Obviously this is a huge pat on the back to my ego. I'm beginning to realize that, in today's world, there's a difference between "I got a job" and "I got a job during A RECESSION!"
In a recent article I read entitled, Potential Reasons Why You're Not Getting Hired I learned that "there is about a 6:1 ratio of job applicants for each available position". This presumably means that for every job out there there are at least 6 people going for it.
Frankly, I find this number to be surprisingly low. I keep hearing true stories of positions where employers get applicants in the hundreds. I myself experienced it while I was working at The American Boychoir School. I was going out on maternity leave and needed to hire my own replacement. The position was for the Executive Assistant to the President and I had 92 people apply! And that was back in 2008 before the real crash hit.
