👋 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 told yourself,
“I’ll apply today.”

You open a job that feels safe.
You meet every requirement.

Then you open another.
Better title.
Bigger team.

One responsibility you haven’t owned —
but you’ve watched someone else do.

You think:
“I could grow into this.”

You pause.

One job feels safe.
The other feels like a step up.

You don’t know which version of yourself to sell.

Ten minutes pass.
Then fifteen.

You read the same bullets again.
You consider tweaking a line.

Nothing gets sent.

You close the laptop feeling drained —
even though you didn’t really do anything.

That’s not laziness.

That’s decision fatigue.

And here’s the mistake hiding underneath it:
You’re not stuck because you can’t apply.
You’re stuck because you didn’t decide why.

Here’s what actually made the difference.

Not the résumé. Not the cover letter.
The reason.

A subscriber named Rohan reached out to me last month.

Mid-career.
8 years in.
Worked at companies people recognize.

On paper — solid.
In reality — stuck.

He didn’t complain.
He sent me a screenshot of his job tracker.
Rows and rows of roles.
Dates filled in week after week.
Not a single reply.

Then he asked me:

“Look at this.
Tell me what I’m doing wrong.”

Thirty-two applications.
Zero interviews.

I asked him only one question:

“Why this job — not the others?”

He paused for sometime and then he said:

“I don’t actually know.
I just apply when it feels close enough.”

That was the pattern.

So we changed one thing.

Before he applied, he had to decide what problem he was showing up to solve.

The next week, he changed how he applied.

He didn’t apply more.
He applied less.

Four roles.
Four clear reasons.
Each one in a single sentence he could say without thinking.

Results:
Two recruiter replies.
One interview booked.

Same résumé.
Same experience.

The difference?

For the first time, he knew exactly why he applied.

This is the difference between getting reviewed and getting ignored.
Not more effort.
Less thinking.

Here’s how it works.

This step is private.
No one sees it.

Before you apply, write this down:

“What did I actually do in my last job that this role needs?”

Don’t clean it up.
Don’t make it sound smart.

Write it like you’re telling a friend what you did all week.

Example (messy is fine):

“Planned work in Jira, ran daily standups, followed up on blockers — so the team hit deadlines instead of slipping.”

🧠 Try this:
If you can’t explain your work without thinking — don’t apply yet.

This step is public.
This is what you send.

Now take your messy notes from Step 1 and turn them into one clean line.

You’re answering this:

“Why is it safe to interview me?”

Example (clean, simple):

“I’m applying because I’ve planned work and removed blockers so teams hit deadlines.”

Nothing more.

🧠 Try this:
If a recruiter can repeat this sentence to their manager, it works.

After you submit — stop.

One role. One reason. One application.

Then close the tab.

🧠 Try this: End the session as soon as one application is sent.

Recruiters don’t look for the best candidate.

They look for the easiest one to move forward.

When your application jumps between skills and tools,
they have to connect the dots.

That feels risky.

So they skip.

This works because you give them one clear reason to say yes.

One sentence they can understand.
One sentence they can repeat.

When a recruiter can explain why you fit without thinking,
moving you forward feels safe.

And safe candidates get interviews.

When your fit is easy to explain, you feel safe to move forward.
That’s why clear candidates get interviews.

Before you apply again, stop.

Ask yourself:

“If they asked why I’m a fit — could I answer in one sentence?”

If not, skip the job.

If this felt familiar, forward it to one person
who keeps opening job tabs and sending nothing.

What’s the last job you applied to — and why that one?

Hit reply.
I read every response.

Keep going. You’re Never Finished.

— Ajay