The Rules of the Job-Hunting Game Have Changed, for Better and Worse

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In the coronavirus era, some job candidates need time to talk about their pandemic experience, a NYC recruiter says. 'It is exhausting sometimes.'

When Kristin Marquet launched a search mid-April for an executive assistant at Marquet Media, her Manhattan branding agency, she thought she would land someone fast. In a city that has shed 915,000 jobs, after all, there should be many great candidates.

But good luck landing one. Before the coronavirus pandemic, a job post would typically generate five applications daily, and roughly half were a potential fit, Ms. Marquet says. Now, it is a deluge. With many candidates taking a shotgun approach, however, few are on target.

 

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