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job search strategyJanuary 20, 20263 min read

How Can Candidates Signal Value Without Applying Everywhere?

Applying everywhere increases effort but weakens signal. Candidates signal value more effectively by making outcomes visible and focusing on relevance over volume.

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job searchJanuary 14, 20262 min read

Why Job Searching Feels Like Unpaid Labor

Job searching feels like unpaid labor because candidates invest real time and effort that is rarely evaluated, rewarded, or tied to hiring decisions.

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Hiring ProcessApril 23, 20252 min read

Unshitifying Hiring, Part 4: Ghosting, Gatekeeping & the Grind

Let's call it what it is—modern hiring is a trust crisis. Candidates ghost companies. Companies ghost candidates. Everyone's burned out. Everyone's lying just a little. And the whole process feels like a never-ending performance review you didn't sign up for.

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candidate experienceApril 16, 20253 min read

Unshitifying Hiring, Part 3: The Candidate Experience Is Broken (And Everyone Knows It)

We've normalized garbage. As job seekers, we now expect to send out 100+ resumes and hear back from 2, to get ghosted after interviews, to talk to 4 people before we learn what the job actually pays, and to be judged by keyword-matching bots instead of actual work. It's not just inefficient—it's demoralizing.

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