A founding note
The intention behind jelabs is to let people affected by a question help shape its direction. Hiring websites are our first proposed exploration. This note records an initial framing, not findings from research.
Make the first decision smaller
A question about the next era of hiring can quickly become a list of features. A smaller starting point is the decision before an application: what does a person need to know, and what can the person describing the opportunity actually explain?
That framing is itself open to challenge. The most important difficulty might sit elsewhere in the process, or depend on something a website cannot change. First-hand experience can reveal that before a product direction is chosen.
What would change the direction?
Examples that show a different decision matters more, that missing information is not the main obstacle, or that the proposed approach excludes someone’s circumstances would all be reasons to reconsider. Agreement is not the only useful contribution.
What a next note should contain
Once a round has been agreed and carried out, a useful follow-up would describe the evidence considered, competing interpretations, a decision and its reasons, and the questions still unanswered. There is no completed round to report yet.