Source: Thelandingpad
LinkedIn's Easy Apply button has turned the platform into a noise machine—employers drowning in volume, job seekers gaming applications with AI-generated tailored resumes—which is driving serious hiring back to niche boards, direct outreach, and off-platform channels where signal-to-noise ratios actually matter. This fragmentation benefits candidates with insider knowledge or strong networks while simultaneously making LinkedIn less useful for both sides, creating a vacuum that specialized job boards and recruiter relationships are filling. The frictionless application process has become friction itself.