I'm a LinkedIn career expert. Skip 'doomjobbing' and do this instead.

Catherine Fisher is a career expert at LinkedIn.

LinkedIn LinkedIn's Catherine Fisher warns against "doomjobbing," or mass applying with no strategy.

Fisher advises job searchers to start by researching where the jobs are.

She suggests being specific about networking requests and asking for short amounts of time.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Catherine Fisher, a career expert at LinkedIn, based in San Francisco.

This story has been edited for length and clarity.

It's becoming harder for job seekers to stand out .

A lot of people are mass-applying and using AI tools that make them sound like everyone else, and companies are being more selective.

Since it's become so competitive, people are throwing spaghetti at the wall — but that's not the best approach to land a job when companies are being more selective.

If you're just scrolling and mass applying, and nothing's happening, you're what we call "doomjobbing." That can really wear on your self-esteem and ambition.

You only have so many hours in a day to look for jobs.

It's important to be strategic.

Here are six tips I have for job seekers: 1.

Set your parameters Job seekers should start with research and build up knowledge of where jobs are.