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I've been casually looking for opportunities on linkedin, and for many of the roles I consider applying to there's >100 applicants according to the linkedin lis

I've been casually looking for opportunities on linkedin, and for many of the roles I consider applying to there's >100 applicants according to the linkedin listing. That strikes me as exceptionally high vs. past years when I was shopping around.

postsantum 3y ago
Perhaps it's the same 100 people applying for every listing
- jethro_tell 3y ago
  Lol, look at this, this guy wants to be a principal and a Jr in out company. . .
eikenberry 3y ago
I think it is people laid off still trickling back into jobs.
Avalaxy 3y ago
From experience I can tell you that 99 of those are Indians without any sort of relevant resume for the job they're applying for.
blamazon 3y ago
On that metric, for postings where the apply link goes to an external page, any user that clicks apply (and is redirected) is counted, even if they don't actually follow through. For LinkedIn easy-apply, the metric is more accurate to actual submitted applications, but there seems to be a lot of users (scripts?) indiscriminately easy-applying to every possible job because it's, well, easy.
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theK 3y ago
That doesn't have to mean anything though. I set up a couple of job posts some months ago, in that case we where trying to hire devs roughly in a specific time zone. As linkedin didn't support that we had to leave the location filtering completely off. We immediately got inundated with low quality applications from outside our target timezones. I know that others too have had this "issue"
saiya-jin 3y ago
Thats still low for say Switzerland, anytime, if offer is actually meaningful. Not saying 100 or 500 top notch experts are applying for every single one (but generally those are the numbers), but the competition has always been crazy and you had/have to deliver, have often solid local language skills, relevant schools, solid resume etc to be even considered by agencies. I talk about normal job offers, not top 1-2% of the market Very much an employer's market since half of the world wants to move here. Till I landed my first contract (which included additional work for employer on residence permit as new entrant) I applied cca 75x, had few interviews (and landed 2 offers at the same time). This was with 6 years of diverse experience in exactly what I was looking for there, studied on uni exactly this, knew languages. Second job was much easier, agency and company wanted exactly me, but that was rather unique match. Compared to Czech republic I moved there from, they were so desperate for seniors that even 10 years after resettling they kept bombarding me almost every day with offers to move back, immediate hires for senior positions and high (locally) salaries.
totallywrong 3y ago
Total anecdata, but a ton of those seem to be agencies and freelancers from the usual outsourcing hubs overseas.

postsantum 3y ago

Perhaps it's the same 100 people applying for every listing

jethro_tell 3y ago
Lol, look at this, this guy wants to be a principal and a Jr in out company. . .

eikenberry 3y ago

I think it is people laid off still trickling back into jobs.

Avalaxy 3y ago

From experience I can tell you that 99 of those are Indians without any sort of relevant resume for the job they're applying for.

blamazon 3y ago

On that metric, for postings where the apply link goes to an external page, any user that clicks apply (and is redirected) is counted, even if they don't actually follow through. For LinkedIn easy-apply, the metric is more accurate to actual submitted applications, but there seems to be a lot of users (scripts?) indiscriminately easy-applying to every possible job because it's, well, easy.

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theK 3y ago

That doesn't have to mean anything though. I set up a couple of job posts some months ago, in that case we where trying to hire devs roughly in a specific time zone. As linkedin didn't support that we had to leave the location filtering completely off. We immediately got inundated with low quality applications from outside our target timezones. I know that others too have had this "issue"

saiya-jin 3y ago

Thats still low for say Switzerland, anytime, if offer is actually meaningful. Not saying 100 or 500 top notch experts are applying for every single one (but generally those are the numbers), but the competition has always been crazy and you had/have to deliver, have often solid local language skills, relevant schools, solid resume etc to be even considered by agencies. I talk about normal job offers, not top 1-2% of the market Very much an employer's market since half of the world wants to move here. Till I landed my first contract (which included additional work for employer on residence permit as new entrant) I applied cca 75x, had few interviews (and landed 2 offers at the same time). This was with 6 years of diverse experience in exactly what I was looking for there, studied on uni exactly this, knew languages. Second job was much easier, agency and company wanted exactly me, but that was rather unique match. Compared to Czech republic I moved there from, they were so desperate for seniors that even 10 years after resettling they kept bombarding me almost every day with offers to move back, immediate hires for senior positions and high (locally) salaries.

totallywrong 3y ago

Total anecdata, but a ton of those seem to be agencies and freelancers from the usual outsourcing hubs overseas.