13 Scary Facts About Getting Hired in The US

13 SCARY FACTS ABOUT GETTING HIRED IN THE US (AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT) 1 THERE ARE ON AVERAGE APPLICATIONS FOR 118 EACH JOB ADVERTISED IN THE UNITED STATES 2 IN THE UNITED STATES TODAY, WAITERS AND 317,000 WAITRESSES HAVE COLLEGE DEGREES 3 THE UN ED STATES TODAY, THERE ARE MORE THAN 100,000 JANITORS THAT HAVE COLLEGE DEGREES 4 7.6 million 7.6 MILLION APPLICANTS SCRAMBLED FOR 65,000 RBUC CORPORATE AND RETAIL POSITIONS AT STARBUCKS 65,000 IN THE PAST YEAR 5 NEARLY ONE MILLION 1million CANDIDATES APPLIED TO PROCTER AND GAMBLE - FOR JUST 2,000 POSITIONS • PeG 2,000 6 RESUME IF YOU'VE BEEN UNEMPLOYED FOR A YEAR, THERE'S A REJECTED 91% CHANCE YOU WON'T FIND A JOB IN THE NEXT MONTH 1 MORE THAN ONE IN FOUR JOBS ADDED TO THE ECONOMY LAST 1 12 10 YEAR WERE TEMPORARY 8 8 82% OF ALL AMERICANS BELIEVE THAT IT IS HARDER FOR YOUNG ADULTS TO FIND JOBS TODAY THAN IT WAS FOR THEIR PARENTS TO FIND JOBS 9 FOR WORKERS AGED OVER 55, THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF UNEMPLOYMENT IS 43 WEEKS 10 1998 MORE THAN 3 MILLION MANUFACTURING JOBS HAVE BEEN LOST SINCE 1998 11 THE NUMBER OF APPAREL MANUFACTURING JOBS WILL 57% DROP BY 57% OVER THE NEXT DECADE 12 4 OUT OF 10 BABY BOOMERS SAID THEY WILL HAVE TO "WORK TILL THEY DROP" 13 NOW HERE'S YOUR COMPETITION: A NETWORK ENGINEER MAKES $6,000 A YEAR IN BANGLADESH AND A CEO EARNS ABOUT $30K SOURCES: NEW YORK TIMES, CNN, SCHUYLER THORPE, AARP, AFLCIO, BLS, PAYSCALE, ZERO HEDGE, BUSINESS INSIDER HOW TO ACE THE 100 MOST COMMON INTERVIEW QUESTIONS - SO YOU GET HIRED: passthejobinterview.com