The SearchForJobs blog
Honest writing about UK job-hunting. No engagement-farming, no recruiter-friendly platitudes, no "10 LinkedIn tips that will change your life."
Why am I not getting interviews? Five causes, and how to tell which is yours
Fifty rejections almost never have fifty causes. Four of the five usual culprits have nothing to do with how good you are at the job.
How to get past an ATS: what the software actually does to your CV
An applicant tracking system is a parser and a search index, not a judge. Most damage blamed on it is simply a CV it could not read.
Why your CV gets ghosted: the unglamorous truth from UK recruiters
It’s not your career break, your photo, or your fonts. It’s usually one of these five things — and four of them have nothing to do with you.
Ghost jobs are 18% of UK postings. Here’s how to spot one in 30 seconds.
Most "we’re hiring" pages aren’t hiring. They’re collecting CVs, pipeline-building, or running internal politics. The signals are obvious once you know what to look for.
Why "tailor your CV to every job" is mostly bad advice
The job-search advice industry sells effort because effort is testable. The thing that actually matters — knowing which jobs to skip — gets none of the airtime.