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Re:To find great remote employees, prioritize candidates wit... by comprev on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @03:02AM (#25134215)
Your comments echo what many who are currently employed say. When the shoe is on the other foot though, and unemployed, you can almost guarantee they will have applied to 100+ roles!
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Re:To find great remote employees, prioritize candidates wit... by Balgair on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @10:17AM (#25137654)
Oh man, it's in the thousands every time I apply. I used to keep a spreadsheet of it, but that just got depressing. Job searches are quite painful.

(Note that I'm in biotech and real engineering, not SW)

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Re:To find great remote employees, prioritize candidates wit... by maerF0x0 on Thursday November 19, 2020 @10:02AM (#25150195)
>real engineering,

<fire emoji>. Some schools have tried to make Software Engineering actual engineering

eg: https://www.apega.ca/apply/membership/exams/technical/softwa...

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