If I didn't apply to jobs unless I fit all requirements, I wouldn't have had ANY of the tech jobs on my resume

*Apply anyway*

— Stephanie Hurlburt (@sehurlburt) August 13, 2017

Yep! As I’ve noted before, I’ve applied to and gotten jobs where I met as few as 20% of the “requirements.”

Those requirements are mainly there for two reasons:

1) Simple HR incompetence.

2) For an excuse to turn down someone for other reasons, while citing “did not meet requirements.”

This advice is particularly important for women who tend to apply only when they meet all the requirements. This is career suicide!