I've only had 2 jobs in my life so far at 30. First one was doing the whole hundreds of applications a month thing and it took me a year and a half to get hired. Second time I did 5 applications and got hired within a couple weeks of starting the search.

Probably helps I'm not looking for specific fields and just wanted a job that would take someone without a college/trade school education or much of any previous experience. Should pay at least $20/hr also.

Fuck that shit.

I don't remember how many applications I had to do before I landed this job. Been here around 8 years. I know it was in the hundreds.

I also had to reach out and speak with the recruiter directly and do a cover letter. It was all very extra.

Now with recruiters using AI tools and such... I fear having to find another job.

I learned recently that indeed shares with the applied-to company how many other jobs the applier has applied to. So they see you applied to 150 other jobs, and don't even look at you.