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IMO job sites were dead the day the launched. I posted a job ad on jobs.gc.ca in early 2000s which is a government site, with junk UX and even then I got about
by moltar 3y ago
IMO job sites were dead the day the launched.
I posted a job ad on jobs.gc.ca in early 2000s which is a government site, with junk UX and even then I got about 200 applications.
Then about five years ago I have talked to my last employer. And they used StackOverflow jobs and got 350 applications just the first day for a super niche position (Perl related). No doubt most applications are unrelated spam.
Now, how do you expect these people to objectively review every single application and pick you?
It’s not possible.
You must do things differently to stand out.
Or network.
But that’s just another way of saying “do things differently”.
- expertentipp 3y ago> about 200 applications. > jobs and got 350 applications Been on both sides of recruiting meat grinder and initially had empathy for this "we have hundreds of applicants and most are irrelevant". Once you have experienced human specialist on the other end, have some bloody respect. If you insist on finding inconsistencies, gaps, and incompetence in the CV, all you'll get will be hardcore fraudsters.
- moltar 3y ago> Once you have experienced human specialist on the other end This just never happens in smaller orgs. And the big orgs aren’t that numerous. And even more likely to hire via within or by referral.
- mejutoco 3y agoI bet saying reply with text x to show that you read this text in full would cut the valid applications in half.