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You’ve most likely been discouraged at one point or another when you’ve applied for a job and noticed that the listing says something like 300 people have already applied for the position.

Doh!

But don’t fret, because we have some good news for you!

A recruiter named Amie said people shouldn’t be turned off by the high number of applicants for jobs online and they should go ahead and apply anyway.

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Amie said that a person they were working with said they didn’t apply to a job with more than 100 applicants because they thought their chances of getting an interview weren’t very good.

But Amie said that LinkedIn is lying about these numbers.

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She told viewers that the number on LinkedIn counts how many people click the “Apply” button but a lot of people don’t follow through and compete the whole application.

Amie added, “So don’t let that number up there put you off applying.”

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Here’s the video.

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🤥 #linkedintips #recruitment #careeradvice #recruitmentsdvice #fyp

♬ original sound – Amie- Recruiter

And this is what folks had to say about it.

One viewer had a question for her.

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This individual started a conversation about their job search.

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And one TikTok user also got more info out of Amie.

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That’s pretty interesting!

We had no idea!

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Source: https://twistedsifter.com/2024/02/recruiter-said-linkedin-lies-about-the-number-of-people-who-apply-for-jobs-dont-let-that-number-up-there-put-you-off-applying/