👋 Hello Friends!

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.

You didn’t sit down to apply.

You sat down to check.

Check if anything moved.
Check if someone replied.
Check if today was different.

It wasn’t.

Your inbox is quiet in the same familiar way.

That silence makes you feel like you should do something.

So you open your résumé.

Not because it’s bad —
but because it’s the only thing you can still adjust.

You scan a few bullets.

One of them feels thin.

You remember a tool from yesterday’s job post.
You did use it.
Not much — but enough.

You add it.

The résumé looks stronger now.
More complete.

You think,
“Okay. This should work.”

You apply.

By evening, you check again.

Still nothing.

No rejection.
No reply.

And that’s the part that messes with your head.

You fixed the line, applied, and finally felt like you’d earned the right to stop thinking about it.

So why does it feel like nothing changed?

Most people think their résumé isn’t strong enough.

So they keep adding.

More bullets.
More tools.
More “keywords.”

Not because the role truly needs them —
but because each word appeared once in the job post.

It feels logical.

It’s the wrong move.

Here’s what’s actually happening.

Your résumé doesn’t look weak.

It looks unfocused.

Now imagine the other side.

A recruiter opens their inbox Monday morning.

They scan 40 résumés.

Most of them look like this:

• SQL
• Dashboards
• Reporting
• Stakeholders

Different names.
Same shape.

At that point, they’re not deciding.

They’re ranking.

And ranking slows everything.

No urgency.
No clarity.
No “this person solves our problem.”

So the list stays open.

And when the list stays open —
interviews stop moving.

You’re not rejected.

You’re just… parked.

People who get interviews don’t look more impressive.

They look more specific.

They do one thing differently.

They stop asking,
“How do I match this job?”

And start asking,
“Why does this job exist?”

I watched this click for one of my clients, Kavin, last month.

Seven years of experience.
A clean résumé.
Zero traction.

He thought the problem was confidence.

It wasn’t.

His résumé said everything —
which meant it said nothing.

So I told him to do one thing.

Pick one role you actually want.
Not five.
Not “anything senior.”

One.

Then I told him to answer one question:

“What problem is this role hired to fix right now?”

Not tools.
Not responsibilities.

The pain.

He reread the job description.

Slower.

Then he saw it.

Delayed reports.
Messy onboarding.
Confused customers.

He picked one.

After that, his résumé felt obvious.

Not louder.
Not longer.

Just easier to say yes to.

Interviews followed.

Same skills.
Different story.

This is how you stop blending in.

No redesign.
No fancy formatting.

Just focus.

Every role exists because something isn’t working.

Before touching your résumé, ask:

“What breaks if this role stays empty for 3 months?”

Examples:
• New users get lost
• Deadlines slip
• Customers complain after handoff

Pick one.

🧠 Try this:
After reading the job description, close it.
Write the problem in one plain sentence.

Now write one simple line.

Not a summary.
Not a pitch.

Just clarity.

Example:
“I’m reaching out because your team needs help fixing onboarding confusion.”

That line does the heavy lifting.

🧠 Try this:
If it sounds like a human sentence — keep it.
If it sounds like LinkedIn — delete it.

This is where most people chicken out.

They hide behind attachments.

Don’t.

That one sentence goes first:
• First line of the email
• First line of the LinkedIn message

Résumé goes below it.

Now the recruiter reads with context.

🧠 Try this:
Send that sentence alone to one recruiter today.
No explanation.
No follow-up paragraph.

The résumé dont fail because it lacked skill.
It fails because it gives the time for the recruiter to think.
And thinking slows decisions.

Before you close this…

Be honest.

What’s the one line on your résumé you keep tweaking
because you hope it’ll finally make a difference?

That one bullet you’ve rewritten five times.

Reply and tell me what it is.
I’ll read it — and I’ll tell you if it’s helping or just adding noise.

And if this felt a little too familiar,
forward it to one person who’s still adding bullets
and wondering why nothing’s coming back.

Sometimes people don’t need motivation.

They need clarity.

Keep going. You’re Never Finished.

— Ajay