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I don't think many companies in software are fighting to get them to respond. Our want candidates to respond? Offer more money.

Usually it's the opposite where job seekers are fighting to get companies to respond.

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Hiring developers when you're a small or medium size company is really hard. Nobody knows you exist and if they do there's no way you can compete with FAANG compensation.

So what can you do? You show off what makes you different, whether it's cool technology, family friendliness, remote work, etc.

I interviewed a ton of companies as we built this and nobody is finding it easy to get candidates to respond. They all have issues finding people for the top of the funnel, especially smaller companies under 100 people.

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