Taking the ‘Shotgun Approach’ to Job Applications Could Be a Major Career Mistake. Here’s Why You Should Avoid It.

A controversial method of applying to jobs resurfaced in a viral Reddit thread this week, which put the notion of the “shotgun approach” back in the spotlight.

Much like a shotgun wedding or shotgunning a canned drink entails, the shotgun approach to job-searching means rapidly firing off resumes and applications and casting a wide net of opportunity instead of tailoring your resume or narrowing your search to jobs that match your skill set and desired role.

The term was coined in 2012 by a Reddit user who defined it as filling out as “many applications as possible and see[ing] which ones stick/progress.”

In the subreddit R/unpopular opinion,

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