Never been so impressed and disheartened simultaneously
Were you actively employed during this job search? I couldn’t go 7 months without a job
6 rounds of job interviews?
Any more than 2 interviews is insanely disrespectful of people’s time, I hate corporations that do this shit.
What country do you live in? I’ve never heard of an assessment center nor have I encountered an online test being administered prior to an interview
7 months at 1.3 applications per day
Thirteen minutes per application? That’s mad. I know job markets vary from country to country and depending on the type of jobs you’re going for, but I don’t think I’ve ever spent less than a couple of hours on a job application (in the UK).
I would rather start my own business than go through this hell today. Goddammit, this is insane.
As someone who’s in the same boat but just started recently, this is daunting. Good lord. I’m glad I at least have some form of side-gig right now that’s helping me stay afloat, but seeing job hunt graphs like these always remind me how difficult it is to find something truly secure.
I feel like everything being arranged on a large scale through the internet just messed everything up. Whether its looking for a job, place to live, or life partner, the internet turned it into such a complex allocation problem that everyone suffers. Lot easier to match 50 people with 50 jobs than 10000 people with 10000 jobs.
Interesting visualization! What trends or patterns did you notice in your job search data over the 7 months?
SIX ROUNDS? Jesus tits, just hire someone on contract if you’re gonna vet ’em that long.
wait, you guys are getting replies?!
The worst a company told me was 9, 90-minute rounds. They told me this during the second round. I said, No thank you and good luck.
Does one interview take 7 hours???
This is what it’s like in the sciences now.
I’ve been looking for almost two years now and my chart would be an inflated version of exactly this.
Six rounds of interviews is so insane. What are you honestly going to learn about a person in interview 6 that you didn’t already know after five interviews. An interview process should have at most 1 short screening interview over the phone, 1 technical skills interview and 1 personality traits interview and that’s it. Anything more than that is wasting time and I will die on this hill.
In my view, Number in Days = 41.125, unless you work 24 hours a day, round the clock.
275 applications in 7 months? That seems super low, what field are you in. I didn’t track the exact number, but my estimate was 1,200+ applications over the same amount of time when I was looking last. That said your reply rate is amazing, nearly half get back to you!
Also how do you know the number of applicants and positions open? I’ve never seen that shared before.
Rather than adding up the hours in the last table to days you should do work days. And then exclude weekends from days looking. Really make it apparent how looking for a job is a full time job
What kind of jobs are you applying for? Going 0 for 110 in replies is pretty rough.
Job market looking abysmal as always
Little guy left eating shit, nothing new
I’d love to see relevance and fit in these charts.
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Never been so impressed and disheartened simultaneously
Were you actively employed during this job search? I couldn’t go 7 months without a job
6 rounds of job interviews?
Any more than 2 interviews is insanely disrespectful of people’s time, I hate corporations that do this shit.
What country do you live in? I’ve never heard of an assessment center nor have I encountered an online test being administered prior to an interview
7 months at 1.3 applications per day
Thirteen minutes per application? That’s mad. I know job markets vary from country to country and depending on the type of jobs you’re going for, but I don’t think I’ve ever spent less than a couple of hours on a job application (in the UK).
For most jobs here, applications that just consist of a CV (résumé, to Americans) would go straight in the bin no matter what, so I always tailor my covering letter/personal statement and CV to the specific job.
What industry are you applying for jobs in?
I would rather start my own business than go through this hell today. Goddammit, this is insane.
As someone who’s in the same boat but just started recently, this is daunting. Good lord. I’m glad I at least have some form of side-gig right now that’s helping me stay afloat, but seeing job hunt graphs like these always remind me how difficult it is to find something truly secure.
I feel like everything being arranged on a large scale through the internet just messed everything up. Whether its looking for a job, place to live, or life partner, the internet turned it into such a complex allocation problem that everyone suffers. Lot easier to match 50 people with 50 jobs than 10000 people with 10000 jobs.
Interesting visualization! What trends or patterns did you notice in your job search data over the 7 months?
SIX ROUNDS? Jesus tits, just hire someone on contract if you’re gonna vet ’em that long.
wait, you guys are getting replies?!
The worst a company told me was 9, 90-minute rounds. They told me this during the second round. I said, No thank you and good luck.
Does one interview take 7 hours???
This is what it’s like in the sciences now.
I’ve been looking for almost two years now and my chart would be an inflated version of exactly this.
Six rounds of interviews is so insane. What are you honestly going to learn about a person in interview 6 that you didn’t already know after five interviews. An interview process should have at most 1 short screening interview over the phone, 1 technical skills interview and 1 personality traits interview and that’s it. Anything more than that is wasting time and I will die on this hill.
In my view, Number in Days = 41.125, unless you work 24 hours a day, round the clock.
275 applications in 7 months? That seems super low, what field are you in. I didn’t track the exact number, but my estimate was 1,200+ applications over the same amount of time when I was looking last. That said your reply rate is amazing, nearly half get back to you!
Also how do you know the number of applicants and positions open? I’ve never seen that shared before.
Rather than adding up the hours in the last table to days you should do work days. And then exclude weekends from days looking. Really make it apparent how looking for a job is a full time job
What kind of jobs are you applying for? Going 0 for 110 in replies is pretty rough.
Job market looking abysmal as always
Little guy left eating shit, nothing new
I’d love to see relevance and fit in these charts.
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