Why Your Best Candidate Profile Is Sabotaging You

Career Coaching with Fexingo: Professional Coaches, Career Counselors, and Guidance for Workers · Oct 18, 2026 · 8m · transcript

In this episode, Lucas and Luna dissect the dangerous habit of tailoring your application to every keyword in a job description. They explore how algorithmic filtering creates a false sense of security, leading candidates to submit generic, diluted profiles that fail to resonate with human hiring managers. Using the example of a senior marketing professional who lost out on a role by over-optimizing for SEO keywords, they reveal why specific, narrative-driven storytelling often beats perfect keyword matching. The discussion highlights the importance of demonstrating strategic thinking over…