.36% Chance of Landing the Job

When you landed your gig you were up against a bunch of nameless/faceless competitors.  Probably a handful.  Maybe a dozen. Heck, perhaps a few hundred if you've got it all "cushy."  However, take a moment to thank those florescent lights over your head and that creaky chair you're sitting in.  You could be in Greensburg.

Honda has a new plant that they're building in Greensburg, Indiana that will employ 2,000 associates when mass vehicle production begins in the fall of 2008.  But in 2007 they've started "limited hiring."  That would be 18 spots to be exact...yielding over 5,000 applicants.

Put simply, each candidate has a third of a percent chance of becoming "part of the dream."

If you wanna play the Honda lotto - apply here.

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[Duane]

Reminds me of something I just heard on a podcast yesterday called "48 Days", a career advice show. Guy called up and started with "I don't know if you'll be able to help me..." which got the hosts in a snarky mood, and then went on to say how he was looking for advice to get a job, because he'd done all the things about answering ads in the paper and the internet job boards but it wasn't working.

"That's all?" asked the host. "Well that's easy. You're doing all the wrong things. By the time an ad makes it to the newspaper you and 5000 other people all get to apply for it at once, and a bunch of those people are gonna be better qualified for it than you are."

The host advocated more of a combined networking / cold calling approach where you contact companies first and effectively say "I dont know if you're hiring or not but here's who I am and what I think I can do for you", because "good companies always have room for good people." But that's a topic for another day.