Companies Crying "No Applicants" Are Flat Lying
The average job opening gets 242 applications now. Triple what it was in 2017.
So when a company says "no one's applying," they're not describing reality. They're managing it. Either the pay is insulting, the role is a trap, or they want an excuse to offshore it.
The average job opening now receives 242 applications, triple the 2017 average, per CNBC
Job openings now average 242 applicants each, which makes the "nobody wants to work" corporate talking point a straight-up lie used to suppress wages and justify outsourcing.
Source
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