Guides
Write better CVs, win more interviews.
Plain-language, opinionated guides on the parts of resume writing that actually matter — how ATS parsing works, how to tailor for a specific job, and how to write achievement bullets recruiters can't skim past.
Methodology
How per-bullet impact scoring works
Inside the three-axis 0-100 scoring rubric that grades every resume bullet for quantification, action, and specificity. The calibration anchors, the prompt, and why the same bullet should score consistently across runs.
5 min readReadMethodology
How Smart Tailoring works (and how we stop the AI from inventing things)
Inside the proposal pipeline behind the Tailor to job button: how proposals are generated, the five deterministic anti-hallucination guards that filter them, and what the credit pays for.
6 min readReadMethodology
How the recruiter heatmap works
Inside the rule-based model that simulates a recruiter's six-second first-pass scan. What the heatmap measures, what it doesn't, and how to read the colours honestly.
5 min readReadEarly career
How to write a resume with no work experience
If your work history is blank, the resume isn't blank — you're writing one with different evidence. Here's the structure that works for students, career-changers, and first jobs.
7 min readReadFixes & cleanup
Common resume mistakes that get you auto-rejected
Twelve specific mistakes that quietly kill applications — and the one-line fix for each. Most candidates make at least three.
6 min readReadWriting bullets
Action verbs that actually impress recruiters (with examples)
Lists of '200 power verbs' are everywhere and mostly useless. Here's a smaller, sharper set — organised by what the verb is actually claiming — with worked examples.
5 min readReadStructure & length
Cover letter vs. resume summary: what each does best
They look like they overlap. They don't. The cover letter and the resume summary do different jobs, and using one to do the other's work is why both end up weak.
6 min readReadWriting bullets
How to write achievement bullets that land interviews
Most resume bullets describe duties. Interview-worthy bullets describe wins. Here's the structural difference, and a six-minute exercise to fix every line on your CV.
5 min readReadWriting bullets
The STAR method, with worked examples by role
Situation, Task, Action, Result — the framework everyone references and most people use wrong. Here's STAR done well, with concrete bullets across engineering, product, marketing, ops, and sales.
5 min readReadTailoring
Why tailoring beats sending a generic resume (the math)
The case for tailoring isn't ideological. It's arithmetic — and the gap between a tailored and a generic CV is bigger than most candidates realise.
5 min readReadTailoring
How to find the keywords ATS scans for in any job description
A repeatable five-minute method for extracting the keywords that drive your ATS score — and how to weave them into your CV without sounding like a robot.
5 min readReadStructure & length
Resume length: the case for one page (and when two makes sense)
How long your CV should be is one of the most-litigated questions in hiring. The honest answer depends on three things — none of which are 'how many years you've worked'.
5 min readReadATS & parsing
How ATS systems actually parse your resume
What an applicant tracking system really does with your CV — and the three structural choices that determine whether it understands your experience or throws it away.
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