September and October represent the most concentrated hiring window of the year — what the Chinese job market calls the “Golden Nine, Silver Ten.” Companies finalize budgets, HR receives fresh headcount approvals, and campus recruiting cycles kick off simultaneously.

But here’s what most candidates get wrong: they confuse “there are more openings” with “it’s easier to get an offer.” The reality is the opposite. When a company receives 3-5 times the usual application volume, its Applicant Tracking System (ATS) raises the filtering bar. If your resume hasn’t been optimized for keyword relevance and evidence density, it never reaches a human recruiter.