I'll see a job posting I'm interested in on LinkedIn and will go about my day for a few hours, only to find after I've returned that over 100 people have applied.

I'm assuming at a certain point, it becomes a pain to go through 100s to 1000s of resumes, so you pick a cut off point.

What is the cut off point?

Is it really required to jump on the role the minute its posted?

What can we do to help optimize our job applications to at least get eyes on it?