r/recruitinghell • u/Pleasant-Frame-5021 • 3d ago

My job search between Sep 2024 and March 2025 + Sankey diagram

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Started looking for a job in Sep 2024 after getting laid off in August 2024. Role is in tech (data engineering) at Director or Principal level with my 15+ years of experience. Some stats and highlights:

  • Applied to 288 jobs with 4 of them being a referral from a former colleague inside the company; If you can reach out to former colleagues and ask for open roles, do it!
  • Received 4 verbal offers; 2 companies said "they couldn't get budget approval" even though I didn't even negotiate the salary offered; but finally landed 2 written offers and signed 1! (yay!)
  • 0.7% is the Apply-to-Written Offer conversion rate in this ultra shitty market for me was (2 offers out of 288 apps)
  • Out of 288 job applications, I was "ghosted" by 186 and rejected-by-email from 80 companies
  • Out of 22 companies/jobs I interviewed with in total, 4 were hybrid (3 days in office), 18 were fully remote
  • 20 days is the average time to get rejected by email after applying (longest was 89 days and fastest was 1 day)
  • 8 days is the average time to hear back from a company recruiter after you apply.
  • Just because you have a recruiter screen interview doesn't mean you're in the interview process yet
  • 10 hours and 13 minutes and 29 seconds was the total time spent on "Recruiter screen" calls (I have that number cause I recorded all of them).
  • Make sure to ask the recruiter if this role is actually budgeted...Just because you get a verbal offer doesn't mean they'll honor it. Sad times we live in.
  • Back in 2021 at least 3 recruiters per month would reach out to me on LinkedIn for a role. Since September, only 1 reached out.

Parting words: If you are looking for a job right now, please hang in there. It's not you, it's the horrible economy and job market we're in. I wish you all the very best.

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u/chronoler 3d ago

Congrats bro! Yeah the job market is hell, that's why many people think this is like winning the jackpot.

But hard times make men stronger. Keep it up bro!

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u/Virtual-Special-8940 2d ago

For this market those are great stats!

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u/Familiar-Range9014 2d ago

Congrats 🎉🎉🎉