A Good Job Hunt Debunking

Regulars will know that I love a good debunking, especially if it's of something that "everyone knows."If you can't get the world to stop babbling nonsense to you, the next best thing is to have a solid understanding of why said nonsense is wrong, and, as a bonus, be confident in your ability to shoot down the worst offenders.In the realm of job hunting, one of these eight glasses of water a day is Bust a hump trying to find and apply to jobs within an hour of their being posted.This has always struck me as ridiculous and, although I have always ignored this "advice," it was fun hearing an experienced hiring manager explain what's wrong with it:Most hiring managers look at applications either in batches or all at once at the end of the application period. They're not waiting breathlessly by their application portal looking at candidates as they come in over the first hour or two after a job is posted. (Hell, many hiring managers don't even know exactly when a job is posted, just that…

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