| ✦ The 2026 Job Hunt Recipe | Issue 01 / 14 |
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| Launch Issue · Limited Edition | ✦ |
I almost gave up
on the job hunt. Post-grad in 2025, I went through: 7 months
unemployed | 1,500
applications | 50+
interviews |
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| The Story Then Instagram
offered me 6-figures The low point "Today I give up
on the job hunt." A LinkedIn post sitting in my drafts. 2 weeks later Offer from Instagram, without applying. |
| This newsletter is the recipe I built from getting it wrong 1,500 times. |
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| ✦ Apply to This Week's Jobs Jobs worth the screenshot. |
| ★ Top Pick MrBeast Creative Specialist | ∼100K Apply New York, NY |
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| This Week Pepsi Brand Designer | $81–135K Apply New York, NY |
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| This Week Complex Social Media Editor | $70–77K Apply New York, NY |
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| This Week Phia Pitch Yourself
(Fashion Startup) | $100–220K Apply New York, NY |
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| ✦ JobHuntRecipe.com Canva is great, but... |
| Your Canva resume is getting you rejected. 7/8 | scanners can't read a resume that's formatted wrong |
Your resume is the one place you can't be creative.
Here's the template that got me Instagram. Free Resume Template → |
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| ✦ What's on the Menu More Roles This Week |
| | | 05 | Roc Nation Creative Strategy Manager · NYC | Apply → | | | | 06 | Paramount / CBS News Social Producer · NYC | Apply → | | | | 07 | Peloton Copywriter II · NYC | Apply → | | | | 08 | Bubble Skin Care Creative Strategist · NYC | Apply → | | | | 09 | Forbes Video Producer · NJ | Apply → | | | | 10 | Fanatics Collectibles Social Manager · NYC | Apply → | |
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| Your Subscriber Reward · The Prize Giveaway → Resume Worded Pro The website I used for my Resume. Winner drawn June 16th. |
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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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