diff --git a/src/components/pages/careers.svelte b/src/components/pages/careers.svelte
index 9f9f2cec..7c035f1e 100644
--- a/src/components/pages/careers.svelte
+++ b/src/components/pages/careers.svelte
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
       </div>
     </section>
   {:else}
-    <section class="container mx-auto px-container @container mt-10 md:mt-14 lg:mt-20">
+    <section class="container mx-auto px-container @container mt-8 md:mt-10 lg:mt-12">
       <div class="flex overflow-hidden rounded-lg border bg-background-offset/80">
         <div class="flex flex-col p-8">
           <p class="text-2xl font-semibold">{t('careers.footer.no.positions')}</p>
diff --git a/src/lib/i18n/data.json b/src/lib/i18n/data.json
index e1c9789f..4ccfbbeb 100644
--- a/src/lib/i18n/data.json
+++ b/src/lib/i18n/data.json
@@ -134,5 +134,5 @@
   "proposals.projects": "Projects",
   "contact.range": "Choose a range",
   "careers.footer.no.positions": "No open positions.",
-  "careers.footer.no.positions.description": "No nests to be found right now, but hatch your self-application below!"
+  "careers.footer.no.positions.description": "No nests to be found right now, but hatch your spontaneous application below!"
 }