Recently on Reddit and X (Twitter), 'You can't apply to 200 companies and still get an interview' or 'You have to submit 1,000 applications for it to be worthwhile.' I see a lot of such posts.
Frankly, I feel uncomfortable with both.
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### Discomfort on the part of companies
First, the corporate side.
No matter how good you are, If the culture fit or team chemistry is not right, They all know that if they don't fit in with the culture fit or the team, they will quit within a few months.
And yet, the very structure that thinks "I can pick out the right person from the thousands of applications that come in" I think the structure itself is arrogant.
I myself once reviewed hundreds of applications, seen candidates from abroad and from Japan. But I honestly thought it was *not* human work.
What is really needed is not to "search among thousands", Instead, what is really needed is to create a "mutual understanding structure" from the outset**.
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### Discomfort on the part of job seekers
On the other hand, there is also a sense of discomfort on the part of applicants.
Job hunting today is like Tinder. 'Like', 'dislike', 'apply', 'go through'. You make a decision based on a split-second impression, and it's all done with one click.
But for a relationship to begin in such a way, Can deep empathy and compatibility be created in such a relationship?
To compare it to love and marriage, The truth is that you should be able to say "I love this person" and "why I love this person". You need to be able to tell him or her in your own words.
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### What I think of my experience.
When I was 24, I got my first job, an e-commerce company that was not listed on job websites.
That company is run by just one person, the CEO, There were obviously no engineers. But there were indications that it was selling well.
So I sent this to the enquiry form.
> "Can I work for you? I can do these things."
Luckily, I proceeded to an interview and was hired. That was over a decade ago, It was one of those moments where the job was decided by the intersection of "passion" and "chance."
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### Now is the time to use AI "in reverse".
Now with AI, It's easy to create a proposal for each company. That's why I think it's better to automate understanding** rather than "automate" the application process.
Let AI organise your thoughts, 'What can this company do for me?' Into a language, and then make a detailed proposal to each company.
That way, rather than applying to 200 companies, The probability that your life will move on with one company is much higher.
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### Structures that are not "chosen" by each other.
The current job market, I think both companies and job seekers are both unhappy.
Companies choose people on 'specifications', Job seekers choose companies based on 'conditions'. Both sides are treated as numbers, not people.**
But what is the value of working really, "What can we create together?"
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If AI evolves, CVs, skills and portfolios, they will all become homogenised.
That is why the last thing that remains is emotion.* Why this company? Why this person?
Job hunting in the age of AI, No longer a "spec competition", *It should be designed with emotion and empathy.