# Average Length Of Job Search?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-length-of-job-search/303801>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 14, 2005, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-length-of-job-search/303801 "2005-05-14T04:17:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-length-of-job-search/303801/21 "2005-05-19T20:29:26Z")

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Ha! I was looking for a job for two and half months. Now, I know compared to whatever others have posted that doesn’t seem like a long time but it has been the longest I’ve ever been unemployeed. I finally found a job. Where? The place that I was previously employed at. They hadn’t been able to fill the position since I left.

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**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-length-of-job-search/303801/22 "2005-05-19T20:49:27Z")

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I’ve been looking for a job for about 19 days.

I have what I think is a good prospect- I just completed the second interview with them and am awaiting a _third_ interview. The recruiter called me 20 minutes ago to tell me that they haven’t made a decision yet; they’ll call me on monday. So I have been in ‘hiring limbo’ for a week and a half now. I really wish they could just give me a straight answer now. The company received 50,000 resumes this year. If I’m lucky I will be one of the 250 who gets hired. 😛

Personally I’m finding that it is far easier to go after the jobs that don’t require a BA degree but having one is a plus. A lot of places that require a BA degree set that as the _minimum_ standard, and quite a lot of people who got better grades, went to better schools, or got a higher degree (MA for example) are all competing with me for the same job. ☹ At least with the former I have some edge against the other teeming millions of applicants.

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**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-length-of-job-search/303801/23 "2005-05-19T20:53:40Z")

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I’ve done three in the last 7 years. The shortest was two weeks and the longest was almost six months. (I was actually “hired” at about 4 months, but they weren’t certain that the contract money was going to come through for an additional two months.)

My husband did one most recently and it took about 4 months, but he was employed during that time.

I’m doing research for a contract firm and he’s an executive admin. type.

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