I Sent Out 30 Applications and Didn't Get a Single Offer
I'm getting tired of writing cover letters too lol
I don't know if it's my qualifications or my cover letter that's the problem, so I feel like everything is the problem. How many applications do you all send before you get one offer?
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With 30 applications, I admit there was some bad luck too lol. I sent out 40 and 3 landed, but those 3 were all similar roles to my first application. If you don't change direction and just increase the number, the odds stay the same.
Well, that's a bit of a stretch. Blaming your cover letter for not landing a single one after 30 applications—isn't that too small a sample? Plenty of places filter resumes by hard cutoffs first anyway, so it's often a matter of credentials. You need to say what roles and where you applied before asking; then you'll get useful advice.
Got a source? The whole "I put in a few and got in" thing is all case-by-case, so it's meaningless lol. Just go at your own pace.
Fair enough.. But honestly, the position you're applying for itself might be the problem, more so than your cover letter. A friend of mine with similar qualifications got hired in two weeks just by changing where they applied. Time how long you spend on each cover letter prompt, and if there's a "Why this company" section you spent less than 5 minutes on, that's just an automatic rejection.