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Career advice for the in-between.

New posts every Tuesday and Friday. For the switchers, the laid-off, the still-searching.

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Your career values are probably wrong — here's why

Most people list values like 'work-life balance' and 'impact' without ever testing if those are real. Here's how to tell the difference between a borrowed value and one that's actually yours.

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How to write a CV when you have no experience

You don't have zero experience. You have zero experience being paid for experience — and that's a much smaller problem to solve than it feels

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Why 200 applications is worse than 20

Spraying applications feels productive. It isn't. Here's the math on why fewer, better-targeted applications beat volume every time.

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Career change after 40: a realistic playbook

You don't have too little time. You have too much pride, too much salary to protect, and no process. Here's what a realistic mid-career pivot looks like.

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