The job search is already automated. The only people still expected to act manually are the applicants. I got tired of typing the same information into the same fields on different websites. Name. Email. Phone number. Work history. Education. Salary preference. Location. Authorized to work? Willing to relocate? Why are you a good fit for this role? Over and over again. Different company. Same form. Different ATS. Same friction. Different job. Same feeling that I was being asked to compress my entire career, personality, skill set, and ambition into a couple boxes designed by someone who probably never had to apply through the system themselves. That was the first thing that bothered me. The second thing was timing. In the job market, recency is king . If a job was posted ten minutes ago, that is not the same opportunity as a job posted ten days ago. The posting may look identical on the outside, but the context around it is completely different. Early in the process, the recruiter is still fresh.…