You Are Qualified for This Job, Mr. Mark—Report by Monday. Here Is Your Office and Your Car,” My Boss Told Me After I Sent 1,200 Emails

For many people, success looks simple from the outside. A good job. A company car. An office with a nameplate on the door. But what most people never see is the painful road that leads to that moment. For me, that road was paved with rejection, self-doubt, and over 1,200 unanswered emails.

For years, my mornings started the same way. I would wake up early, polish my CV again, adjust a cover letter, and send out job applications with hope in my heart. By evening, that hope would slowly fade as inbox after inbox stayed silent. Days turned into months. Months turned into years. Friends moved forward with their lives while mine seemed frozen.…CONTINUE READING