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Career advice blog written by recruiters, covering resumes, interviews, job hunting, and career change, with articles and guides free to read.
Staffing and recruiting firm focused on IT, engineering and professional services roles, with a free job search and career blog.
Why I recommend it: Free for job seekers; staffing firms are paid by the employers who hire through them.
Twenty-five recruiters explain what applicant tracking systems actually do with your resume — and why most rejections come from people and filters, not an automatic robot.
Why I recommend it: Good myth-buster for anyone rewriting a resume 'for the ATS'. Enhancv sells a resume builder, but the article is free to read.
A free candidate account that sends job alerts for reviewed openings, lets approved recruiters consider your profile, and tracks applications, saved jobs and resumes.
Why I recommend it: Joining the talent network is free — you do not have to fill out a long application first. Their one-to-one career services and employer packages are paid, so treat the network as the free front door and ignore the upsells unless you want them.
Free job board and staffing service from one of the largest talent agencies in the US: search openings by role and location, upload a resume once, and get matched with recruiters for temporary, contract and permanent roles across administrative, light industrial, technology, finance and healthcare work.
Why I recommend it: Worth registering even if you are not applying today — recruiters here often work roles that never get posted publicly, and the intake is free to job seekers.
A recruiter-tested guide to building a LinkedIn profile that AI ranking tools and human recruiters can actually find — keyword strategy, profile completeness, networking, recommendations, and company/group connections.
In plain terms: A practical, step-by-step playbook from Manpower for making your LinkedIn profile visible to both AI ranking tools and recruiters — covering keyword choice, full profile completion, network-building to 500+ connections, gathering recommendations, following target companies, joining professional groups, and staying active with status updates and a professional photo.
From the site: How to use LinkedIn so recruiters will see you and connect with you: a guide to use throughout your career.
Why I recommend it: The headline is the single highest-leverage field on your profile — load it with the exact keywords from job postings you want. Treat your profile as a living document: rebuild it whenever you change targets, because recruiter AI ranks by keyword match to the job description, not by seniority.
A walkthrough of how to find and place the right keywords in your LinkedIn profile so recruiters and search actually surface you.
In plain terms: A short guide on choosing the keywords recruiters actually search and where to place them on your LinkedIn profile. Practical first step if your profile gets views but no messages.
From the site: Where it all starts
Why I recommend it: Start here before rewriting your whole profile. Keywords in your headline and About section do more work than clever wording.
Executive recruiter writing about how search firms really screen candidates, plus LinkedIn and job-search tactics.
In plain terms: An executive recruiter shares what happens behind the curtain of a search process and how to run a tighter job search. Aimed at experienced and senior professionals.
From the site: Executive recruiter by day and LinkedIn expert by night, giving executives a peek behind the executive search curtain and helping them run an efficient job search.
Why I recommend it: Follow someone who sits on the hiring side. His posts explain what recruiters skip past in seconds, which is hard to learn any other way.
A free, recruiter-tested resume template with an explanation of why each section is ordered the way it is.
In plain terms: This guide provides a free, downloadable resume template formatted for applicant tracking systems. You can follow the step-by-step advice to fill in your work history, skills, and education for your job search.
From the site: Writing a resume from scratch is hard. A free downloadable resume template plus all the tips you need to make yours sparkle.
Step-by-step toolkit for curating a recruiter-ready GitHub: profile README, three pinned public projects, clean repo naming, and the six-section README map every project should follow. Includes a quality checklist.
In plain terms: This guide shows you how to organize and clean up your GitHub profile for job applications. You can follow the quality checklist and project outline to present your best work clearly to recruiters.
Why I recommend it: Three well-documented projects beat ten messy ones. Test your profile in an incognito window.
Created by Justin Smith — Launchpad Library