Greenhouse Launches ‘Dream Job’ to Revolutionize AI-Age Hiring

• The modern job hunting landscape is increasingly challenging, characterized by “black-hole applications,” ghosting, and a general lack of transparency.
• In response to this “soul-crushing” experience for candidates, Greenhouse, a leading hiring platform, has launched “Dream Job.”
• This innovative feature aims to address the challenges posed by the age of AI and mass applications, providing a solution for both job seekers and recruiters.

• The Problem: A Competitive and Overwhelming Job Market:

  • Candidate Frustration: Greenhouse’s 2025 Workforce and Hiring report reveals that two-thirds (66%) of job candidates find today’s job market “extremely” or “very” competitive.
  • Recruiter Overwhelm: The number of applications per job has skyrocketed by 102% since ChatGPT’s release (Q3 2022 vs. Q4 2024), overwhelming recruiters with volume.
  • Inefficiencies: Issues like abandoning applications due to manual re-entry of resume information (nearly half, 46%, of U.S. candidates) highlight systemic inefficiencies.

• Introducing Dream Job: A Solution for Candidates and Employers:

  • Candidate Empowerment: The “Dream Job” feature allows candidates to designate one application per month as their top choice.
  • Signal of Intent: This designation provides employers with a valuable signal of genuine interest, helping them prioritize promising applications from the vast pool.
  • Widespread Adoption: Over 323,000 candidates and hundreds of companies (including NPR, Everlane, Flexport, Guild, and Huntress) have already signed up for access.
  • Seamless Application Experience: The MyGreenhouse candidate portal facilitates easy information updates, further improving the application process.
  • Strategic Job Search: Dream Job encourages a more strategic job search for candidates, enabling them to positively influence hiring outcomes by signaling real intent.
  • Current Usage: More than 1,200 Greenhouse customers have enabled Dream Job submissions, with over 10,000 submissions already received.

• The Transformative Impact, According to Greenhouse:

  • Jon Stross, President and Co-Founder of Greenhouse, on the ‘Lottery’ of Job Hunting:
    • Describes current job hunting as a “lottery” with extremely low odds of being seen.
    • Highlights the paradox: “never been easier to apply… never been harder to get through.”
    • Emphasizes that Dream Job allows candidates to convey a position is their “first choice,” helping employers identify high-intent candidates.
    • Asserts that Dream Job “tips the scale in candidates’ favor,” making their job search more effective.
    • Contrasts it with network referrals, noting Dream Job allows “intent—not personal connections—[to] influence who rises to the top.”
    • Provides candidates with “more agency in a brutally competitive market.”

• Positive Candidate Experiences:

  • Revolutionizing Expectations: Dream Job is set to revolutionize what candidates expect from prospective employers.
  • Employer Differentiation: It helps employers stand out in the fight for top talent.
  • Real-World Success Story: Martin Nguyen, a MyGreenhouse Dream Job user recently hired at Ping Identity, shared his positive experience:
    • HR reached out the day after he flagged his Dream Job.
    • He received an offer by the end of the week.
    • Described it as “probably the fastest, smoothest, and most satisfying interview process I’ve had.”
    • Praised MyGreenhouse as a “HR platform that actually works seamlessly.”

• Greenhouse’s ‘Dream Job’ feature represents a crucial step forward in addressing the challenges of job hunting in the AI era.
• By empowering candidates to signal genuine intent and providing recruiters with a valuable filter, it aims to create a more transparent, efficient, and ultimately more human hiring experience.

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