>> 15 minutes per company for applications is high.
Applications can be more than just sending out resumes. The worst is when you have to deal with some crappy web site, upload your resume, then fill out a bunch of web forms with your job history, take silly tests, fill out other pages of personal information...
Yeah. It was faster for me to abort when I noticed those and get an application in on the next company on the list instead. Amortized over all the companies on your spreadsheet, that winds up faster.
Applications can be more than just sending out resumes. The worst is when you have to deal with some crappy web site, upload your resume, then fill out a bunch of web forms with your job history, take silly tests, fill out other pages of personal information...