About Sarah Springsteen Trumble
Sarah Springsteen Trumble is transforming the landscape of talent acquisition with her groundbreaking insights and human-centric solutions. As the visionary founder of The Job Applicant Perspective, Sarah champions the voice of job seekers, advocating for transparency, and a reimagining the nature of what hiring IS in the modern era to include the silent stakeholder in hiring, the job seeker as a pillar of its growth.
Sarah’s platform, The Job Applicant Perspective, addresses a fundamental gap in the job market by leveraging crowdsourced intelligence from job seekers themselves. She believes that professional talent acquisition is too overwhelming for any one person and that actionable feedback from the 90% of applicants who don’t make the first cut can transform the hiring experience. By allowing job seekers to share their real-time insights, Sarah aims to set realistic expectations and offer job seekers a chance to be a part of the rapidly evolving story of what makes job seeking work or not.
Her philosophy is rooted in the belief that while experts like recruiters and academics offer valuable insights, the lived experiences of job seekers are equally crucial. Just as athletes, and new parents seek advice from both professionals and peers, job seekers benefit from the collective wisdom of their equals as well. Sarah envisions a job market where the expertise of active job seekers, whether unemployed, underemployed, or fully working – is recognized and valued. She sees this as essentially to permanently clearing junk jobs from the market and reduce HR workloads.
Under her leadership, The Job Applicant Perspective will provide open book of actionable insight about the hiring process of any particular company across the U.S. that has been verifiably shared by job seekers, where the experiences of job seekers are organized and published for the benefit of all. This approach fosters a supportive community where job seekers can share their stories anonymously and receive genuine, actionable feedback – and thereby re-engage the 27.4 million Americans and growing that are actively hidden from talent acquisition by standard hiring practices (Harvard, 2021)
Sarah’s platform tackles prevalent issues such as scam jobs, junk jobs, and ghost jobs that clutter the job market, causing decision fatigue among job seekers and contributing to a perceived talent shortage. Recognizing the lack of regulatory structures and social imperatives to address these issues, she aims to fill this void with a solution that benefits both job seekers and employers. By offering a local regional job board that is overtly simplistic and accessible, Sarah ensures that it does not require an ATS system or fancy subscriptions, making it affordable and easy for local businesses to use. Her vision of what talent acquisition should be includes a space in the ecology for the continued thriving and connection of local small businesses so that they too have access to the infrastructure for future hiring and employment in their local community.
The platform includes salary transparency and a “Glassdoor of the hiring process” feature, which empowers job seekers to apply only to jobs that have been vetted and rated by other applicants. This transparency helps job seekers save time and sets realistic expectations, reducing the stress and disappointment often associated with the job search process. Sarah’s vision extends to supporting small businesses that struggle to connect with local talent amidst the clutter of larger job boards.
Sarah is dedicated to breaking the cycle of isolation in the job market and creating an environment where job seekers are respected professionals. Her innovative approach has earned her a reputation as a trailblazer in the field, continually pushing the boundaries to make the job market more accessible and human-centered.
Sarah understands the importance of balancing professional and personal insights. She is committed to ensuring that every job applicant feels capable and amazing, recognizing their value in a market that too often treats them as mere commodities. Sarah’s goal is not to replace professional expertise but to enhance it with the real-time, crowdsourced insights of the people who are actively job hunting.
Join Sarah and The Job Applicant Perspective as they roll out their best version in late August, offering a platform where job seekers and employers alike can benefit from the wisdom of a truly two-sided market. Stay tuned for more exciting developments and be part of a movement that values authenticity, transparency, and collaboration in the job search process.