| ✦ The 2026 Job Hunt Recipe | Issue 03 / 14 |
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| Issue Three · Limited Edition | ✦ |
Fixing your Resume?? It's been weeks! Your Canva Resume SUCKS. There I said it! | ResumeWorded score | 80 / 100 |
80+ is the bare minimum. | |
| ✦ The Problem Build ONE resume |
| Stop rewriting. Build one base resume. 98% of applicants never get an interview Most never hear back. Be the one that does. So don't blend in. Build one sharp base resume, swap only the skills, and don't keyword-stuff it, a recruiter can tell in seconds. Source: Glassdoor, 2025 (about 250 applications per role, 2% interviewed). | |
| ✦ The Solution 2-page resumes are your FRIEND |
| "Fit it on one page" is outdated advice. | The resume I submitted to Instagram?
Two full pages. |
| From the Chef When you've got real experience, two pages earns its space. Keep each role to 3 or 4 tight bullets and let the work fill the page, never filler. |
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| Build a resume that beats the bots. Before a human ever sees it, software scans it. Cook for the scanner first. Ingredients ✓ | Simple, single-column layout a bot can actually read. | ✓ | Tailor it slightly to each role. Never keyword-stuff it. | ✓ | Campus jobs and college roles count. Put them on. | | Leave out Colors, icons, columns, headshots, and Canva. Every time. |
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| ✦ Success Story She made it out. |
| Her Comeback  | Rachel Schleider Associate Social Strategist, Gallery Media (VaynerX) |
The Question What helped your job hunt that you didn't think would work? “Honestly, what helped me most wasn't the networking or cold reaching out. It was making sure I was the first applicant, applying as soon as jobs were posted.” |
| My Take Speed beats polish. Being early puts you in front of a human |
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| ✦ A Personal Story I've been there. |
 | Nicholas Alexis The Chef | ✦ |
I had a post sitting in my drafts titled “Today, I give up on the job hunt.” I was days away from posting it. I was just so tired of rejection. I'd sent over 1,500 applications, 300 in a single month, and gotten almost nothing back. It's a weird place to be, going from “I directed a Times Square billboard at 23” to “this is the 1,000th rejection email.” It felt like purgatory. What finally changed things wasn't another 50 applications. It was fixing the boring stuff I'd been ignoring, starting with my resume. I told myself, “just try one more time.” So I did, and that's the round that landed me at Instagram. If you're at that give-up point too, don't post the draft yet. Just try one more time. |
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| ✦ JobHuntRecipe.com Jobs worth the screenshot. Jobs may expire after this issue comes out |
| ★ Top Pick GaryVee Content Creator 3+ Years Experience | $65–85K Apply New York, NY |
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| This Week Plaid Customer Marketing Associate 3+ Years Experience | $104–137K Apply New York, NY |
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| This Week Ramp Virtual Events Associate 3+ Years Experience | $88–121K Apply New York, NY |
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| This Week Supergoop! Retail Marketing Manager 3+ Years Experience | $85–95K Apply New York, NY |
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| Every Week Outside of NYC? Want More Roles? StillUnemployed.com | $1–250K Apply It's 100% Free |
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| ✦ Special Ingredient Stop Getting Ghosted |
| Resume Advice Zero interviews? It's 100% your Resume! | Free Template |
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| ✦ More About the Chef Hi, I'm Nic |
 Nicholas Alexis Content Specialist at Instagram 1 | Times Square Billboard Directed a Billboard in collab with Equinox | 2 | Liquid Death Campaign 500k+ cross-platform impressions | 3 | SiriusXM Live Feature Promoting an app I built | ✦ | Now Building at Instagram | |
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| Questions or feedback? Just hit reply, every email lands with me. Say hi → |
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| ✦ The 2026 Job Hunt Recipe Every Week · 14 Issues · Jun 9 → Sep 8 | | Written by Nicholas Alexis,
Content Specialist at Instagram |
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