u/Snoo79542

Hi everyone,

I'm at a point where I'm honestly exhausted to my bones mentally and could really use some outside perspective.

I have a little over 3 years of experience as a Business Analyst in enterprise SaaS, where I worked with Fortune 500 FMCG clients. My work involved requirements gathering, stakeholder management, BRDs/FRDs, user stories, UAT, product implementations, and working closely with Product and Engineering teams.

Since returning from abroad after my master's, I've been applying almost full-time for Business Analyst, Product Analyst, Associate Product Managers, Product Operations, Implementation Consultant, and Solution Consultant roles.

Here's what I've been doing:

• Tailoring my resume for each role.
• Writing personalized cold emails to recruiters, founders, CTOs, and hiring managers.
• Following up after applying.
• Learning and practicing SQL, Agile, APIs, and Product Management concepts.
• Preparing extensively for interviews.
• Reaching out on LinkedIn and through email instead of relying only on Easy Apply.

I've sent hundreds of applications over the past few months. 100s of emails and DM's for networking with no response too. People say networking helps, but how will it even happen when nobody is even willing to reply back or have a chat?

The frustrating part is that I do get interviews occasionally, which makes me think my profile isn't completely off. But I either get ghosted after interviews or never hear back after applying.

I'm starting to question whether I'm targeting the wrong roles, underselling myself, or missing something obvious.

I'd genuinely appreciate feedback from recruiters, hiring managers, or anyone who's been through something similar.

Some questions I have:

• Is the market really this difficult right now for Business Analysts?
• Are there any red flags in my background (Master's abroad, returning to India, career narrative, etc.) that recruiters might be concerned about?
• If you were hiring for a Business Analyst with my background, what would make you reject or shortlist me?

I'm not looking for sympathy—just honest advice. If there's something I'm doing wrong, I'd much rather hear it than keep repeating the same mistakes. My DM's are open if anyone was to have a chat about it!

Thanks in advance.

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