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10% is a very good “hit rate” in this day and age of AI generated resumes that have AI Agents applying to every opening that meets the requirements.
Many of those applicants are often requesting sponsorship, which won’t happen in this job market
White collar recession.
Boom and bust. Rate hikes. Tariffs. Recession fears.
Been bad since ~2022. Could’ve turned around this year but orange man destabilized things. Maybe 2026?
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It’s been this way for 2 years. The fact that you get more than 3% is great. Most get 1%
Job market’s “frozen” - nobody is staffing up, nobody is quitting, so there’s way less openings to go around.
https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/archive/2025/02/jobs-unemployment-big-freeze/681831/