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Job alerts · · 5 min read
How to Set Up Job Alerts Without Drowning in Noise
How to set up job alerts that stay useful: title keywords, exclusions, location, junior roles, digests, and when to widen or narrow your search.
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Job search · · 5 min read
Laid Off in Tech? What to Do in the First Two Weeks
Laid off in tech and not sure what to do first? A two-week plan with paperwork questions to ask, how to explain the layoff, and messages to send your network.
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Job search · · 5 min read
Why Applying in the First 24 Hours Matters, and How to Manage It
Why early applications often get a closer look from recruiters, when speed doesn't matter, and a simple routine for applying within a day of a posting.
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Job alerts · · 5 min read
Get Notified When a Company Posts a Job: 5 Ways That Work
How to get notified when a specific company posts a job: checking career pages, feeds and page monitors, LinkedIn company alerts, and role-based bots.
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Applying · · 5 min read
How to Read a Job Description: Must-Haves, Nice-to-Haves, Signals
How to read a tech job description in five minutes. Separate must-haves from nice-to-haves and spot signals about the team, the level and remote work.
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Job alerts · · 5 min read
Telegram Bot vs LinkedIn Job Alerts — Speed, Noise and Control
How a Telegram job bot and LinkedIn job alerts differ on speed, noise and control, and how to set up both so you don't miss the roles you want.
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Roles & titles · · 5 min read
Remote Security Engineer Jobs: AppSec, Cloud, Detection and GRC Titles
How to search for remote security engineer jobs: AppSec, cloud security, detection and response, offensive security and GRC titles, and how to read the posting.
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Remote & relocation · · 5 min read
Jobs With Visa Sponsorship: How to Spot Relocation Support in Postings
How to find jobs with visa sponsorship and relocation support by reading postings closely, which phrases mean yes or no, and what to ask the recruiter.
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Remote & relocation · · 6 min read
Contractor vs Employee for Remote Jobs: B2B, EOR and What to Ask
Contractor vs employee for a remote job: how B2B contracts, Employer of Record and direct employment differ, what to ask recruiters, and what to check locally.
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Where to look · · 5 min read
Job Boards vs Company Websites: Where to Look for Tech Jobs
How job boards and aggregators compare with company career pages on freshness, duplicates and reposts, and a simple way to combine them in your job search.
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Job search · · 5 min read
How to Look for a Job While Employed: Discreet and Practical
How to look for a job while employed without your employer finding out: LinkedIn settings, personal devices, a weekly time budget and interviews around work.
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Job alerts · · 5 min read
Job Alerts Without Email or Phone Number: How Telegram Bots Connect
How to get job alerts without giving your email or phone number: how a Telegram bot connects when you press START, what it can see and what it can't.