It’s Monday morning. Coffee in hand, laptop open — time to start the job search.
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Step one seems simple: What are the jobs I should apply to today?
Ninety minutes later you’ve got 47 tabs open. LinkedIn, Indeed, AngelList, company career pages, a recruiter’s newsletter you forgot you subscribed to. You’ve scrolled past 200 listings.
Applications sent: zero.
That familiar weight settles in. Maybe you’re doing this wrong. Maybe the right job is out there, but you’ll never find it — or by the time you do, it’ll be gone.
By 10 a.m., you’re exhausted — and you haven’t even started applying.
Here’s the truth: you’re not doing it wrong. The system is.
Job boards give you filters. Location, salary, industry, company size. You check the boxes, set your parameters, hit search.
The result? Hundreds of jobs that technically match but don’t actually fit.
Real job seekers need filters like:
We’ve seen people with 47 unique criteria. Some want to avoid supply chain work. Others want tech roles, but not crypto, adtech, or defense.
Job boards can’t capture this nuance. LinkedIn’s 15 filters or Indeed’s “advanced search” lump everything together. A 10-person startup Marketing Manager looks the same as a Fortune 500 Marketing Manager.
Your real criteria live in the details. They’re personal, specific, and impossible to check off in a dropdown menu.
Even with perfect filters, jobs aren’t in one place.
The right role could be:
A typical daily routine looks like this:
That’s nearly two hours searching before applying once. By then, you’re drained. Quality applications become impossible.
This isn’t job searching. It’s digital archaeology — digging through layers of the internet, hoping to unearth something valuable before it disappears.
Find a job that looks good? Now the real work begins.
You ask yourself:
Answering these questions takes 30 minutes per role. After five jobs, you’re mentally fried.
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This is another common question we get from clients hunting for jobs - so here’s a quick aside. Yes, ghost jobs are real. Employers tend to post these for a few reasons:
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While you’re searching “Marketing Manager,” your dream job might be hidden under:
We’ve seen:
Companies aren’t trying to trick you — they’re just using internal titles. But if you don’t know the magic words, you’ll never find the role.
Meanwhile, hiring managers wonder why no one qualified is applying. You’re both looking, but using different vocabularies.
The job exists. It just has a name you don’t know yet.
👉 Here’s a ChatGPT prompt to help you identify relevant job titles and make sure you’re not missing any.
Over 60% of job seekers want remote work. Only 12% of new postings are fully remote. (source)
In 2020, nearly half of employees worked remotely. Now it’s about a quarter. Entry-level roles? Only 10% remote. Senior roles? Slightly better at 14% remote and 31% hybrid. (source)
If you filter for “remote only,” you’re competing with most job seekers for a small slice of jobs.
But here’s the hidden truth: many on-site roles are flexible once they want you. Companies just don’t lead with it.
The smart play: apply broadly. In interviews, ask how teams collaborate. Once they’ve decided you’re the right hire, flexibility becomes negotiable.
Your dream role may not say “remote” — but it could still give you the balance you want.
When you say “Show me all the jobs I should apply to today,” you’re not asking for a list of postings. You’re asking for something much bigger.
You want:
In short: you’re asking for what a brilliant career advisor with unlimited time and perfect market knowledge would deliver — every single day.
No wonder job boards shrug. This isn’t a search problem. It’s an intelligence problem. One that requires understanding both you and the entire job market at once.
Imagine a different Monday morning.
One email. Seven jobs. Each one matches your background and your criteria. Each comes with context:
No more 47 tabs. No more hours of searching. No more wondering what you missed.
This is what Proficiently delivers: jobs that fit you, not just keywords. We scan every corner of the internet, translate confusing titles, filter against your criteria, and send you only the roles worth your time.
The result? Relief. Confidence. Focus.
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How many jobs should I apply to each week? Depending on the role, we suggest submitting anywhere from 5-20 applications per day.
What’s the best time of day to apply for a job? We recommend applying to the job as early as possible after it is posted. This means checking job sources a few times a day to ensure you don’t miss anything.
Should I apply if I don’t meet every requirement? Yes! As long as you meet the primary requirements of the job, and you are interested in the job, you should apply.
