LetMyPeopleCode.com

A blog about software, schmaltz, and monkey-patches for the soul

Menu
  • About Greg Bulmash
  • Greg Talks Tech
  • Privacy Policy
Menu
Owl

Job Hunt Diary 2023: Are you Interested in… and it’s closed

Posted on February 1, 2023February 3, 2023 by Greg Bulmash

On the good side… Got through Hiring Manager and Recruiter screens with one start-up and it looks like I am headed toward a full interview round. I have a first call with another start-up later this week.

On the weird side… In the last two weeks I have been approached by multiple recruiters about contract roles which closed within hours of contact.

I can understand why. LinkedIn provides competitive intelligence if you have a pro account, which I do. Since all the tech layoffs, I’m seeing applicant numbers in the hundreds for some roles when it used to be a few dozen at most.

competitive info showing 109 applicants for a role

And this is JUST the applications LinkedIn is tracking. If the role came in through an agency that doesn’t have an exclusive, assume there are a dozen or more trying to throw dozens of applicants at it. You think they’re resting all their hopes and dreams on you getting it? Nope, you’re cannon fodder. You’re a grunt they’re sending to charge the machine gun nest. And when the HR system where all these agencies submit their candidates hits a limit, the role closes.

In some cases these openings are closing within a couple of days, even hours, because all the layoffs mean there’s a big pool of talent that needs to get a new role and they’re not in a position to be picky. Basically, it’s ducks as far as the eye can see.

via GIPHY

Related

1 thought on “Job Hunt Diary 2023: Are you Interested in… and it’s closed”

  1. Julia Joun says:
    February 3, 2023 at 3:17 pm

    For the contract roles where recruiters have contacted me, I find that if recruiters can’t submit my information on the same day, they are no longer interested. I don’t know if the window is as short with the listed contracts.

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Recent Posts

  • Job Hunt Diary 2023: Verizon Is Passive-Aggressive?
  • Job Hunt Diary 2023: Eliciting Responses
  • Job Hunt Diary 2023: And so on, and so on…
  • Job Hunt Diary 2023: Freelancing and warning words
  • Job Hunt Diary 2023: Not all job fairs are created equal

Archives

  • March 2023
  • February 2023
  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • September 2022
  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • November 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2020
  • March 2020

Categories

  • Apps
  • Computing
  • Frameworks and Libraries
  • Games
  • Hacks
  • Hardware
  • JavaScript
  • Mac
  • Mobile
  • Other Art Projects
  • Productivity
  • Programming
  • Projects
  • Python
  • Society & Culture
  • Teaching Code
  • Tech Career
  • Uncategorized
  • WebTech
  • Writing

Tag Cloud

Adobe advertising bad ads browser hunt clown car code sample comcast commute copy writing CX design Developer Relations dev rel evernote game demo google drive hardware review health home office home studio internet interview questions j job hunt job hunt diary Mac magento meta-coding OneNote PEO productivity review speedtest t-mobile Windows xfinity

©2023 LetMyPeopleCode.com | Theme by SuperbThemes