Straight answers about finding work, written the way we would explain it to a friend. No growth-hacking, no thirty-step frameworks.
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Why keyword job search surfaces the wrong roles, and how to find openings that match your actual experience.
Roles usually appear on a company's own careers page before they syndicate to job boards. Here is how to watch the source.
Whether companies post jobs they are not hiring for, why it happens, and how to spot one before you apply.
The order in which a startup role reaches the internet, and the handful of places worth checking before it gets to the big boards.
Which job boards are worth using instead of the two big aggregators, and where the big two are still the right tool.
Why so many remote listings are not remote, how to read the location line, and the questions that settle it before you invest time.
How to build a shortlist of employers before you look at openings, which signals hold up, and which ones tell you nothing.
Why most job alerts turn into noise you stop opening, and how to set ones that surface roles worth acting on.
Whether per-job CV tailoring is worth the time, what actually needs to change, and what to leave alone.
What applicant tracking systems actually do with your CV, and the formatting choices that genuinely matter.
Whether volume or selectivity wins, and how to think about application counts without burning out.
When a cover letter changes the outcome, when it is a waste of an hour, and what a good one contains.
Which job requirements are real limits, which are wish list, and how to apply when you are short on one of them.
The tells that give an AI-written CV away, why detection tools are not the real risk, and how to use AI without producing one.
How many pages a CV should run to by experience level, where the exceptions are real, and what to cut first.
What happens to an application submitted through a job board, and why the company careers page is usually the better route.
Realistic timelines for a job search, where the weeks actually go, and the only part of the process you control.
How to assess an employer once you are in their process, which questions get real answers, and what you cannot find out before you start.
Why silence is the normal outcome of an application, what a follow-up can realistically do, and when the silence means something is wrong.
Why searching for jobs is more draining than applying for them, and how to structure a week that survives a run of rejections.