How many applications needed before a job offer.

RoCas

Mado wrote: »

And all that time I though the answer was 42....

It is ... but only if you're a hitchhiker :-)

scheming_gypsy

some suitable job for you phil.

invoice inputter. You could sit at a computer typing all day.
Pantomime actor. You could be the troll in the billy goats gruff... or whatever the story is.
Bell ringer. You're already a !!!!!! so it'd suit you fine.
Dolite. You're halfway there anyway

TheImportanceOfBeingIdle

studentphil wrote: »

I know it is a near impossible question but to get a rough idea of how many applications it takes people gives a ball park figure.

Let me try and explain it for you.

If I apply for 10 jobs and finally get the 10th and someone else applies for 2 and gets the second one then the average would be 6.

However neither of us applied for just six did they? So if I had set myself a target of applying for 6 jobs I'd still be jobless. Each and every individual is different. You can't guess how many it will take. Stop being a mong and get out of the house looking instead of being a fat, lazy waster

studentphil

So I get the message, it is a matter of looking for and finding the right jobs to apply for and then having a bit of luck at interview and hoping they would go well.

scheming_gypsy

uni has taught you well.

Lusignan

studentphil wrote: »

So I get the message, it is a matter of looking for and finding the right jobs to apply for and then having a bit of luck at interview and hoping they would go well.

Gawd - you needed to start a thread to work that out? How old are you again? There's no hope.

Lusignan

scheming_gypsy wrote: »

uni has taught you well.

Funniest thing I've read all day :beer:

Dee123_2

Why are you posting all these threads in Discussion time and not on the Work board?

chatta

I only apply for jobs I think I have a chance of getting and so far that has worked for me, so my answer to you is 1

Lusignan

Dee123 wrote: »

Why are you posting all these threads in Discussion time and not on the Work board?

For the same reason that a cat returns to pee on the same bit of carpet.