The part about companies being too picky doesn’t ring true. LinkedIn allows people to apply en-masse to jobs without any cost to them, so you end up getting a

The part about companies being too picky doesn’t ring true. LinkedIn allows people to apply en-masse to jobs without any cost to them, so you end up getting a lot of nonsense applicants. That’s why it’s not surprising to see 1000 people applying to that person‘s job. I wish LinkedIn had more built in (but optional) ways of pre-filtering candidates before they reached the employer.