Pub landlord gets nearly 500 applications within days of advertising just two jobs

mirror.co.uk:

A pub landlord was stunned when almost 500 people applied for two £9-an-hour jobs at his boozer. Mick Dore, general manager of the Alexandra pub in Wimbledon, south west London, was after two new employees and placed an an advertisement at 4.30pm last Thursday.

Within 5 days he had 484 interested applicants apply for the job. “I don’t want to alarm anyone about the economy or anything, but I advertised two bar jobs at 4.30pm on Thursday,” he posted on Twitter.

Mr Dore, 53, had applications come in from former air stewards, restaurant managers and shop workers who were recently made redundant,  The Times reported. Has your business had a huge number of applicants for a job opening?