The information you share in a public post

If you've applied to 500+ jobs in the past year, and you've landed just one or two interviews, I think it's perfectly okay to share this information with the people in your network. But I would do it privately - in the DMs, in an email, or in a text message.

I wouldn't recommend sharing this information in a public post for anyone to see.

In the middle of a frustrating job search, it can feel cathartic to talk about your struggles on the feed with sympathetic strangers. But the problem is that your future employers will also be on the feed, and the chance is very high that they'll see your post.

I speak with hiring decision-makers every day as part of my job. I can tell you that you will find the occasional decision-maker who won't be bothered by posts like these.

But for other decision-makers, they see posts like these, and it immediately turns them off from pursuing an interview. The rationale tends to be that posts like these reflect a lack of emotional regulation on the part of the job seeker, or that the job seeker possibly struggles in navigating challenges or conflict. I recently had a recruiter say to me, word for word, "They're openly signaling that nobody wants them. So why would I want them?"

I have tremendous compassion for my job seekers. Tremendous, tremendous compassion. I want to see you all succeed beyond your wildest dreams. And that's why I wanted to write this post today.

I don't want your public posts to be the reason why you aren't landing your desired interviews.

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