I think governments should offer a program that lets each individual get certification codes that prove that a job application is one of the first X job applications sent per Y time, perhaps the first 10 applications per month sent by that person.
Generally, a certification code saying: “This is person P’s N-th attempt this month/year to do X.”
There is no artificial limit for N, you can get as many codes as you want, but only the first one comes with number 1, the second one comes with number 2, etc.
Possible values of X:
apply for a job
propose for marriage
etc.
Those need to be categories listed by the government, otherwise people would hack the system by using synonyms, e.g. “my 1st attempt to apply for a job”, “my 1st attempt to seek employment”, etc.
Generally, a certification code saying: “This is person P’s N-th attempt this month/year to do X.”
There is no artificial limit for N, you can get as many codes as you want, but only the first one comes with number 1, the second one comes with number 2, etc.
Possible values of X:
apply for a job
propose for marriage
etc.
Those need to be categories listed by the government, otherwise people would hack the system by using synonyms, e.g. “my 1st attempt to apply for a job”, “my 1st attempt to seek employment”, etc.
No, I think that would be worse, and lead to degenerate equilibria.