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#Hiring crisis Sep 24, 2026

One job, nearly 400 applicants: Hiring manager says hiring process is ‘literally impossible’

A hiring manager who has been laid off three times in five years has shared the view from the other side of 400 applications for a single entry-level software support role. It is is as bleak as job seekers have been describing online.
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