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I can’t be the only one who only gets responses for jobs I’m not a good fit for, am I?

I'm a designer and am well-versed in a lot of different disciplines and therefore apply to a ton of various jobs that match my qualifications. It always goes like this: Job that matches my qualifications that I'd be perfect for: Crickets Job that's out of my wheelhouse that I applied to just because: “Hi, you'd be a perfect fit, let's schedule a call!” Although it's nice that they're reaching out and trying to work with me to see if I'd fit, it always ends up being a waste of our time. Or they're a horrible company with high turnover desperate to fill a position and anyone who's got a pulse is interviewed. Or most likely, the actual job doesn't fit what the job posting actually said (A lot of job postings online use the same copy-pasted description for job duties, then the actual job turns out to be some other…


I'm a designer and am well-versed in a lot of different disciplines and therefore apply to a ton of various jobs that match my qualifications. It always goes like this:

Job that matches my qualifications that I'd be perfect for: Crickets

Job that's out of my wheelhouse that I applied to just because: “Hi, you'd be a perfect fit, let's schedule a call!”

Although it's nice that they're reaching out and trying to work with me to see if I'd fit, it always ends up being a waste of our time. Or they're a horrible company with high turnover desperate to fill a position and anyone who's got a pulse is interviewed. Or most likely, the actual job doesn't fit what the job posting actually said (A lot of job postings online use the same copy-pasted description for job duties, then the actual job turns out to be some other discipline).

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