: They can't.
Because they were never designed to filter for outcomes.
They were designed to fill pipelines.
💥 The Hidden Costs of the Noise
Every unqualified applicant creates work:
- Screening
- Reviewing
- Rejection emails
- ATS logjams
- False hope
Multiply that by hundreds of resumes, and hiring managers drown in administrative sludge instead of focusing on decision-making.
It's not just annoying—it's expensive.
🤖 Why Vetta Skips the Noise Entirely
Vetta wasn't built to monetize job posts.
It was built to answer one question:
"Who's solved this problem before?"
Here's what changes:
- No job posts to spam-apply to
- No endless scrolling through résumés
- No inbox full of copy-paste cover letters
Instead:
✅ You describe the problem you're hiring to solve
✅ Our AI finds candidates who've solved similar problems
✅ You get blinded profiles showing outcomes, not credentials
You skip the pipeline noise and start with qualified, aligned matches.
🚀 From Volume to Value
When you stop rewarding volume, you start rewarding value.
The goal isn't "more candidates."
The goal is "the right candidate, faster."
And job boards were never designed for that.
🧠 Final Thought: Stop Paying for the Noise
Every day spent drowning in resumes is a day you're not solving the business problem you hired for.
If you're ready to stop paying for job board traffic and start paying for hiring results:
See how Vetta unshitifies hiring →