How resume screening actually works.

How long do recruiters look at a resume? What the 7-second screen really means

Eye-tracking research puts the first resume screen at 7.4 seconds. Here is what recruiters actually read in that window, and how to survive it.

Applied to 100 jobs with no response? Here is what is actually wrong

Silence after dozens of applications is a diagnosable problem. The four most common causes, how to tell which one is yours, and what to fix first.

Why is my resume getting rejected? The real reasons, in screening order

Rejections rarely mean you are unqualified. Walk through the same checks a screener runs, in the order they run them, and find where yours fails.

Rejected minutes after applying? What automated rejection really is

An instant rejection is not a human judging your worth. What knockout questions and auto-filters actually do, and how to stop tripping them.

Resume red flags recruiters actually reject, ranked by damage

Not every resume sin costs you the interview. The red flags that genuinely end a screen, ranked by how often they kill otherwise qualified candidates.

Roast my resume: a free, brutally honest AI resume review

Paste your resume and get the read a recruiter gives it in the first 7 seconds: a 0 to 100 screen score, your weakest line, and a rewrite. Free, no signup.

Tailor your resume to a job description, scored against the actual posting

Paste a job description and see how your resume scores against it before you apply. Real keyword gaps, an honest verdict, and a tailored rewrite.

Resume brainstorm: turn your experience into bullet points

Stuck on what to put on your resume? Talk through your experience out loud and get real, specific resume bullets in your own words.