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Standing out in an overcrowded job market?

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Isanyonereallyanonymous · 06/02/2025 13:53

I’ve been in my current role for 3 years and I’m wanting to find a new job.
Ive just recruited for people doing the same role I currently do and we had approx 80 applicants in a very short amount of time and closed the role early.
Similarly a colleague reached the end of their FTC, and has done tens of interviews, including making final shortlists, but not been offered a role.
So I'm guessing the job market is crazy at the moment (why?!)
Ive updated my CV on linked in (and turned my profile on to looking) and total jobs and not had a single call or email (been a while since I job hunted obviously but I’ve never had that before)

I noticed some jobs on total jobs are 1 click applications and it gives an option to include a cover letter. Whilst I’m going for similar jobs, obviously they should be tweaked for each application and that takes time - do recruiters actually look at them? No issues with doing them if they’re helpful!

Any tips on how I can make myself stand out please?

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LeftWhisker · 06/02/2025 14:30

Yes it has been going slow since mid last year, the NI increase has contributed as well as some medium size US companies leaving UK.

boulevardofbrokendreamss · 06/02/2025 14:33

They are mostly read by AI and will be looking for key words from the JD repeated back for the first round, then the application might make it to an actual human.

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