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If this person was laid-off on Jan 1st and spent one hour on each application, that averages to 12.5 hours of non-stop job applying every day for 197 days strai
by avnfish 3y ago
If this person was laid-off on Jan 1st and spent one hour on each application, that averages to 12.5 hours of non-stop job applying every day for 197 days straight
- MH15 3y agoI've never spent close to an hour on a job application. In senior year of college I probably sent 200 out at 10? minutes each?
- ribosometronome 3y ago10 minutes? To find the position, see if you fit, customize your cover letter and resume to well fit, and go through their portal? I could see maybe with aid of a GPT this being possible nowadays but still non-trivial.
- dymk 3y agoWhat's a cover letter? I've never submitted one of those for a software engineering job. Send in a resume, of which there are only a few categories of customization. Certainly no need to customize for each specific company for SWE.
- notahacker 3y agoIf you're sending 2500 applications, you're not doing custom resumes or cover letters, or even much seeing if you fit...
- wonderwonder 3y agoI generally change jobs every 2 years for the last 15 years. I have never used a cover letter. Your mileage may vary but I think they are generally ignored.
- satvikpendem 3y agoWho writes cover letters or modifies their resume per role? It's all spray and pray.
- JohnFen 3y agoI spend a great deal of time on the cover letter, and I do modify my CV for the role (mainly to keep it to a reasonable length).
- JohnFen 3y agoDang! I can't think of a position I applied for that I didn't spend at least an hour working on the initial application. And an hour would be fast-tracking it.
- lylejantzi3rd 3y agofrom the post: "my wife and brother helped me a lot in doing the application work which seriously is a crazy amount of work"