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coaster132 OP t1_itm650x wrote

Reply to comment by Yanosh457 in [OC] My aggressive (and comparatively sad) 1-month job hunt as a software engineer with 6 months experience, before accepting a counter-offer from my current company. by coaster132

Beginner experience for sure. I'm also sure the market is saturated a bit. Recruiters have access to the entire talent pool of the world thanks to remote work; makes it rough for juniors!

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coaster132 OP t1_itm9dr9 wrote

Fair I suppose. I do live in the US though, which is a very large talent pool in itself. Pretty much guarantees that any job I apply to has many more qualified applicants for me to compete with.

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Chance_Notice3410 t1_itok54h wrote

Stop sending 120 applications and send 12 targeted ones. Find people who work at the company and send your Git, an explanation of why you are interested in working at the company and something interesting about yourself and why you fit there or have a passion that aligns with their business. Don’t have one? Make it up.

Follow up with an email thanking them for their time a week later and send 10 ideas for features or enhancements to whatever their product or service is. Quality over quantity.

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Major-Permission-435 t1_itns8lf wrote

It’s not that the market overall is completely saturated as much as everyone wants to stay out of the office haha. So it makes it competitive nationwide. In a similar job search right now haha

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