[AnnieK]

I work in recruitment and the number of people i speak to daily is staggering. They apply for every job they can...one example is a girl who has an excellent education and working background and has applied for 492 jobs, many of which she did not even receive an acknowledgement for....the ones she did she was told she was overqualified, under qualified or looking for too much money etc etc.... We have finally managed to ge her a job but she missed out on 491 others.... This just highlights how hard people are trying...and failing in many circumstances. It really isn't how it used to be when people were forced to apply for jobs to keep their benefits and you knew they were so not interested....people want to work and it's soo tough out there. I am regularly told by clients they get in excess of 200 applicants for every position they advertise from school leavers up to law /medical graduates etc. it is an employers market and I for one would not like to be looking for work right now.