To apply for a job the day before the closing date

I’d stop listening to your DH if I were you. I applied for a job after the deadline and got the job. I’ve contacted companies before sending in an application and not got the job and vice versa.

What matters is a good application and a good interview(s).

He’s talking nonsense. You can apply for a job right up to the closing date. And please don’t ring anyone about the job! I can assure you that no one who works in recruitment wants a phone call from everyone interested in the job.

What nonsense. Just apply. It doesn't close till it closes, makes no difference if you apply on day 1 or day 30 at 11.59pm.

I would imagine it is very industry dependent. I've never phoned ahead and I have got applications in at the last minute and got the job. If you're the best fit for the job they'd be mad to turn you down for that.

I think your DH is wrong. I think the NHS is in the minority of organisations that close early (usually due to not being a specialised job & lots of applications so they may close early. Imo most employers are sticklers for closing a vacancy on time... sometimes to the minute. I also wouldn't dream of phoning asking questions before applying unless there was something I thought of as imperative that I couldn't find via research. In fact I'd go so far to say if someone phoned asking really obvious questions I'd feel it would negatively effect their chances.

I’ve never phoned a company. That’s just weird! Imagine if everyone did that, it would certainly piss them off!

and nothing wrong with applying today. Makes no difference what so ever. You might not have seen it. Good luck!!!

Jobs do sometimes close before the initial deadline, but this one evidently hasn't? I wouldn't have advised you to leave it this late if you'd seen the role easier, but if it's still open there's nothing wrong with an application.

The vast majority of applications arrive the day before and recruiters do t give a shit about that.

i also can’t remember the last time a candidate phoned about it job.

date of application and phone calls do not feature at all in the scoring system

I'm a recruiting manager in a local authority. My name and number go on the advert but I've only had a couple of people call me to ask about the role in the last 5 years. Our recruitment system hides all identifying information until after the first sift and shortlisting so I won't be able to match applicants who called me to their application anyway. I never look at the time and date of application as part of the role and we never close adverts early. I seem to recall NHS ones so specifically say that advertised roles may close early if they have many applications but not seen it on other public sector roles.
The last job we advertised at entry level we had 150 applications which we got down to 50 in the initial sift for 12 posts.

This is quite normal but it doesn't mean you shouldn't apply. And literally no one phones up to discuss an application. This isn't the 1990s. Not sure what your DH agenda is here. Does he have your best interests at heart?

Your DH is talking rubbish. My current job I submitted 2 hours before the deadline (on a Friday with a glass of wine 🍷 in my hand).

I never phoned them either.

I got my first job in the NHS 26 years ago by sending in my application just before the deadline. Go for it!

Rubbish !

I’ve just sent an application off and it was sent 10 minutes to midnight !

a deadline is a deadline

Sometimes the closing date is brought forward if there have been a lot of applications, in certain companies/organisations - but not in any I've applied for. Absolutely get your application in - I recruit and pay no notice to when each applicant has submitted their CV/application etc. The closing date is there as there will be a time frame in mind for going through the applications and scheduling interviews/assessments.

As PP have said, I'd find it unusual if people called to ask questions about the job (although I'd be happy to answer them). There should be sufficient info in the job advert for people to decide whether or not to apply, and questions are usually by applicants during the interview process.

Best of luck - it sounds like you're very keen on the role. And don't let your husband put you off! He should be supporting you, not being negative!

One job I had I'd discussed with a friend who worked at the same place in the pub, then went home and submitted the application with a minute to spare. I don't think waiting makes much difference.

I agree with this. All the information you need to apply for a job is in the advert. If you call me to ask questions, I don’t think you’re interested, I think you’re either incapable of reading, or are trying to game the system. Either way you are trouble.

There’s a slight risk they might close the application once they’ve got enough, but I don’t see it that often in private sector. I’ve never seen the advice to call the company beforehand. I imagine it would be quite annoying if loads of people call you for a chat.

you definitely won’t get it if you don’t apply, so do it.

Absolutely no one cares when you apply. When doing recruitment, we wouldn’t get the details sent over from HR until we were ready to begin interviews, so we’d have absolutely no idea what date people applied.

It makes no difference if people contact us to express interest. I think an email with specific questions related to the post or the interview would be fine. I would definitely be annoyed if someone actually called me though to express interest. Why? What’s the point? It’s not urgent. And we have strict criteria against which we have to rate candidates. Whether they made contact isn’t one of them (though if they were annoying or a big pest it would definitely go against them).

I recruit and wouldn't care at all when the application came in , if it was last minute (if I even noticed) I'd assume they'd been working hard on it .
I also don't particularly want to do phone calls before the interview as I'm busy and they can take ages, especially if it's someone who's not a particularly strong candidate

I do lots of recruitment. When people apply has absolutely no bearing on whether a person gets asked for interview.

At my organisation I wouldny even be sent the applications until after the closing date.

Well obviously they can close applications early, but it doesn’t mean they will. It makes zero sense to not apply because it might be too late. The one thing that guarantees you won’t get the job is not applying for it!

Is your husband always such a glass half empty wet blanket?

I am heavily involved in hiring and interviewing at my company.

The closing date is the closing date. I wouldn’t be bothered if someone applied one minute before application closing time. I will take a look through applications before it closes but this doesn’t impact my decision. It just gives me less work as I can filter out my immediate no list. When you apply doesn’t mean you’re not as interested, you might have just come across the job role.

I’ve actually hired someone before who missed the advert by 5 days. They emailed our company with their CV and covering letter stating they’d just come across our closed job application and they were gutted to have missed. I compared their CV to everyone who had applied and they were exactly what I was looking for. They interviewed amazing too.

apparently some job adverts can close early he said when they have enough applicants

This has happened at my company before too. There have been a few times we’ve been absolutely inundated with applicants and after having a glance through we’ve had more than enough with what we’re looking for. The job application would be taken offline and closed though, so you wouldn’t be able to apply anymore.

In terms of calling to discuss the role, I think this would actually annoy me if it was for an entry level job. I would presume that you didn’t understand the job spec and hadn’t had much experience. So I would ignore him.

We've done a few rounds of recruitment recently, and generally, the first ones are the worst ones, They just throw in a standard CV and cover letter that talks about them but not about the job and why they fit. I could (but wouldn't) delete everything we get in the first two days and very rarely miss a candidate we'd want to interview.

Conversely, people who get them in just before the deadline tend to be pretty decent, they have bothered to get it over the line as they really want the job where as others just let it go. Sometimes I've done the bulk of the shortlisting before it closes but I almost always find one or two in the last day that change things.

There may be a question if the deadline day people are disorganised at work too, but they did get it in and it's not a major consideration. I've even accepted people after the deadline with a good excuse and an apology, I'd rather get the best person.

On phoning: if it's an entry level post we get so many applications it's not practical, if it's a senior level one I end up shortlisting based on the call and the application, a lot of them end up getting interviews, but I'd be more inclined to call about one I really wanted, so that makes things a bit different. If you are a good candidate you will still get through so it's not vital, but maybe it up's your chances 10%.

How strange. I’m usually applying in the last few minutes before the closing time - 11:50 if it closes at 11:59pm! I’m about to start a new job and I actually applied after the closing date.

I think it’s a good idea to call the hiring manager if you get an interview. It always gives a good impression and helps set you up for the interview, I appreciate it when someone makes that effort. I can’t be faffed with people who want to discuss before applying though - imagine if all 120 applicants for the last job I sifted had wanted to do that!