CV writing, ATS and interview advice

Short courses, in-house training and online classes come with no credential. Four questions decide which ones earn a CV line, where it sits …

They ring with a verbal offer. Thank them, ask for it in writing, get the few facts you need, set a reply date, and accept or negotiate noth…

Before anyone opens your CV, you are a row in a list and a parsed summary card. Here is what the ATS candidate record typically shows, and t…

Moving first or job first, what to put in the location field, which local channels work from a distance, and how to batch interview trips.

Asked to recommend a colleague on LinkedIn, or to draft your own for someone to sign? Use one situation and one result, keep it short and st…

Ten six-month entries can read as instability. How interim managers structure mandates, anonymise clients and frame the career as a delibera…

No HR, no screening: the owner reads your letter on a phone between jobs. Keep it short, show you know the shop and its customers, and say w…

Associate II, Ninja, Head of a team of one: how to pair your official title with a market equivalent on a CV, which goes first, and where an…

When an employer suggests a quick coffee, nothing formal, you are being assessed. What they look for, how to prepare with no question list, …

When the application form itself is the barrier: who to contact, what to write, how to ask for another route, and why an adjustment request …

Big-city job advice fails where ten employers make up the whole market. Map them all, protect your reputation, reach word-of-mouth hiring an…