Today, job seekers often send hundreds of applications into the void of applicant tracking systems, where their materials may never be seen by human eyes. For many, the job search has become a full-time job in itself. Some, though, are outsourcing it. That’s where the reverse recruiter comes in.
Reverse Recruiting Agency helps find, apply to, and secure jobs on behalf of the worker, not the company. It charges $1,500 a month for their services (though clients get their first-month fee refunded), plus 10% of the job seeker’s first-year salary upon job acceptance. That $1,500 gets you personalized résumé editing services, 50 to 100 applications per week, career coaching, interview prep, and several other job readiness services, according to the company’s website.
“Most of the people who are hiring us now are awesome candidates, as in, they’re not struggling now,” Shinkarovsky told Fortune.
Although the company helps to submit 50 to 100 applications per week, Shinkarovsky said still may not be enough to beat the odds. On average, he said his company submits 863 applications per client before they land a job offer. For difficult career searches—those facing visa complications, ageism, or location constraints—it takes up to 924 applications.
He suggests that Congress could address the issue by implementing a verification system for job seekers, similar to a voter ID, to add friction to the application funnel. “That would cut out almost all the slop right away,” he said.
