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I don't think you can sustainably send out 20 high quality applications a day. I think you should send emails or cover letters about why you are interested, and

I don't think you can sustainably send out 20 high quality applications a day. I think you should send emails or cover letters about why you are interested, and would be a good fit. Plus, finding opening where you are a good fit takes work, especially if you are a new grad.

pinewurst 5y ago
The fine print doesn't mandate that the applications be of high quality. You do the best you can with the one's that are "real" and cheese the rest, if you really think you're going to get your refund by doing so.
hellotomyrars 5y ago
Honestly sending out 20 applications a day sounds like a nightmare. There are sites where it’s easy and simple but many companies still insist on using their own internal hiring software which is often a complete and total usability nightmare and if you actually want to fill things out you’re going to be spending a long time repeating information from your resume in the format they desire. It sucks. I truly can not stand how shitty and annoying it is to fill these out. There are some circumstances where I understand it regarding security clearance/background checks but even then there are absurd cases of duplication. Admittedly I’m in a somewhat unique position of having lived in something like 10 places in the last 7 years so it’s especially bad but multiple government agencies I’ve applied with have required information that I’ve already sent at a different phase of hiring repeated again, and the USPS Postal Police background check site which is very similar to SF-86 is possibly the most user-hostile site to fill forms for. I could easily apply to 20 jobs, assuming they existed, via indeed in half an hour. But once a company requires you to go to their own site it can take half an hour to an hour to complete the process.

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I don't think you can sustainably send out 20 high quality applications a day. I think you should send emails or cover letters about why you are interested, and

by chris11 5y ago

pinewurst 5y ago
The fine print doesn't mandate that the applications be of high quality. You do the best you can with the one's that are "real" and cheese the rest, if you really think you're going to get your refund by doing so.
hellotomyrars 5y ago
Honestly sending out 20 applications a day sounds like a nightmare. There are sites where it’s easy and simple but many companies still insist on using their own internal hiring software which is often a complete and total usability nightmare and if you actually want to fill things out you’re going to be spending a long time repeating information from your resume in the format they desire. It sucks. I truly can not stand how shitty and annoying it is to fill these out. There are some circumstances where I understand it regarding security clearance/background checks but even then there are absurd cases of duplication. Admittedly I’m in a somewhat unique position of having lived in something like 10 places in the last 7 years so it’s especially bad but multiple government agencies I’ve applied with have required information that I’ve already sent at a different phase of hiring repeated again, and the USPS Postal Police background check site which is very similar to SF-86 is possibly the most user-hostile site to fill forms for. I could easily apply to 20 jobs, assuming they existed, via indeed in half an hour. But once a company requires you to go to their own site it can take half an hour to an hour to complete the process.