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Grant · 29 Jan 2026
Some rejections, but what hurts more is the silence. I’ve been applying to jobs nonstop and I honestly don’t know what I’m doing wrong anymore. . Tweak my resume, rewrite cover letters, tell myself the next one will be different, and then it isn’t.
It feels like I’m stuck in a system that won’t talk back. Everyone keeps saying the market is “better,” but that’s not what this feels like at all. Are you stuck like me?
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Anon532974 · 4 Feb 2026
Driver & Site Assistant
I’ve applied for 170 jobs in the last 12 days.
One interview.
Over 60 rejections via seek.
Genuinely seems that it is easier in this day & age to spit out children and be paid for it by the government than to attempt to actually seek a meaningful career.
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Tessa · 4 Feb 2026
Claims Manager
I’ve felt with my experience recently it’s not what you know it’s who you know :(
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Anon200292 · 3 Feb 2026
Hang in there Grant. Chances are you're not doing anything 'wrong' at all. Sometimes it's just a luck thing.
It's hard not to start expecting the same result and that can start to chip away at your confidence. And that might be something that comes through when applying.
It might sound funny but I try to spend time before I apply thinking about my achievements and even try to visualise me aceing the interview. Might be worth a shot?
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Leigh · 4 Feb 2026
NDIS Support Worker -In Home Domestic Helper
Grant I know how you feel. I have applied for hundreds of jobs with hardly a response other than auto-response. It is a measure of so many applicants they just can't cope, combined with bad manners & etiquette. We just have to soldier on & realise sometimes we have dodged a bullet & weren't meant to take that path
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Felicity · 4 Feb 2026
Warhouse
Same been looking for work for so long and still nothing and I don’t understand why 😣
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Jacklyn · 4 Feb 2026
Retail Sales Assistant
I completely agree with this statement! Applying for jobs left and right had gotten me nowhere and yet people continue to sound like a broken record after a while of just repeating the phrase “you gotta find what’s right for you” what’s right for me is the money and payment that need to be made not what “I wanna do” in this economy it’s either prey or be preyed upon
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John · 4 Feb 2026
Metallurgical Technician
Know about it all too well..
I’m dual trade and don’t even get a look in with jobs I am qualified for.
Australia has become “hire your mate and bugger the bloke that knows what he’s doing”.
It’s no longer what you know, but who you know.
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Joshua · 4 Feb 2026
Branch Manager
I really hear you, and I want to share something from the other side of the fence, because it might help explain the silence.
I work in recruitment, and honestly, the hardest part of the current market isn’t rejection. It’s volume.
A single role can get 300 to 800 applications in a few days. Sometimes more. And even when someone is genuinely qualified, experienced, and a strong candidate, they still might not get contacted simply because we can only realistically speak to the first small group
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sean(Seounghwan) · 4 Feb 2026
Boilermaker and Welder
It is same to me, you are doing good.
Let’s keep try !
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Aranrat · 3 Feb 2026
Bar Attendant
I’m going through the same situation so I feel you 🥺
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