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Jean-Michel πŸ•΅πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ Fayard

The crucial point is that responding to online job offers follows an inverse Pareto law:

  • That's where most candidates put 80% of the efforts
  • But companies actually hire people via this channel in only 20% of the time.

Also you avoid the imposter syndrom of not feeling legitimate.

Once you have found companies that you like, what you can do next is obvious: go and discuss with them. Maybe they will find something to do for you that is not what you first imagined but where you will be a better fit.