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Finding work, written plainly.

Short, practical articles on which jobs to apply for, writing a resume in your own words, and getting through the interview. By Peter Boswell.

Job search
How to tell if a job is worth your application, before you apply
You only get one application at each job. Five minutes with the posting, before you send anything, tells you whether this is the one to spend it on, and what your resume has to show if it is.
Interviews
The follow-up question is where interviews are won
Most interview practice stops after the first answer. A real interviewer does not. The question that follows your answer is where they find out whether the story holds up, and it is the one most people never practise.
Resumes
Building a resume when you have never written one
If you have never written a resume, the blank page is the hardest part. The trick is not to start with the page at all. Start with what you did, one job at a time, and let the resume come out of that.

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