Recruiter and resume-writer-on-the-side here, and it&#x27;s become so easy to apply for jobs that most people put zero effort into anything but pressing send and shotgunning a resume to hundreds of companies. If there was even a small cost (time or money) to applying, you can be sure that resumes and cover letters would be much more common and of higher quality.<p>I&#x27;m not suggesting that we charge applicants, but years ago when there was the time taken to type resumes, print them up&#x2F;copy, put into envelope or hand deliver, the amount of time invested likely made people more concerned with their product.<p>Job seekers are much better served spending an hour sending 10 focused applications than spending that same hour to send 100 sanitized applications.