In the last few weeks, Darren Cronian has noticed a trend: a listing for a fully remote role will go up on a job board, drawing thousands upon thousands of applications. Within 48 to 72 hours, it will be gone.
“That’s because of the sheer demand for that job,” said Cronian, who’s built a small business guiding job seekers through the process of landing a remote role. “From a company perspective, they’re thinking, ‘Oh my God, we’ve got like 10,000 applications, there’s no way we can deal with all of those.’”
