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Stop Wasting Time on Bulk Apply Tools

You did not spend 15 years building skills to vanish into a black hole. Put your resume on a real desk.

Why Bulk Applying Fails Senior Job Seekers

You built real skills over years. Tools like LazyApply turn your career into spam. At senior levels, hiring managers want focus, not noise.

Filters reject 75% before a human looks

Tracking systems toss out good people all day. Your skills get lost in the pile.

Senior roles get fewer apps

Director and VP jobs often get under 50 applicants. Hiring managers see who put in real effort.

Many senior roles skip job boards

Top jobs get filled through networks or direct reach. Bulk tools blast posts that may not even be real.

Generic apps hurt you at this level

Copy-paste screams low effort. Focused beats mass at every turn.

The Numbers Game Trap

Everyone says to apply to 100 jobs a day. It feels busy. It tricks you into thinking more means better.

For senior roles, this wastes time. Director and VP jobs often get under 50 apps. Hiring managers spot real effort. They ignore the flood from Indeed and Easy Apply.

Why These Tools Fail You

These tools were built for entry-level mass hiring, not senior roles. They all share the same core flaw.

LazyApply

Sends the same resume to hundreds of jobs with one click. Filters see it as spam. You look like everyone else.

Sonara

Runs your job search on autopilot. But it applies to roles that do not fit you, wasting time and trust.

Simplify

Fills out forms fast on Indeed and other sites. It cannot tell your story. Senior roles need a custom pitch.

Massive

Claims to make bulk apply work better. But many senior hires happen through direct contact, not job boards.

Targeted Physical Mail Beats Volume

Skip the 200 app blast. Pick 10 dream companies. Ballista prints and mails your application to the hiring manager. No filters. No black hole. A real document on a real desk.

Direct mail gets a 4.4% response rate. Digital ads get 0.6%. That gap is huge. Your odds jump when you land on the right desk.

A mailed application shows you mean it. It proves you did your homework.

75%
Resumes tossed by filters
Harvard Business School, 2021
4.4%
Direct mail response rate
DMA Response Rate Report
10-20
Focused targets
beats 200 blind apps every time

Land on the Right Desk Today

Stop feeding the black hole. Ballista puts your application on a real desk, right in front of the hiring manager. Pick the roles you want. Skip the filters.