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my old indeed account before/start of covid was close to 1000 jobs over the course of the year, most of them i wouldn't even get a reply, it got the point where if i had to make an account/do a 30 minutes form i wouldn't even bother trying because it just not worth it due to the instant bot rejection "Thank you for applying, Unfortunately..."

When i was a teenager, i was told to try and make 10 paper applications a week which felt like loads, I have always found it stupid that there isn't a job for everyone.

I got a job in construction with a single application and basically a firm handshake. Felt pretty damn good after all the doom & gloom. I think it really depends on the profession and shit like that.

Not tech but academia. I estimate I send out some 60-80 resumes over a two year period (there are some 100 jobs in my field in Europe every year, at best). I got some 6 interviews, one job (only because all the other 4 candidates got other jobs). Plus most applications require roughly a 10-20 pages of tailored essay. It was a horrible grind, and I know quite some people that applied even more than me. Potentially the number one reason to drop out of academia. The other one being constantly decreasing funding.

Edit: yes, it sucks. It should not require so much to get a job. (In case if looked like I was supporting the system because I made it though)

Did you try asking for the manager and offering a firm handshake?

Anybody giving you that advice did not follow it themselves and probably works at somewhere that their friends or family set them up with.

My advice to anybody job seeking who is dejected is just watch the monologue from the Far Cry 3 guy who quotes Einstein about how doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results is insanity, and feel better than listening to some corporate shill who's being disingenuous.

Bruh, most towns and cities don't even have that many companies to apply to

And they also expect a level of interest/passion for the job you apply to. How can you be (or pretend to be) passionate about 1500 different jobs?

Doesn't your dad just get you the job what's the problem? /S

If each job takes 30 minutes to apply to, that's 50 hours per week, assuming you don't stop to eat or rest. I think my average job application takes a little longer unless I fill it with bullshit answers.

That's assuming you're just filling applications. It doesn't include finding them. I think in the time I was unemployed I passed over a few hundred absolutely reprehensible and morally objectionable positions.

Why so much ghosting? My speculation is perverse incentives of the modern world. Recruiters and HR need to justify their ongoing existence so they open positions that don't need to get filled so they can spend time filtering candidates. Meanwhile, candidates need to turn to auto filling jobs because and bulk applying because there are so many of these ghost jobs that recruiters who do need people can't get matched up. This turns into a race to the bottom of automation and counter automation where everyone loses.

Now I doubt they used the same account, but I'd feel obligated to give 'yaoipilled kai, jellopussy' an interview at the very least.

i have a lot of experience in my field with recognized organizations. At the hardest period of finding work, I never had to send out more than 10 resumes at a time. Fuck that noise, 109 should be generating more attention unless it's for jobs clearly out of scope with your skills.

my advice for young people without experience, treat your hobbies as jobs and how you tried mastering it. This is why scouting and girl scout kids get more opportunities. They can describe the skills they recognize in themselves and articulate it on paper.

Good luck everyone, I'm rooting for you!