[Mastador1]

For every one job open, I would say there are at least 10 candidates applying for it.

If only! I have been involved in one testing situation where I was testing against over seven hundred other applicants for ONE position, and that was just the testing phase prior to their deciding who to actually interview. On average the number of people I have been competing against for a job has been over a hundred and never less than fifty, and once again thats after the initial qualification weed out to go to the testing weed out prior to interview.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: If only! I have been involved in one testing situation where I was testing against over seven hundred other applicants for ONE position, and that was just the testing phase prior to their deciding who to actually interview.

Are you sure they're not competing for American Idol? ( HA HA )

[khelus]

Re:For every one job open, I would say there are at least 10 candidates applying for it.

If only! I have been involved in one testing situation where I was testing against over seven hundred other applicants for ONE position, and that was just the testing phase prior to their deciding who to actually interview. On average the number of people I have been competing against for a job has been over a hundred and never less than fifty, and once again thats after the initial qualification weed out to go to the testing weed out prior to interview.

Your higher numbers are more realistic based upon what I have experience in the tri state area.

[NEPA]

I attended a jobs workshop at the county employment office last month and the presenter said there are 300-600 applications for every job posted by that office.

There is a serious employment (and under employed)crisis in many parts of the country and too many conservatives are brushing it off as lazy people that don't want to work.

I seriously fear that if it gets much worse-and it isn't getting better despite the BS numbers-there will be economic repercussions that may eventually cause a deep recession.

What really chaffs me is the pols in DC who want to take care of illegals but don't give a crap about the millions of Americans who are seriously struggling.