A message for women who haven’t applied for a job because they don’t feel they meet all of the criteria: You should actually see what kind of applications (and tactics) men confidently put in.

A recent favourite was a bloke that somehow got my mobile and called me after a job had closed (with huge numbers of applicants) to lecture me about why I should consider him and why expecting me to send applications in PDF would undervalue his talent.

I entertained his call because I want to understand how these men work he told me 1. I’d be missing out if I didn’t consider him. 2. He’d like a few more days to put together his application and 3. I could only view his talent if I allowed him to Dropbox me.

So I said sure - and I let him go about his ‘art’. And then ignored his application because meeting deadlines was a criteria. I’m sure he had a lovely weekend making ‘art’.