The 30 minute rule that stopped my job search spiral
After 4 months of sending out resumes with zero callbacks, I hit a wall around 2pm every day where I'd just refresh the job boards and feel worse. A buddy from my old warehouse job told me to set a timer for 30 minutes max on applications, then close the laptop completely. Sounds dumb but I started treating it like a shift at work, punch in at 9am, punch out at 11am, no exceptions. That forced me to use my morning energy on tailoring my resume instead of just blasting the same one everywhere. Got 2 interviews in the next 3 weeks, one turned into an offer last Tuesday. Anyone else find that limiting your job hunt hours actually makes it more productive, or do you think I just got lucky after the slump? I'm curious if the tightening up trick works for other people in different fields.