On that note, being in a larger city and doing in-person networking is a much different game than trying to apply online from afar. Plus, I've heard a lot about how useless online applications have become due to AI, ghost jobs, bad HR practices, etc. It makes me wonder if returning to the "come in to the office and drop off an application" days would be better for everyone.
Online applications make it easier for people to apply to jobs in a different city without having to drive across the country just to hand the HR a PDF hardcopy. Mail (physical mail, not e-mail) and fax (yeah, I know, who still uses fax) applications wouldn't suffer from this though.
On that note, being in a larger city and doing in-person networking is a much different game than trying to apply online from afar. Plus, I've heard a lot about how useless online applications have become due to AI, ghost jobs, bad HR practices, etc. It makes me wonder if returning to the "come in to the office and drop off an application" days would be better for everyone.