On a job search website called corvi.careers, they recently published an interesting study on
How long job postings stay open. If you're like me, you might occasionally check postings in your niche and you may have noticed that within hours of some postings being made public, a single posting can have hundreds of applicants. Of course, that's mainly on websites like LinkedIn that show that sort of tracking.
According to the study:
Job posts tend to stay open for about 3 to 4 weeks: the typical (median) posting is live for 20 to 30 days, and about a quarter stay up longer than roughly 59 days.
They mention that this often depends on the category of job posting, which isn't only in the tech sector.
Here's the study's basic conclusion:
What this means for applying: applying quickly still helps, but it is not usually a same day race. For many professional and knowledge work roles, applying within the first 1 to 2 weeks is typically a strong window. The more time sensitive exception is roles that fill quickly (like admin, seasonal work, and many hourly or warehouse postings), where earlier is better. For example, we see warehouse and seasonal work job postings close within a week.
It would be interesting to see a similar study exclusively for tech and programming roles, particularly in the current AI-heavy market.
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