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Practical writing on resumes and job hunting
Not theory: rules that hold up in practice, about format, wording, language, and what an employer actually looks at.
- Fundamentals
What an ATS is, and why your resume never reaches a person
Most rejections come from software, not a recruiter. Here is how an ATS reads your file and how to format for it.
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- Writing
Results, not responsibilities: how to write your experience
The gap between "worked on the website" and "cut page load from 4.2s to 1.1s" changes the whole document.
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- Structure
The one-page resume: what stays and what goes
A practical answer to the length debate, and the list of things to cut first.
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- Language
Writing an English resume for an international employer
Why a direct translation falls flat, and how to adapt a local resume for a foreign reader.
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