Guides

What nobody explains to you.

Ten short, sourced pieces on what actually decides an application. Every claim carries its source in the text.

Between a fifth and a third of online postings match no real opening. Here is what they look like.

Nine interviews out of ten go to people who applied on day one. This is not about merit, it is about the queue.

Recruiters read less and less, parsers filter first. Here is what breaks machine reading, and how to check it yourself.

The problem is not using a machine to write. The problem is producing generic text, and it shows.

A photo on a US resume gets the file dropped. A German resume without one looks incomplete. This is not a detail.

A bullet without a number reads as an opinion. With one, it becomes checkable. Here is how to find numbers when you think you have none.

They optimise for volume. The market has started penalising exactly that.

Past a certain point, each extra application lowers the quality of the previous ones. Here is where to draw the line.

77% of candidates think less of a company that does not reply. That does not help you. Here is what does.

Most postings publish no range. That is no reason to walk in blind.

The problem with a career change is not missing skills. It is that nobody knows where to file them.