500 applicants for 1 job?

RichardD1970

falko89 wrote: »

Well this is true, I wonder what percentage of people would actually want said job vs those made to apply to keep benefits? Doesn't really matter I guess but it shows how damn hard it is to get any old job in the UK these days and as you say the less skills required the higher the applications I guess. I read an article in a newspaper yesterday which said eastern Europeans have more success in finding work in the UK than unemployed Brits.

Wasn't the Daily Mail by any chance? :rotfl:

falko89

RichardD1970 wrote: »

Wasn't the Daily Mail by any chance? :rotfl:

No I'm working class, It was The Sun yesterday. I stand corrected it says Migrants, not Eastern Europeans http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4967055/Migrant-workers-doing-beter-out-of-recession-that-Brits.html

Daedalus

This is just a twisted truth for some to blame others.

A job can have 500 applications, the internet is a wonderful thing. I can apply for 1000 jobs in an hour, just upload a CV to a job site and click apply on everything that moves.

Look at the amount of 'quality' applicants, and I doubt the figure is even 10% of that.

iSlideOnItConstance

We recently advertised to fill two post for a Residential Childcare Worker to work with children in care of the local authority, we received 288 applications.

Salary, £23.500.

Takeaway_Addict

falko89 wrote: »

So a relatives employer advertised a job for a dispatch clerk in a factory, pay slightly over min wage, nothing special about the job or the money really, I applied myself and heard nothing back so enquired, they told me that the company received between 400 - 500 applications for 1 job :eek:

Do you think this is the general level of competition for jobs these days or is this a 1 off?

I would say that is unusual for the national average. I would expect nearer 100 per post.

AP007

iSlideOnItConstance wrote: »

We recently advertised to fill two post for a Residential Childcare Worker to work with children in care of the local authority, we received 288 applications.

Salary, £23.500.

Question - did all the applications get read?

Takeaway_Addict

AP007 wrote: »

Question - did all the applications get read?

I would hope not...what a waste of time for the employee doing the job.

iSlideOnItConstance

AP007 wrote: »

Question - did all the applications get read?

Yes, i do read all applications submitted :A

Daedalus

AP007 wrote: »

That's still 30,000 looking for a new job

Or it is 30 people applying for a 1000 jobs each. You seem to imply people only apply for one job at a time, might be where you are going wrong.

AP007

Daedalus wrote: »

Or it is 30 people applying for a 1000 jobs each. You seem to imply people only apply for one job at a time, might be where you are going wrong.

I only apply for one job at one time at one company (about 40-60 a week all only one job at a time still)

Maybe that's where I am going wrong..............I have never applied for an accounts role where the company have 1000 jobs