“I was mass-applying and losing track. Spreadsheets got messy after week 2.”

— r/developersIndia

“Cover letters need to die. How is my resume not enough?”

— r/antiwork — 11,986 upvotes

“I stopped tailoring my resume for every job. Took an hour per application. My callback rate actually went UP when I stopped.”

— r/jobsearchhacks — 1,000 upvotes

“Applied to 398 jobs over 130 days. 90% ghosted. No follow-up. Like sending shit into a black hole.”

— r/jobs — 2,086 upvotes

“backend_resume.pdf, backend_resume_v2.pdf, backend_resume_final.pdf, backend_resume_final_new.pdf — I sent the wrong version to the wrong company.”

— r/developersIndia

“Had several scammers reach out that I didn’t remember applying to. Was able to confirm they weren’t legit by checking my tracker.”

— r/jobsearchhacks