Straight answers

Why do I never hear back from job applications?
A portal application is filed, not delivered. What happens when you email a person instead.

How do I find the hiring manager's email address?
Read the advert to the end. 67% of the addresses printed there got a reply, and almost nobody uses them.

Is it worth emailing a company directly instead of applying?
38% from a named human, 10% from info@. Who you reach is worth about four times what you write.

How do I write a cold email asking about a job?
60 to 90 words, one detail from the advert, one question. With a worked example.

What words make a job application look AI-written?
The list, and why asking a model politely to avoid them does not work.

How many times should I follow up on a job application?
Three touches earn about 93% of the replies. The fourth is pestering.

What is the best time to send a job application email?
19.1% in office hours against 17.9% outside. The timing advice everyone repeats is mostly noise.

How many job applications should I send a day?
Twenty a day, one per employer ever. Volume is not the lever.

Should I email info@ about a job?
4 replies out of 42. The worst address of any kind, and why.

What do I do if a job advert has no contact details?
Check the company site first: 77 addresses came from there. Then stop rather than guess.

Do employers use AI to screen job applications?
Whether a machine read it or nobody did, the fix is the same: reach a person.

Should I email a recruitment agency directly?
The one target worth writing to more than once, and the cap that keeps it welcome.

Should I attach my CV to a cold email about a job?
Attach it to the first email, never to the nudge, and keep the body to 60-90 words.

Is it obvious when AI has written a job application?
The stock phrases are the small problem. The invented credential is the one that follows you.

What is a good reply rate for cold emails to employers?
1-5% is the normal benchmark. 26% across 86, and why the count matters more than the rate.

What should the subject line of a job application email say?
The role and one detail, 8 words or fewer, and never "Application for".

Is it rude to email a hiring manager directly about a job?
Not if it is short, sent once, to an address they published. 38% of named people replied.

How can I tell if a job advert is a scam?
A real employer never asks you to pay. The other signs, and where to report one.

Do I still need a cover letter?
A 60 to 90 word email beats a page-long letter. What to put in it.

How do I apply to a company that is not advertising a job?
Write to an address the firm publishes. 16 of 77 replied. What to say.

How long should I wait to hear back about a job application?
5 working days, then one follow-up. After 3 weeks, move on.

How many job applications does it take to get a job?
568 applications, 87 replies, 12 interviews, 3 offers. One job hunt, counted.

Should I guess a hiring manager's email address?
304 guessed addresses: 43% bounced. 264 published ones: 2%.

What should I write in an email when sending my CV?
60 to 90 words, one question, CV as a PDF. And send it to a person: 38% against 10%.