James Carrabino
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This is such an excellent attitude to go in with! Many candidates will make it past the app stage for the first time when they are 10 or even 20 apps in and 2 or 3 cycles in or more. But, the common tale is that those who stick with the process and work on improving their applications do start to find success - no one is saying it is easy, but the one thing we can guarantee is that the system is not broken; it's just very hard to navigate!My first cycle I didn’t make it past app stage once, I went away and really focused on improving my skills but it definitely took a lot of resilience. Just remember the competition is crazy, it can be around 1 in 50-100 make it to the next stage with popular firms. The market is oversaturated and there’s so many strong candidates, but with practice it is possible!
Being willing to take on advice and reassess your approach means everything