Manual 007 that is a very considerate reply, even if it was a disappointment for you. If they did indeed have over 200 applicants and even if half those were not qualified for a C210 job (i.e. no CPL yet) it says that the pilot supply way exceeds the demand. So will pilot conditions improve in this segment of the market? NEVER. At regional and airline levels? Perhaps, but very slowly and only marginally.
All these touted pilot shortages are relevant only in countries that don't have an established GA training ground. Despite all the spin from flying training organizations and even the airlines themselves, Australia, Canada and the USA will always be able to supply enough pilots for domestic consumption. Pilot turnover imposes a huge training impost on GA companies. This, plus an oversupply means that conditions at the bottom of the food chain will always be worse than most other professions. An oversupply also suits the airlines, for obvious reasons, so they will continue to talk up looming shortages to suck people into learning to fly. But not at their expense. Not in OZ.