Stage 4 · Lesson 3 of 7

Find the stage where you drop out

An application goes through stages: applied, first reply, first call or test, later rounds, offer. Each stage has its own fix. Few replies at all usually means the CV, the roles you target or how you apply (referrals beat cold portals).

Replies but failed tests means skills or practice. Reaching final rounds and stopping there often means how you explain your work, or bad luck in a close race. Sefism's Job search roadmap at /roadmaps/job-search/ walks through each stage.

Common trapfixing the wrong stage: rewriting your CV for the tenth time when your CV is getting replies and the problem is later.

A question to check yourself and an AI practice session come when you add the roadmap to your account. Add it

Resources for this stage

Start with· follow one of these

RoadmapFree
Sefism Job Search Roadmap
Sefism
The full job search as stages, for fixing whichever one is losing you applications
VideoFree
What I Learned from 100 Days of Rejection (Jia Jiang, TEDxMtHood)
Jia Jiang (TEDxMtHood)
What 100 days of asking for things taught one founder about the fear of no

Practise

Sefism Your First Tech Job Roadmap
A plan for your first tech job, if you are still waiting for a first yes

Keep handy

LinkedIn Jobs
Set alerts so new roles keep arriving while you wait on others
ADPList
Free mentors who can look at your approach and tell you what they see

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