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I Used Resume Spammers to Apply for 120 Jobs. Chaos Ensued.

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In the fall of 2020, I found myself in unfamiliar territory: I was looking for a new job. In theory, it was something I should have known a lot about as an economics reporter. But in practice, I was lost. Because I had stumbled into a great job right out of college, and stayed with that company for a decade, I was blissfully unaware of how soul-crushing it was to be a job seeker in 21st-century corporate America. I threw myself into the task. I meticulously researched employers. I applied to a dozen openings. I tailored my CV to match each job description. I wrote heartfelt paragraphs about why each role was perfect for me. Yet all I got back was a raft of canned rejection emails — or worse, silence. I was floored that I didn't advance to a single interview. This is terrible, I thought. How does anyone do this? I might as well have been sending my applications out into the ether. Luckily, I landed a job after a few months. But the experience stayed with me. And these days, applying for

Hugo Herrera for BI The rise of the job-search bots I used resume spammers to apply for 120 jobs. Chaos ensued. Hugo Herrera for BI By Aki Ito You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. 2024-03-05T11:03:01.674Z Read in app In the fall of 2020, I found myself in unfamiliar territory: I was looking for a new job. In theory, it was something I should have known a lot about as an economics reporter. But in practice, I was lost. Because I had stumbled into a great job right out of college, and stayed with that company for a decade, I…

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