&gt; Job seekers are much better served spending an hour sending 10 focused applications than spending that same hour to send 100 sanitized applications.<p>This is the theory, yes. In practice, that 10x level of effort is not matched by a 10x increase in the number of interested responses or a 10x increase in response rate. Diminishing returns sets in quickly. You wind up with <i>more</i> interested responses by shutgunning your resume all over the place - assuming you have a good resume.