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Re:Tech job listings are down 40% on several job boards by abritinthebay on Friday July 08, 2016 @02:03PM (#12057476)
One general maxim I've heard is that for every 50+ cold applications (ie - non-recruiter or internal contact) you send off... you'll get one interview out of it.

Not a job. Just an interview.

Seems pretty accurate in my experience - which is why I almost always aim to use recruiters.

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Re:Tech job listings are down 40% on several job boards by brobinson on Friday July 08, 2016 @03:05PM (#12057891)
This jives with my experience last year: I applied to over 100 jobs (kept track in a spreadsheet), about 10 of them replied, interviewed with 2 of them, passed both, got an offer from one of them, rejected/renegotiated it and ultimate accepted it.
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