Very clear to me that this is a huge issue among my personal EA network.
I think calibrating people is step 1 of mitigating the hurt feelings, probably more important than feedback and certainly much cheaper.
My sour grapes:
I previously contacted Rob Wiblin and suggested that 80k publish some stats on the various orgs on the 80k jobs board that would help people calibrate their odds of getting the job. I pointed out that this is quite relevant to assess neglectedness and tractability. He responded by asking if I had tried to contact the orgs myself and suggested I do so, which I consider a dismissal of my IMO uncontroversially good suggestion.
Very clear to me that this is a huge issue among my personal EA network.
I think calibrating people is step 1 of mitigating the hurt feelings, probably more important than feedback and certainly much cheaper.
My sour grapes:
I previously contacted Rob Wiblin and suggested that 80k publish some stats on the various orgs on the 80k jobs board that would help people calibrate their odds of getting the job. I pointed out that this is quite relevant to assess neglectedness and tractability. He responded by asking if I had tried to contact the orgs myself and suggested I do so, which I consider a dismissal of my IMO uncontroversially good suggestion.
I also posted this: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/6Dqb8Fkh2AnhzbAAM/reducing-ea-job-search-waste and felt the community was mostly disinterested in the problem. I am glad that your post is getting more traction.