An Argument for Open Source in Recruitment
Over the past year I have been less than fully employed, which has been great in some ways, for example spending more time with the children and being able to undertake meaningful professional development along the way. Unfortunately, unless you are very fortunate, most people need to work pretty much full-time to make ends even remotely meet. I am one of those people, so eventually the fun must stop. Whilst job hunting I faced an old foe, the application forms and their lack of standards. Surely, in 2021 it is time to part ways with the massive range of forms we encounter and find a much more efficient and effective manner of selection? I get that applying for a job should be challenging, but when it comes to the employment and education history, please for the love of whichever deity you believe in, let’s standardise this part so that we don’t spend endless hours copying and pasting information into new and wonderful formats for absolutely no reason! So how does FOSS fit into this