Resume Help
Photo on a Resume: Four Rules, In Priority Order
A photo on a resume is expected in Germany and Japan, discouraged in the US and UK. But the country rule is only the default — three things override it.
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Email to Send a Resume: The Length Depends on the Attachment
What to write in an email to send a resume depends on one thing — whether a cover letter is attached. Four situations, four templates.
Resume Help
Resume File Name: Yours Can Be Overwritten
Your resume file name doesn't affect your ATS score. It affects whether the file survives — resume.pdf gets overwritten by the next candidate's.
Cover Letter
Email Cover Letter: You Have 47 Characters
An email cover letter is read on a phone by 67% of recruiters, where only 47 characters of your subject survive. That constraint decides everything.
Cover Letter
Cover Letter Mistakes: The Worst One Isn't About Writing
The cover letter mistakes that get you rejected aren't the ones listicles focus on. 76% of recruiters dismiss for exaggeration — and most of them check.
Cover Letter
Cover Letter Format: Cut, Then Check, Then Export
Cover letter format rules are settled — one inch, 11pt, left-aligned. The one people break is shrinking type to fit, which never works.
Cover Letter
Who to Address a Cover Letter To (And the Risk of Guessing)
Who to address a cover letter to: a named greeting earned 15% more interviews across 7,287 applications. But a wrong name costs more than it saves.
Job Interview
Where Do You See Yourself in 5 Years? It's Not About 5 Years
Where do you see yourself in 5 years? Median tenure at 25-34 is 2.8 years, so the question isn't about five. What it measures, and how to answer.
Career
Multiple Job Offers: Timing Decides It, Not the Decision
Multiple job offers collapse on timing, not on choice. The extension you didn't ask for is the option you lost — and asking costs nothing.
Career
Job Offer Letter: You Negotiated Page One and Signed Page Seventeen
A job offer letter is a stack of contracts pretending to be one document. The headline sits on page one; the part that shapes four years does not.
Career
Signing Bonus: You Repay Money You Never Received
A $20,000 signing bonus nets about $14,000 — and most clawbacks demand the full $20,000 back. Two asymmetries, both negotiable, both usually missed.
Cover Letter
Short Cover Letter Examples: A Channel Choice, Not a Quality One
Ten short cover letter examples under 200 words — plus the rule that decides when brief works and when it costs you 38% of your callbacks.