The Steady Hand
Nothing here is broken. There just isn't enough of it yet.
Your type
The Steady Hand
Nothing here is broken. There just isn't enough of it yet.
What's actually happening
No single habit is costing you — the applications are considered, the targeting is reasonable, and things get sent. That's rarer than it sounds. What the numbers don't yet show is enough activity for the odds to do anything, and a job search at this size is mostly waiting for a coin that hasn't been flipped often enough.
This week
- 1
Double the shortlist, not the effort
Find ten more roles worth applying to before writing anything. The bottleneck is the list, not the applications.
- 2
Add one adjacent title
One title next to your current target, where the same experience still counts. It widens the pool without diluting anything.
- 3
Pick one to go deep on
Of everything on the list, one role deserves outreach and real preparation. Choose it deliberately rather than letting it be whichever replies.
Where to start
The fastest way to widen a shortlist without lowering the bar is to find the adjacent titles you already qualify for.
Is this you?
Eleven questions, about two minutes. You get your own score out of 100 alongside your type — and we'll show you how it compares to this one. No account, and your answers stay in your browser.
Find your typeThe other seven types
- The RewriterYou're doing more work per application than almost anyone. It's going into the thing that moves least.
- The Wide NetYou're doing the work. It's landing in the wrong places.
- The PerfectionistYour applications are good. There aren't enough of them to find out.
- The DrifterThe applications aren't the problem. Keeping hold of them is.
- The ResearcherYou've thought about this more than you've acted on it.
- The CampaignerYou're running a real campaign. The channel is what's capping it.
- The CloserIt's working. The risk now is what happens when these ones end.