Run your job search as a planned project: target companies, a CV tailored to each ad, regular applications and contact with people in your field. Track every application in a sheet, and watch the stage where results stop so you can fix it.
Step by step
- 1
A target company list
Twenty to thirty companies that suit your field and level, whose careers pages you follow regularly.
- 2
Several channels
Job sites, careers pages on company websites, referrals from people you know, and LinkedIn.
- 3
Well-prepared applications
Fewer applications adjusted to each ad beat hundreds of identical ones.
- 4
A tracking sheet
Company, role, application date, reply and next step, so no application or follow-up date gets lost.
- 5
Find where it stalls
If you get no replies, review your CV and targeting. If you reach interviews but no offers, review your interview preparation.
- 6
A fixed daily routine
Set time for searching, applying and networking, with rest that protects you from exhaustion.
Relying only on quick-apply buttons, without networking or adjusting your CV, makes your application one of hundreds that look the same.
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