Refolk / Job search
Writing for people who are actually looking for work right now: resumes, applications, interviews, and the parts of a job search nobody explains.
Ghosted after applying or interviewing? How long to wait, how to read the ATS status page, who to email, what to write, and when to treat silence as a no.
62% of US job seekers tried to beat screening bots. Workday HiredScore's Fit & Gap points recruiters to the line behind each match. What to write instead.
Indeed job postings are up 2.8%, but fresh listings are flat at 99.2. How to check a posting's real age and spend tailoring time on roles under a week old.
A Canva resume was allegedly parsed as a 'circus assistant.' A 30-second copy-paste test catches ghost text and duplicate layers before screeners flag you.
HubSpot and Amex cut management layers this month. How laid-off managers rewrite their resume around span of control and shipped work for player-coach roles.
Workday Candidate Profile will prefill up to 80% of standard application fields in early 2027. Here are the fields you still need to rewrite for every posting.
CalCareers' Skills Matching tool can call you a strong fit, but the minimum qualifications check may come after your interview. Here's how to pass both.
Airtable's layoff notice names "Formagrid Inc. dba Airtable." Here's how to list a brand, a legal entity, and a new owner so your background check matches.
Posted pay grew 2.4% while prices rose 3.7%. Here's what to put in the desired salary field: a number from the posting's range and your field's pay trend.
LinkedIn Hiring Assistant 2 scores candidate interest and fit from November 2026. Here is how both signals work and the three habits that change them.
iCIMS's Hiring Agent lets managers review you inside Microsoft Teams. How to rewrite your title, latest role and summary, and spot automatic interview invites.
Easy Apply now drops your live LinkedIn profile next to your resume in the ATS. Which fields must match exactly, what you can tailor, and when to skip it.
Breezy HR now flags applications from disposable emails and parks unverified ones. Here's the inbox setup that gets through, and where scam defense belongs.
AI-tailored cover letters lost half their link to callbacks. Here's what recruiters weigh instead, and how to rewrite the motivation paragraph by hand.
Qualcomm's layoff memo cites performance, skills and priorities. What to save before November notices, and how to explain the exit without lying.
Laid off but still on payroll? Your separation date, not the day you got the call, decides whether your resume and LinkedIn can say Present. Here's how.
A Handshake recruiter viewed your profile? Here's what that ping actually means, why a cold DM rarely helps, and how to turn the view into an application.
69% of job seekers would use an AI agent, but only 5% would let it apply alone. The data says they're right. What to hand off, and the three steps to keep.
OpenAI's new mission interview for marketing and HR candidates rewards a real tradeoff and a position you'll defend. Here's how to prep one from your own work.
Microsoft's exit offer gives you about 40 days to decide. Engineering hiring takes 40 to 53. Start interviewing now and explain the buyout so it reads right.
1.9M Americans have been jobless 27+ weeks. Why year-only dates and vague consulting titles fail background checks, and what a verifiable gap entry says.
Ribbon AI, which Dayforce is buying, scores your transcript and flags pauses, gaze and scripted speech. What it checks, how to prep, and when to ask for help.
After the Netflix, HubSpot, EA and Barclays layoffs, hundreds of near-identical resumes hit the same recruiters. Here's how to rewrite yours so it stands out.
Paylocity's AI agent now texts job applicants to screen and schedule them. Five checks to tell it from a fake recruiter text, and how to answer so you pass.
Indeed's Smart Fit Score ranks you 0 to 100, but a failed deal-breaker screener question rejects you before scoring. How to find must-haves and answer them.
Most employers now use interview intelligence tools like BrightHire or Metaview. Whether to opt out, and how to answer so the AI notes show what you did.
Recruiters already assume your resume is AI-written. Dropping em dashes won't help. Here's how to make resume claims specific and easy to check instead.
Seasonal job searches are up 28%. Here's how to list a holiday or part-time bridge job on your resume without letting it cost you callbacks for your real role.
86% of job seekers have hit a ghost job. Five checks to run in five minutes before tailoring: req ID, repost history, WARN notices, a named person, a skip rule.
Greenhouse is testing recruiter search of MyGreenhouse profiles in a closed beta. What's confirmed, what isn't, and how to set yours up for sourcing.
