“I applied to 100 jobs in a day!”

Just an observation. It boggles my mind when people say this stuff or suggest it as advice because it’s such a loaded phrase.

Where are you living where there are hundreds of jobs looking for folks? How are you finding them and applying? What even ARE those jobs?

In my experience, applying for jobs requires being sent from job board to job board, making an account on whatever crappy service the company is using, making a profile, confirming my email, attaching the resume, TYPING the resume, praying that they don’t need a cover letter or references, then FINALLY hitting “apply” for a SINGLE JOB. It’s 2024; most companies expect people to apply online, so I don’t understand how anyone can do this 100 times in a day.

All I can imagine is someone just going to Google Maps, writing down the names of every single store and fast food joint in their town and then applying for every role each business has. Walmart could probably knock out 20 applications alone.

Another peeve of mine is wondering how many of those 100 jobs do you actually qualify for. I have ZERO experience in stockroom work, why should I apply for 25 stockroom positions for the slim chance a company actually wants to train me for the role?

I get it. The whole point is casting a wide net. But applying for 100 jobs is assuming you’ve got a big enough pond with a lot of fish in it that want the bait you’re tossing.

It all just feels like a boast.

“I applied to 100 jobs in a day!“

But maybe only 15 of those jobs would give you the chance.

Again, it’s just an observation. I already have a job and I probably only got it because I’m a rehire. But all I’ve gotten out of applying to a lot of jobs is an inbox full of spam and no callbacks.