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Welcome to Never Finished — the newsletter for professionals who are done applying to 200+ jobs and getting ghosted.

Each week, I share 3 short ideas to help you land interviews on demand — no résumé roulette required.

Let’s get you moving again.

Yesterday afternoon.

Your phone buzzed.

“A recruiter  from [Company] viewed your profile.”

Your heart jumped.

This might be it.

You stopped what you were doing.
You opened LinkedIn again.
You re-read your profile like it might change if you stare long enough.

Then you did nothing.

Because that’s what everyone does.

You told yourself—

“They’ll message if they’re interested.”
“They’re probably busy.”
“I don’t want to look desperate.”

So you waited.

An hour passed.
Then a day.
Then two.

No message.
No rejection.

Just silence.

And slowly…
that initial excitement turned into confusion.

You ask yourself “What happened?”

Here’s the hard truth.

When a recruiter views your profile,
they’re not considering you.

They’re deciding.

Not emotionally.
Not thoughtfully.

Mechanically.

They open your profile the same way you open a YouTube tab.

If the first few seconds don’t click—

They close it.

No rejection email.
No feedback.
No second look.

Just a closed tab.

And most candidates misunderstand this moment.

They think—

“If they viewed my profile, I’m already in the race.”

You’re not.

You’re in a filter.

Recruiters aren’t asking—

“Is this person smart?”
“Is this person capable?”

They’re asking one thing:

“Can I place this person instantly?”

And if the answer isn’t obvious—

You’re out.

Not because you’re bad.

But because you’re unclear.

Once you see this, everything changes.

Recruiters don’t reject talent.

They remove friction.

They’re juggling—

• Open roles
• Hiring managers
• Deadlines
• Internal pressure

They don’t have time to decode you.

So clarity wins.

I’ve seen this play out hundreds of times.

Two profiles.
Same skills.
Same experience.

One gets messaged.

The other gets closed.

Why?

Because one made the decision easy.

The recruiter didn’t think—

“This person is amazing.”

They thought—

“Yep. This fits.”

That’s the bar.

Not impressive.
Not perfect.

Placeable.

This is how you change what happens inside those first seconds.

Not by adding more content.

By removing doubt.

Your headline is the first gate.

If it sounds generic,
the tab closes.

Most headlines look like this:

“Software Engineer | Java | Spring | Microservices”

That tells me nothing.

Instead, your headline needs one thing:

Outcome + environment.

Example:

“Backend engineer — built payment systems for fintech products”

Now I know exactly where you belong.

🧠 Try this:
Rewrite your headline so a recruiter can understand you in 3 seconds.

If it takes longer—
it’s wrong.

Next gate.

The first two lines of your About section.

Not your story.
Not your journey.

Just proof of placement.

Use this format:

“I’ve done X in Y environment.
Recently worked on Z.”

Example:

“I’ve worked on backend systems for high-scale fintech platforms.
Recently handled transaction reliability and reporting automation.”

That’s it.

Now the recruiter relaxes.

🧠 Try this:
Delete your opening paragraph.
Replace it with two factual lines.

This is where most people freeze.

They see the profile view…
and wait.

Bad move.

Silence doesn’t look confident.
It looks forgettable.

If someone views your profile, send context while the tab is still warm.

One line.

“Sharing quick context in case you’re hiring around backend systems for fintech products.”

No pitch.
No resume.
No question.

You’re not chasing.

You’re helping them decide.

🧠 Try this:
Save one reusable “profile view” message today.

Recruiters trust familiarity.

If your profile uses the same language as their job description,
your profile feels safer.

Not keywords.

Language.

If their JD says:

“Own end-to-end data reliability”

Your profile should say:

“Focused on end-to-end data reliability in production systems.”

Same framing.
Same problem.

🧠 Try this:
Copy one phrase from the JD.
Mirror it naturally in your summary.

If they viewed.
You sent context.
And nothing happened.

Send one more line.

That’s it.

“Sharing one line for clarity —
my last role focused on [exact thing you’re hiring for].”

No pressure.
No “just checking in.”

You’re removing doubt.

🧠 Try this:
Write this follow-up once.
Reuse it forever.

The longer your profile takes to understand…
the faster it gets closed.

If this felt painfully familiar—

Good.

Because now you know the truth.

Recruiters don’t ghost people.
They close tabs.

And once they scroll past,
they rarely come back.

So tonight—

Don’t apply to 10 more jobs.

Fix clarity.

Rewrite your headline.
Fix your first two lines.
Prepare your view message.

And if this helped you understand why the silence keeps happening—

Forward this to one person who keeps saying:

“They viewed my profile…
but nothing happened.”

Keep going. You’re Never Finished.

— Ajay