But are they not already at the stage (again) where they are drowning in applications, even for jobs with a comparably low salary and few benefits?
As for being afraid of losing your job - that is not so easy to pull off in most EU countries. Once you are in for a couple of years the risk of getting laid off individually is very small.
Sure, how many of these hundreds of applicants are actually qualified though? Since it’s really become a numbers game, and most available jobs are this kind of shitty BS requirements jobs, people who need to pay their bills spray and pray.
If these hundreds of candidates were qualified, it wouldn’t be a problem that there are hundreds; just pick 5 CVs randomly and you’ll find a fit. But that’s not what’s happening.
I'm sure more are qualified than they think. but as the other reply goes, it seems they aren't willing to dig during a gold rush for it. They just want to wait for someone else to uncover the purple squirrel, if it exists at all.
More applicants (even well-skilled ones) would only help if the ability of companies to identify the golden nuggets in the pile was high. I am not sure about that. ;)
As for being afraid of losing your job - that is not so easy to pull off in most EU countries. Once you are in for a couple of years the risk of getting laid off individually is very small.