"Hey, do you want to apply to the position? Tell me how many Vitae (tm) tokens you want to pay for it."
It doesn't need to be worth a lot, it just needs to be something.
> It doesn't need to be worth a lot, it just needs to be something.
Market pricing, though. I can see the rate for being considered for lucrative tech jobs climbing into tens of thousands of dollars (or one or two paycheques).
The micropayment problem is not new, and there's no indication that the Ethereum-based tokens have solved them, especially not with transaction fees that high. If you're talking about a non-decentralized solution, then as the sibling comment argued it boils down to an entry in a database and that's trivial anyway.
Use a testnet.
We are talking about an application with literal zero monetary value. No one will attack a test net to be able to mint themselves a token meant to be used solely for priority-rating in a process queue.
> $0.001 USD
We can't have it both ways: either paying a token is a disincentive to spam job postings, which means the token actually has monetary value that's higher than zero; or it's not, then it's useless.
> (either) the token actually has monetary value that's higher than zero; or it's not, then it's useless.
Are you familiar with Germany's Pfand system?
You go to a beer garden, get your pint which costs (say) 5€. The bartender asks you for 7€, meaning a 2€ "pfand". You get your beer and a physical, plastic token.
When you are done with your beer, you go back to the bar and if you return your glass with the token, you get your 2€ back. The key thing is that you need to bring both. Lost the token? No cash back for you, might as well take the glass home. Lost/broke the glass? The token is worthless.
The point here is that the token, by itself, has no value. It's sole purpose is to be a unit of accounting.
Similarly, having job tokens independent of any kind of deposit or incentive will not prevent anyone from spamming applications.
People will still have to find a way to get the tokens. They are not going to be creating them out of thin air.
The token itself has no monetary value. I'm literally meaning it as a way to be an utility token, which is just another way to say "funny money".
The idea is just to have a way to avoid spam applicants. There will be no point in hoarding it, unless you are just trying to stop everyone else from ever submitting job applications.
Sure. Less of them means more success for me. Or for my people, i.e. we here at Stanford hoard it in order to ensure the success of Stanford grads.
In principle I'm alright with the idea -- force people to limit themselves to 25 applications, stuff you really want, keep down the noise -- but what happens if people don't get a bite at 25? what are you forcing the hiring orgs to do?
No, less of them means that recruiters will not receive any applications in that channel. If recruiters stop caring about that channel, there is nothing stopping them from using or even creating a different one.