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[quote=Anonymous][quote]If you’re underpaid why are there 100s of applicants per job opening? Serious question. Seems like your benefits and job security still make it appealing.

Those applicants are not qualified. Lots of jobs go unfilled or are “filled” internally by staff doing more than one person’s work. The benefits are not that appealing once you hit mid career and max out your pay with 20 more years to go before you’re eligible for retirement. Seriously.[/quote]

Agreed.  I am a Government lawyer in a niche area.  When we hire, we get thousands of applicants with a law degree, but who have never practiced in the relevant area.  While we can train new attorneys on occasion, we need some people with experience, and we are not paying a GS-14 salary to someone without relevant experience.  Out of thousands of applicants, 2-3 are actually qualified, and those people are not necessarily taking the job, even if we determine their personalities are a good fit and they have good references (which may not even happen).  It is very, very hard to find people who are qualified, will be good employees, and want the job.  I find hiring to be a huge time suck that often yields a hire who is someone we are settling on vs. actively want.  I don't know if more in office days would affect that either way, though - it was the case pre-2020 too.[/quote]

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