Hot take: 500 low-effort applications wont beat 20 good ones

the reason you’re sending out 500 job applications and only hearing back from 20 isnt just coz the job market is in a heap rn or mf cheap foreign workers, its also coz many of u are prioritizing quantity over quality

if ur mass-applying with a mid not-well-thought-out CV, ur essentially screaming insta-reject

500 bad applications wont beat 20 good ones. quality > quantity

id like to make a disclaimer that this isnt the case for everyone, im mainly talking about the people who are just complaining about sending 73298282 applications and wondering why theyre not hearing back from a lot, maybe step back and reflect on ur strategy

am i also making this post to be a bit controversial? yes, but im also open to be proven wrong

edit: I’d also like to add that this whole mass applying trend is probably the reason why so many companies ghost instead of sending proper rejections anymore.