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Which…",{"id":101,"by":102,"text":103},"44270755","felixrieseberg","> Instead of competing with hundreds in the application pile, you reach decision-makers directly. As a hiring manager, my inbox is already drowning. I don't mind the…",{"id":105,"by":106,"text":107},"44274583","notpushkin","Yeah, but (if I understand how your product works correctly!) I’m afraid the laziest of your users would just copy-paste the suggested message and send it as is, to as many…",{"value":109,"source":61,"evidence":110},"Testimonial photos appear to be stock images and claims look unverified",[111,115,116],{"id":112,"by":113,"text":114},"44271170","ryan_j_naughton","The headshots of the customer testimonials are all stock images and not the people they say are giving the testimonials. Makes me very skeptical that the testimonials are real or…",{"id":64,"by":65,"text":66},{"id":117,"by":65,"text":118},"44278900","Why are you representing that these people were your clients, when, by all indications, they are not. It would be a tremendous coincidence if all of your clients also happen to…",{"value":120,"source":61,"evidence":121},"Stats like 73% and 85% are unsourced",[122],{"id":123,"by":124,"text":125},"44270804","jackietreehorn","\"73% of applications never reach humans,\" care to provide a source for this ? \" but 85% of positions are filled through networking\" care to provide a source for this ? No one is…",{"value":127,"source":61,"evidence":128},"Results claim of 70% more responses is weak in absolute terms",[129],{"id":130,"by":131,"text":132},"44270888","iLoveOncall","> Results: Users getting 70% more response rates vs regular applications. So 7 responses for 347 applications instead of 4? Not exactly impressive. And what are those extra 3…",{"value":134,"source":61,"evidence":135},"No About page or founder identification",[136],{"id":137,"by":138,"text":139},"44271679","onlyrealcuzzo","Probably the same reason there's no \"About\" page with links to who the founders are, and the explicitly didn't link themselves to the company on LinkedIn. 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The last time I looked for a job, which was pre-pandemic, a recruiter took care of finding suitable jobs for me and I barely had to lift a…",{"id":182,"by":183,"text":184},"44270946","drillsteps5","These recruiters do exist. They are difficult to find, they are rare, and there seems to be fewer of them but they do exist. I wouldn't say you don't have to lift a finger and…",{"value":186,"source":61,"evidence":187},"Referrals through personal networks",[188,191],{"id":189,"by":154,"text":190},"44271414","As you noted those getting hired are through via deeper human connections; through your personal network and or friends' personal networks. Any tool to spam hiring managers…",{"id":192,"by":11,"text":193},"44272288","that's exactly it!",{"comments":195,"answered":196,"key":197},16,5,[198,201,204],{"id":199,"text":200},"44272193","As far as I know, referrals are way more preferred that cold applications. 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