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Have you ever come across a job posting that's been up for weeks? Should you even bother applying? In this video, I'll debunk the myth that late applications are always dead on arrival. ----- I am Shelley, a recruiter turned career coach. I help you find a job where you can thrive and not just survive. ♻️If you liked this, why not repost it? ♻️ 🟣Following is great, and ring the 🔔 to know about my new posts 🟪Want to see my other posts? Go to #ShelleySays
The role I landed and am currently in has been advertised for over 2 months. Every time I checked out the LinkedIn jobs, it would pop up immediately. My first thought was "Wow, there must be sth wrong with the company or project if they can't hire a trainee in 2 months". Once I interviewed for that role, I learned they were simultaneously hiring around 10 trainees for the same team but cross-locations. Can you imagine how close I was to missing out on that opportunity just because I did not know the same role could be having a different id in the internal system which actually means it is not the same role but 10 job openings for 10 people?
I’ll always be an advocate for being an early applicant, but don’t not ever apply just because you see a week-old job that has 500+ applicants. What if you’re the best of the bunch but didn’t apply? 😳 Fab message, Shelley.
This is excellent Shelley Piedmont because you really don't know what's happening with that employer & circumstance. From my experience in recruiting there could be any number of reasons why a posting in aging, including: ➡️ They had an internal candidate in mind, who declined interest; ➡️ They have not seen any well-qualified candidates; ➡️ Expansion with multiple open positions with the same title; ➡️ They made an offer, but the candidate chose another offer ➡️ Internal issues, hiring manager on leave, budget issues, short-staffing in recruiting function, & MORE! Use your imagination. I've seen ALL of these!!! Take Shelley's advice.
Great point Shelley about the employer's process being a black box. I had a posting that I needed weeks to get started on because the hiring manager kept evolving the position. In the meantime, applicants kept applying. Also, for hard to find skill sets, the majority of applicants simply aren't qualified, so the level of competition might actually be quite poor.
I love your explanation -- and I agree you don't have any real idea of what might be going on. That being said, I wouldn't get your hopes sky high.
The fact is you just don’t know Shelley. There are so many moving parts, things going on behind the scenes. What is the downside to applying, reaching out to the hiring manager? Maybe the position has been filled, ok. On to the next.
Yes, to this Shelley Piedmont. To your point, candidates never, ever know where employers are at with their process and so long as it doesn't take too much out of someone to go through the process, it can't hurt.
If a job posting is up. It means you have chances to get your application noticed. Especially if you think you're perfectly right fit there. Go apply for it. Well explained Shelley
Great breakdown, as always, Shelley Piedmont. Go ahead and apply, but KNOW your chances are better if you apply within the first four days or so.
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1moGreat logic and the comments are gold too!