> What aspect of the process requires a non-remote component?
For "job placement" in the abstract, nothing. I'm sure they could do the whole thing over skype were all parties so inclined.
In practice, this seems not to be what their company and customers are interested in. They do in-person onsites, for in-person roles. They're chasing a successful business with an operational scope that pleases their customers, not a locational-egalitarian remote utopia, so I don't fault them for only supporting a subset of work types. They do what works for them, and don't owe the market total coverage.
For "job placement" in the abstract, nothing. I'm sure they could do the whole thing over skype were all parties so inclined.
In practice, this seems not to be what their company and customers are interested in. They do in-person onsites, for in-person roles. They're chasing a successful business with an operational scope that pleases their customers, not a locational-egalitarian remote utopia, so I don't fault them for only supporting a subset of work types. They do what works for them, and don't owe the market total coverage.