Category: 30 days, 200 applications, Indeed

I’m incredibly behind. My goal — apply for 200 jobs in 30 days on Indeed — is stupid so I’m acting like a child and refusing to participate with my self-imposed goal, and I’m using the excuse that it’s the most mind-numbingly painful and depressing experiment ever and I shouldn’t be expected to do this.…

My Indeed experiment is feeling like a really dumb idea. First, 200 resumes in 30 days as a normal human is crazy. I managed to shoot off about 16 last week, which was painful because they required me to read at least that many job descriptions. I should be more Gen Z and just randomly…

Applying for jobs blows. That’s not news but it is something that’s driven into my brain every time I look at another vapid job postings on Indeed. To compensate, I’ve become like Gen Z and don’t read the full things — more accurately, I don’t read anything, which is amazing b/c I’m Gen X and…

Like everyone these days, I hate my job. I want to say it’s because I hate my boss or I hate my employer, but really it’s the job I hate. It’s not the job I was hired to do 17 months ago, but it is the job I very specifically told the hiring committee I…