Friendly reminder that just because you see "100+ people have applied" doesn't mean that's the case. First: it tracks how many people have clicked apply, in addition to how many people actually answer "Yes, I applied", which pops up on the listing once you head to the job board. Second: if you look at this post, you'll see that while you are competing with real people....not every application is equal, to say the least. Now, I'm not saying "spray and pray" is a great approach. Far from it. But if you really see a job here that you think would be a great fit, Why NOT apply? Tailor your resume. Write a cover letter.* Do something different. Just remember it's an incredibly competitive market, so getting your hopes up for a dream can...well, it can hurt. It's always good to steel your heart and have mature expectations. * I can speak from experience that cover letters can help. They aren't a silver bullet, but it doesn't hurt to have a generic cover letter template that you can spend 10-15 minutes on when you find a job you want to go the extra mile over.
We're hiring for a few roles at InvestNext (check out our Software Engineer + Business Development Rep roles at 💻 https://lnkd.in/e79cMHNn), and it's wild to see how many applications are: 1️⃣ Auto-submitted by people scraping role titles on job boards 2️⃣ Application questions are being answered by AI (some of the responses are pretty funny, though) 3️⃣ Generally fraudulent, where the person who shows up is in some sort of call center environment reading from a script (to what end?) It's an unfortunate reality folks in hiring positions have to expect now, and a huge distraction from candidates with genuine interest. I've never seen it this bad.
Zachary S.
2mo
1% that apply fit the role, and I’m not talking about skills I’m talking about things like you have to be a human and not a dog, you have to have some requiremnt like be a US citizen, 99% of the applicants have no business applying to most roles that they apply to, so if you are the 1% it may seem daunting but keep going
David, you're right on the money with this. At some level, it's a numbers game. But sending the same resume and generic cover letter to each company does nothing to set you apart from all the others who apply, and probably puts you at a disadvantage. The other piece that is worth mentioning is how critical relationships are to finding your next gig. Everyone is one or two connections away from the people you need to be talking to, so take the time to invest in relationships.