Difficulty applying for remote work on rigid job portals
🧭 workproduct problemSingle report ●●●●●
A job seeker is struggling to apply for an onsite role because the company's application portal forces a binary choice on relocation, risking automatic rejection if they answer honestly about their preference for remote work.
What people do today
- Answering yes to relocation and hoping to negotiate later
- Using special event-specific application links
- Writing cover letters to explain remote work preferences
🔧 Fix this
Ideas a builder, maker or community group could start on:
- A browser extension that detects mandatory relocation fields and allows users to input 'negotiable' or 'remote-hybrid' instead of binary yes/no.
- A job board platform that mandates a 'remote-friendly' toggle for employers to prevent automatic filtering of qualified candidates who live elsewhere.
- A template generator for cover letters that specifically addresses relocation constraints to bypass ATS keyword filters.
Real voices
“If I say No I'm worried the ATS system will automatically reject me. If I say Yes I'm lying.”
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