Hiring Arbitrage

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Definition #

The extraction of operator time, process investment, and hiring spend by the vendor ecosystem — ATS platforms, job boards, background check services, onboarding software — that profits from the hiring problem without solving it. Every failed hire, every ghost, every early quit is not a failure of the system’s business model. It is the system’s business model. The operator pays the fee regardless of the outcome. The platform captures the revenue regardless of whether the person shows up.