Résumé
Job post decoder
Analyse this job posting: [paste]. List the must-have skills, nice-to-haves, keywords, and what problem this hire is meant to solve.
Career & Learning · 18 prompts
The Job Search Companion
Résumé, cover letter and interview prep, done properly.
18 prompts covering the whole job search: tailoring your résumé to a posting, cover letters, LinkedIn, networking messages, interview practice and salary negotiation. Designed to keep your real experience front and centre, never invented. For career changers, graduates and experienced professionals.
What's inside
Every prompt in the PDF, listed by section.
Résumé
- 01Job post decoder
- 02Tailored résumé
- 03Achievement bullets
- 04ATS check
- 05Career change story
Applications & network
- 06Cover letter
- 07LinkedIn headline & about
- 08Informational interview ask
- 09Recruiter reply
- 10Follow-up after applying
Interview
- 11Likely questions
- 12STAR answers
- 13Mock interview
- 14Questions to ask them
- 15Weakness question
- 16Thank-you note
- 17Salary negotiation
- 18Rejection response
Sample prompts
Three of the 18, so you can see how specific they are. The PDF has the rest, plus a short introduction.
Résumé
Tailored résumé
Here is my master résumé [paste] and the job post [paste]. Rewrite my summary and select/reorder bullets to fit the role. Don't invent anything; flag gaps.
Résumé
Achievement bullets
Turn these duties into achievement bullets using action + task + result: [paste]. Where I didn't give a number, ask me for one instead of making it up.