Comments on: Wisdom of Crowds on Reddit & Jobmine

By: Denis

Denis — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:28:10 +0000

It's really strange for me to see my friends and others not read through job descriptions before applying to jobs. I spent quite a long time, but at least I know that I've applied for every job I could be of use to, and not applied to the jobs I won't get. And that I've read 150+ job descriptions.

By: Ryan Gariepy

Ryan Gariepy — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:39:37 +0000

“…it’s the sexy automation control stuff which has the greatest appeal.”

Yes. Yes it does.

By: Mike Purvis

Mike Purvis — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 20:38:27 +0000

It’s true that there’s that opposite approach of chasing the jobs that appear to have the least number of applications.

Nevertheless, I think for the majority, it’s the sexy automation control stuff that has the greatest appeal. It’s clear from a quick scan that those jobs which attract the least number of applications are the ones obviously labelled “IT Person” or “Web Developer.”

I enjoyed my two terms of web dev; it was a great experience. But I’m also excited to explore more “hard” engineering.

By: Christine

Christine — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 15:22:54 +0000

See, I have a hard time with what you’re saying about Jobmine. The lazy student (i.e. me) does not apply to a very popular job. He applies to a job where very few people have applied (within reason), so that there is no need to write a cover letter to have higher odds of getting an interview. One only applies for a popular job if it is worth the effort & the low odds of getting an interview.

I’m at the point where I’m sick & tired of doing the jobmine bit, so I’m going through & looking for jobs where only a few people have applied, and evalutating those. I have no desire to apply for a job, even if it’s relatively cool, where I’m competing with 200 people for 1 position. It’s not worth the application, unless it’s one I really want. (i.e. one I wanted before I saw the posting).