With Singapore job board applications, it’s a numbers game and is easy to get lost in the crowd.
- People are often surprised when they submit 10-15 job applications and receive no response.
- When this happens they panic and think that something is wrong with them or their application. They also write off Singapore job sites and spend even less time on them. This can be a mistake.
- With job boards it is very easy to get lost in the crowd, given the large number of job advertisements and even greater number of job applicants. A recruiter might not come across your resume and you might not get an interview call, even if you are a good applicant/candidate.
- Sometimes dummy job advertisements are also posted and used as a way to gather resumes for future positions/openings that are not available now.
So there is a good amount of luck involved and you do need to complete enough applications to increase the chances of getting an interview call and tip the scales in your favour.
- As a rule of thumb, for every 40-50 applications that you submit, expect to hear back from 3-5.
