Job search guides

Practical, honest advice for each step of an application.

• Questions to ask at the end of an interview Good questions to ask when the interviewer says "do you have any questions for us?", and how to choose the right ones for each job.
• How to tailor your resume to a job description A step-by-step way to match your resume to one job without inventing anything, from reading the ad to choosing what to cut.
• How to keep track of your job applications What to record for every application, when to follow up, and how to tell which parts of your search are working.
• How to write a cover letter that gets read A short structure for cover letters that hiring managers actually read, with what to put in each paragraph and what to leave out.