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>Mostly that clause is added to weed away wannabes. All applicants to a job are by definition "wannabe" holders of that job.
by superuser2 11y ago
>Mostly that clause is added to weed away wannabes.
All applicants to a job are by definition "wannabe" holders of that job.
- vinceguidry 11y agoYou don't seem to be understanding. Businesses generally get dozens to hundreds of applications for each job posting. These applicants largely range from completely unqualified to way overqualified. The main thing you're looking at when you read a job posting is 'spray-and-pray' ways of cutting down on the noise. If you can see through the filters, then you can start to tailor your applications to fit exactly what they're looking for. It's not an exact science, but paying a little attention can cut your miss rate by orders of magnitude.
- jschwartzi 11y agoWould it be accurate, then, that if you don't see a massive laundry list of skills that the employer in question is having trouble finding people to fill the position?
- vinceguidry 11y agoI wouldn't conclude that. There's a reason why everything on a posting was put there. There's not necessarily a reason why they would leave certain things off.
- dennisgorelik 11y ago> Businesses generally get dozens to hundreds of applications for each job posting. Is it your typical experience as a hiring manager? My estimate is that on average, number of applications is about 10 per job posting. Occasionally number of applications could go above 100, but usually it is just a few. Especially if job posting is for skilled professionals, such as programmers.
- superuser2 11y agoThat is several orders of magnitude off for engineer positions at Bay Area tech companies with name recognition. At my last employer the interview rate was about 1%. Obviously some channels (like referral) had far better hit rates than others (like applications off the website).