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Notes on the job market, hiring practice and search strategy from the CareerHub editorial team.
What we write about here
The guides on this site answer settled questions: how to write a CV, how to prepare for an interview, what a role pays. This section is for things that are still moving — changes in hiring practice, patterns we see in the listings that pass through the site, and the scams that follow job seekers around.
Job scams in particular are worth your attention. They have become markedly more convincing, they target people at their most vulnerable, and almost all of them break at the same few points. Knowing those points is a five-minute read that can save someone their savings.
How we decide what is worth publishing
We publish when we have something specific to say. An article that could apply equally to any role in any country is not worth your time, and we send those back rather than fill a schedule with them.
Where a claim is contested, or varies between the markets this site covers, we say so rather than presenting one market as universal. Where we get something wrong, we correct it and note what changed.
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ATS-friendly CV formatting: what actually matters
Applicant tracking systems are widely misunderstood. Here is what they really do to your document, and the small number of formatting rules that follow from it.
CareerHub Editorial Team · 6 min read ·
Applying through LinkedIn, Indeed and aggregators without losing track
Job hunting now means applying across half a dozen platforms. Here is a system for tracking applications, avoiding duplicates, and following up at the right time.
CareerHub Editorial Team · 6 min read ·
How to spot a job scam before it costs you
Recruitment fraud has become more sophisticated and better written. Here are the patterns that still give it away, and what to do if you have already engaged.
CareerHub Editorial Team · 7 min read ·