Feel like you can’t get a job? You’re not alone — but here’s how to work around it

By: Jason Walker, Adler University, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: November 19, 2025

Words: 1,368

Last Updated: 5 days, 17 hours ago

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By Jason Walker, Adler University

You did everything they told you to do. You earned the credentials, spent hours on your resume and revised multiple cover letters. You worked side gigs, volunteered, learned new software and perfected your LinkedIn profile. Yet, you can’t get a callback for an interview.

It’s as if your application vanished into the abyss of a company database, and the “thank you for applying” emails are piling up. So-called entry-level jobs

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