Holy hell. I wonder how many are just trash applications. Does seek do the same thing as linkedin and consider a ‘click’ on the listing an application?
mpember on
Did you attach a cover letter?
Digital-Stowaway on
Which industry are you aiming for if you don’t mind sharing?
Excabbla on
And this is why I’m not as worried about going into research as you might think, at least I know that there aren’t more then a couple hundred people doing research in the field I’m interested in in Australia
Because gods I won’t miss this hell, when I moved to Melbourne it took me months to get a job, and honestly I think I just got lucky with timing landing this minimum wage position
Aromatic_Count_2576 on
There’s no way the ABS unemployment stats reflect reality. Redundancies everywhere for the past 3 years and barely anyone hiring, and yet they claim that unemployment’s just above 4%.
WombleArcher on
That applies all the way to the top of the company. I applied for a couple of CTO roles recently and in the interviews was told there were 1200 and 1400 applicants. For one of the roles the need is so specialised there are realistically less than 200 possible candidates in Australia. Not sure if that should make anyone else feel better or worse.
iforgorrr on
I know a couple of ppl who just spam their generic resume or AI gen it then submit it. So it could be inflating it
Pretty_Status_4670 on
I’m not sure the data’s accurate tbh, I had a role advertised on seek & ethical jobs, said similar stats and we only actually had 30 applications after two weeks. Narrowed it down to two for interviews tbh.
khadijaaa123 on
woah is this for a corporate job?? these are insane numbers. i checked numbers for a retail sales assistant job i applied to and it was about the same. this is absolutely crazy. i’m still in university, if it’s this bad how will i survive after grad?? 🫠
CAROL_TITAN on
I have been in the public service many years, awhile back we would get a handful of applicants for entry level roles. Now we get over a hundred including heaps from those living in India wanting to be sponsored
zylian on
How do you check the application stats after applying?
dolphins344 on
lmao 54 people didn’t even attach a resume to the second listing
1337nutz on
Applying for a job on seek is now 0 effort, chat gpt writes it all for you, so even if theres the same amount of people looking as 3 years ago those people are able to apply for 100 times as many jobs
Draviddavid on
The cover letter stat always makes me chuckle. Basically 50 to 60 percent of applicants don’t try.
Make sure you are reading the whole job post. Some have very specific instructions right at the very bottom to try and weed out the AI stuff.
One had a link that instructed me to call who provided me with a specific email to apply to. Others have the phone number at the bottom of the listing. Some prompt you to call and don’t provide a number hoping you will find it yourself to weed out the low effort applicants.
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Holy hell. I wonder how many are just trash applications. Does seek do the same thing as linkedin and consider a ‘click’ on the listing an application?
Did you attach a cover letter?
Which industry are you aiming for if you don’t mind sharing?
And this is why I’m not as worried about going into research as you might think, at least I know that there aren’t more then a couple hundred people doing research in the field I’m interested in in Australia
Because gods I won’t miss this hell, when I moved to Melbourne it took me months to get a job, and honestly I think I just got lucky with timing landing this minimum wage position
There’s no way the ABS unemployment stats reflect reality. Redundancies everywhere for the past 3 years and barely anyone hiring, and yet they claim that unemployment’s just above 4%.
That applies all the way to the top of the company. I applied for a couple of CTO roles recently and in the interviews was told there were 1200 and 1400 applicants. For one of the roles the need is so specialised there are realistically less than 200 possible candidates in Australia. Not sure if that should make anyone else feel better or worse.
I know a couple of ppl who just spam their generic resume or AI gen it then submit it. So it could be inflating it
I’m not sure the data’s accurate tbh, I had a role advertised on seek & ethical jobs, said similar stats and we only actually had 30 applications after two weeks. Narrowed it down to two for interviews tbh.
woah is this for a corporate job?? these are insane numbers. i checked numbers for a retail sales assistant job i applied to and it was about the same. this is absolutely crazy. i’m still in university, if it’s this bad how will i survive after grad?? 🫠
I have been in the public service many years, awhile back we would get a handful of applicants for entry level roles. Now we get over a hundred including heaps from those living in India wanting to be sponsored
How do you check the application stats after applying?
lmao 54 people didn’t even attach a resume to the second listing
Applying for a job on seek is now 0 effort, chat gpt writes it all for you, so even if theres the same amount of people looking as 3 years ago those people are able to apply for 100 times as many jobs
The cover letter stat always makes me chuckle. Basically 50 to 60 percent of applicants don’t try.
Make sure you are reading the whole job post. Some have very specific instructions right at the very bottom to try and weed out the AI stuff.
One had a link that instructed me to call who provided me with a specific email to apply to. Others have the phone number at the bottom of the listing. Some prompt you to call and don’t provide a number hoping you will find it yourself to weed out the low effort applicants.