# Why everybody’s hiring, but nobody’s getting hired.

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/everyone-is-hiring-why-is-finding-a-job-still-impossible/
- Published: 2021-09-21T10:00:38-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image: Thomas Trutschel / Photothek via Getty Images. Article by Rani Molla and Emily Stewart. Vox – September 20, 2021. Patrick Healy says he did everything right in his job search. After being laid off as a designer early on in the pandemic, Healy, 36, tried his hand at a couple of entrepreneurial ventures before looking for a new full-time position at the start of 2021. He estimates he applied for hundreds of positions, relying on nearly a dozen jobs boards, researching potential employers, and writing personalized cover letters to accompany his résumé. […] Click here to view original web page at www.vox.com Related articles: How to make your job search suck a little less. [Get your résumé past the robot reading it.] – Vox Amazon hikes average U.S. starting pay to $18, hires for 125,000 jobs – Reuters AI in hiring might do more harm than good – CIO Not Hearing from Employers About Your Applications? Here’s Why – FlexJobs Hidden Workers: Untapped Talent – Harvard Business School [PDF]