The job I applied for closed early.....

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As ive been in the military for 14 years, and this is the first 'proper' job ive applied for, and the first time ive been through the recruitment process, what does this mean? Have they found someone they like the look of already? Are they going to say no to everyone thats already applied? It was supposed to be open until 1 March, and its already closed. I already applied at the start of the week. Do anyone know what this means?

In NHS recruitment they put on the job adverts that they will close early if they get a lot of applicants so they've probably just had a good number of applications already.

It usually just means they have enough applicants that meet the criteria and don't want to interview hundreds of people.
This happen regularly with NHS jobs i guess everyone is following suit

I think they normally close jobs early if they have too many applicants. Glad you got your application in - I was busy writing a supporting statement for one last week and when I went to upload they had closed 🤦🏼‍♀️

Good luck with your job hunt!

Agree, they’ve probably reached the maximum applications they’re willing to sift through. Don’t think it means they’ve found someone.

You need to apply for lots of jobs and keep a record of each job description and application - helps you keep track

Make sure your application is relevant - you will have lots of skills make sure these are noted

With teaching jobs it usually means they had someone in mind for the job but have to advertise for a certain amount of time

Ah ok. It is a NHS job!

Good luck with your application - nhs recruitment can feel a bit slow, so don't worry if you don't hear quickly this is normal.

That's good to know, I applied for an NHS job at 10pm on closing day last week - applications were still open. Seems like they didn't get too many applicants then.

I applied in April, heard back in June, interview in July. It varies though!

Yes as above with NHS jobs. Always apply ASAP as it's often they will close early.

And do you always hear back? Even if its a no?

I doubt it if there are hundreds of applications. We don't in HE admin. No time.

Are they recruiting under the guaranteed interview scheme for present or former armed forces? If so, and you meet the essential person spec criteria and ticked the box you will be offered an interview

Yes they are. I think it said if I meet even the minimum requirements I get offered an interview. Im not sure if thats a good or bad thing! At the very least its interview practice I suppose

In my experience in NHS jobs you do hear back if you haven't been shortlisted for interview, keep an eye on your junk mail too!

Good luck OP

Thanks everyone. I applied on tuesday, and I think they probably closed the advert yesterday so im not expecting to hear anything that soon!