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Re:I applied to 250 jobs and timed how long each one took by pizzaknife on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @12:21PM (#37753975)
"Are people mass-spamming applications or something?"

since the dawn of time (1970, jan1)

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Re:I applied to 250 jobs and timed how long each one took by tuatoru on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @04:20PM (#37757023)
Well, in 1970 you could only do about 10 a day, because you needed to type a cover letter with the hiring manager's name in it. Job search (newspaper "help wanted" ads), envelope stuffing, trips to the post office and so on took time too.

Photocopies were low quality and looked obvious and got you into the trash straight away.

So mass, but compared to population not very mass.

The real start date was Eternal September.

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