Before Thrivre

After graduating, Ufo spent around five months applying for jobs — and going nowhere. He was drawn to Marketing, creator and KOL-related work, and Management Trainee programs, but couldn't pin down where he actually fit. The activities were there. The projects were real. But everything felt scattered, and he had no idea how to present it in a way that made sense to anyone hiring.

Week after week, the applications went out, and the silence came back. What started as uncertainty slowly turned into something heavier — pressure, frustration, and a creeping sense that maybe he just wasn't good enough.

The worst part? He was already trying. He edited his resume. Adjusted his portfolio. Rewrote his interview scripts. Applied across different roles and industries. But none of it clicked because he was missing the one thing that ties everything together.

A clear professional identity.

"I had done so many things, but I still didn't know how to turn those experiences into a story that anyone would want to hear."

What He Was Trying to Achieve

Ufo didn't just want any job. He wanted a role that genuinely fit. A role that aligns with his interests and his long-term growth, not just a place to pass time. He gave himself a mental deadline of three months.

That deadline had already passed.

The hardest thing to do alone wasn't writing the resume. It was figuring out who he was, professionally. What to highlight. What to leave out. How to make his resume, LinkedIn, portfolio, and interview answers all point in the same direction instead of pulling against each other.

That's when he reached out to Thrivre.

What Changed with Thrivre

The biggest shift wasn't tactical, it was conceptual. Ufo realized that the problem was never a lack of ability. It was a lack of clarity in how he was positioning himself. Once that became clear, everything else followed.

Through the process, he identified the types of roles that actually matched his strengths and where he could grow strategically — particularly on the marketing and strategy side of creator and KOL work. Thrivre helped him rebuild his resume and LinkedIn from the ground up, making both more intentional and more aligned with the direction he actually wanted to go.

"Thrivre helped me see that I wasn't applying to the wrong jobs because of bad luck. I was applying with the wrong story."

The pre-interview preparation made a difference too. Not just knowing what to say, but knowing which experiences were actually relevant, and how to talk about them in a way that was focused and confident, not just a list of everything he'd ever done.

The Result

Ufo landed a role at Simplus as a KOL Specialist — a position that sits right at the intersection of strategy, content, and creator relationships. His day-to-day now covers KOL strategy, content direction, campaign execution, and performance tracking, with cross-functional collaboration built in.

More than the job title, what changed was the internal picture. He now knows his strengths. He knows which roles suit him. And when he walks into an interview, he knows exactly how to communicate his experience, not just accurately, but compellingly.

Five months of uncertainty didn't disappear overnight. But the process gave him something more durable than a job offer.

A clear professional identity he can build on.

Who This Is For

His story is for anyone who has done the work — the activities, the projects, the experiences — but still can't figure out how to make it add up on paper or in a room with a hiring manager.

It's especially for fresh graduates and early-career professionals who feel like they have a lot to offer, but don't know how to connect the dots in a way that's clear, strategic, and actually gets responses.

If you're not getting replies, it's rarely because you're not qualified. More often, it's because the way you're presenting yourself doesn't reflect what you're actually capable of. That's a solvable problem.

"Sometimes the issue is not that you are not capable enough — but that you haven't yet learned how to communicate your strengths in the right way."