A third of new hires were tested on AI proficiency. How AI skills tests work for marketers, analysts, and ops roles, and how to rehearse a live demo.
Laid off twice in one year? Show both layoffs on your resume with a one-line tag citing the public cut size and date, then give a 20-second interview answer.
Only 12% of new hires feature AI skills on their resumes, yet 74% of employers want them. Where to put AI skills on a resume, with proof screeners believe.
39% of job seekers say they were wrongly suspected of cheating. See the signals fraud tools flag, from mismatched dates to laggy video, and the fix for each.
August 2026 JOLTS data shows giant workplaces post 2.96 openings per hire versus 1.14 at mid-size sites. Here's how to rebuild your target list around them.
Data center postings doubled while other tech jobs fell 6%. Here's how IT support, sysadmin, and network pros can rewrite their resume to read as a fit.
27% of job seekers paid a resume writer, but screening happens per posting. Here is what a rewrite fixes, what it costs, and which files to demand instead.
68% of employers admit leaving an interviewee without a decision. Ask these three questions before you leave, then follow up on a schedule that ends.
Workday's Candidate Profile prefills 80% of standard fields from one saved history. Here's which titles, skills, and role order to rewrite for each posting.
LinkedIn job search filters are going away. Here's how to write AI queries that keep remote, salary, and date rules, rebuild alerts, and check every result.
Barclays is cutting 5,000 jobs and counts developers as support. How to rewrite a bank software developer resume in revenue, risk, and customer terms.
Greenhouse Voice AI scores your spoken answers against a rubric and quotes them to recruiters. Here is how to turn each resume bullet into a defensible answer.
HackerRank's Chakra AI interview scores only what's in the transcript. Here's how AI fluency is graded and how to narrate your AI use so every decision counts.
A third of job seekers gaming ATS software hid text in their resume. Here is how recruiters find it, and how to run the Notepad test before they do.
EA is closing BioWare and the next Mass Effect won't ship. Here's how to list canceled, unreleased, or NDA work on your resume so screeners still count it.
Workday says prompting demand fell 25% while AI-building demand rose 51%. How to rewrite your AI skills line, with before/after bullets for four roles.
Hiring Assistant 2 ranks you partly on InMail replies and Open to Work details. Why a one-tap decline beats silence, and which LinkedIn settings to fix now.
Fraud checks in iCIMS and Checkr now read your IP, phone, password and ID before a recruiter sees your resume. These habits get honest applicants flagged.
A manager says a React.js filter auto-rejected his own CV. Refolk's index shows 6.8% of React profiles would fail it. How to match spelling honestly.
Greenhouse gives every referrer a quality score based on how far their referrals get. Here's how to ask for a referral so your friend's score holds up.
Only 27% of large U.S. employers would block AI agent applications, but 35% would flag them. How agents get detected, and what to automate yourself.
California's ADMT rules give job applicants a right to see how AI screened them from Jan. 1, 2027. What employers must disclose, and how to word the request.
September added just 29,000 jobs and Q4 freezes are spreading. How to tell a funded backfill from frozen new headcount, and which roles to apply to first.
California's CalCareers skills matching tool labels you a strong fit. Here is how to write STD 678 duties, an SOQ, and clear the MQ check that still decides.
HR Tech 2026 screeners like DZ Verify mark every requirement demonstrated or unproven. Here's how to give each must-have one line of proof before you apply.
US software postings are up about 22% in a year, but only 4.5% are entry-level. Where laid-off engineers should aim and how to rewrite resume bullets.
Codility logs every prompt, model, and accepted suggestion, and can tell the AI to hand you a bug. Here's how to make that record show judgment.
Employ's 2026 Recruiter Nation report puts AI-polished resumes at the top of recruiter stress. Here's how to swap generic shine for proof a screener can check.
ZipRecruiter found 39% of hires in AI-skill roles had an offer rescinded, against 16% overall. Here are 5 scope terms to get in writing before you resign.
Netflix cut about 1,000 roles on Oct 14, 2026. The resume line, LinkedIn headline, and 20-second answer that make a layoff read as a business decision.
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01Drop your resume
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02I rank the openings
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03Each one is written up
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