It’s Job Week 2026!

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It’s Job Week 2026!

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Rhi Axtell, Writer

February 23, 2026

That’s right, it’s here. The long awaited Job Week 2026!*

*no it’s not a real thing, but I’m trying to gather as much enthusiasm as possible. Look at me! I’m enthusiastic!

Have you ever seen someone more enthusiastic?!

After (amount of time redacted) of being unemployed, the ‘starving student/artist’ routine is getting a little bit old and I have decided to jump back into the job market with an intense week of job applications.

Anyone else who is in ‘job hunt’ mode (you brave souls, I salute you) knows the amount of energy it takes to find jobs, apply for them, and run the gauntlet of rejections/no response until that sweet offer of an interview (which could still end up in rejection anyway).

Is it a quantity game, so apply for as many jobs as possible, or a quality game, so spend time writing a perfectly crafted application? I did some really intense research (aka I googled it) and the answer is…

Well… it’s both. You can write quality applications, but you probably have to do a lot of them.

(Sigh. You’ve probably guessed that this isn’t my first week of applying for jobs. Nor, I suspect, will it be my last)

So, JOB WEEK 2026!

Enthusiasm! Focus! Snacks!

Here we go!

I’m getting pumped. I’m doing little exercises to warm up my fingers for all the cover letter typing they are about to be doing.

Good luck me.

I’m going to need it.

Time for a coffee, I think…

6 responses to “It’s Job Week 2026!”

Anonymous

February 23, 2026

Ohh gollygosh, good luck! I have to do something similar with writing to potential stockists. I have a spreadsheet where I write everything, and a chart for literally every permutation of the data – anything to give me a sense of perspective! It really helps me to realise there IS a pattern (I get about 1 in 10 yes-rate)…

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Jennifer

February 23, 2026

Ugh I just wrote a comment and it wouldn’t load… it went something like this: good luck! Make a spreadsheet and chart your progress – I have pie charts for every permutation of the data and it helps me keep perspective!

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1. Rhi Axtell, Writer
  
  February 27, 2026
  
  Thank you Jennifer! (Ugh, technology eh?) I have made a spreadsheet and am trying to make it as colourful and exciting as possible so I don’t get disheartened!
  
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sopantooth

February 23, 2026

I’ve been job hunting for [amount of time redacted] after months of zero interviews I had 6 last week, 3 of them back to back to back. The entire process is pretty depressing but having basically the exact same bullshit conversations 3 times in a row for jobs I have to pretend to be excited about was a real kick in the shin.

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1. Rhi Axtell, Writer
  
  February 27, 2026
  
  Congratulations on the interviews! (3 back to back – phew that must have been exhausting). Yeah I get what you mean. I try to be authentic and honest in what I am writing and saying but after a while you really do have to force that excitement and motivation
  
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