Every hiring platform has the same problem: how do you separate signal from noise?
Recruiters get hundreds of applications. Most are spray-and-pray. A few are targeted. But there's no way to tell the difference until you've read (or watched) each one. The candidate who spent two hours researching your company looks exactly the same in the queue as the candidate who applied to 50 jobs in an afternoon.
We're building something into five that solves this. We call it the high-five.
How It Works
Job seekers can "high-five" a role for $1. It's completely optional — you can apply to any role for free (up to 20 per week). But when you high-five, it tells the recruiter something a cover letter never could: this is the one I really want.
Recruiters see high-fives at the top of their list. Not because we rank candidates, but because intent is a signal worth surfacing.
Why $1 Matters
A dollar is almost nothing. But it's not nothing. It creates a moment of intentionality. Before you high-five, you have to ask yourself: do I actually want this role? Or am I just spraying applications?
That moment of pause is the feature. It eliminates the spray-and-pray problem overnight.
Think about it: if every application cost $1, how many jobs would you actually apply to? Probably the ones you actually want. And that's better for everyone — candidates apply more thoughtfully, and recruiters see more genuine interest.
The Wallet System
The money goes into a wallet system within five. You can add funds, use them for high-fives, and the balance carries forward. Early waitlist supporters get $10 free credit at launch — that's 10 high-fives to signal intent on the roles you care about most.
This Isn't Pay-to-Play
Let me be clear about what this is not. High-fives don't buy you priority. They don't replace a good pitch. They don't guarantee anything. Every application — high-fived or not — gets the same visibility to the recruiter.
The high-five just adds a data point: this person put something on the line. That's it. And in a world drowning in zero-effort applications, that data point matters.
We're building this now. If you want to be among the first to try it, the waitlist is at fiveapply.work.