Short essays on what's actually happening in senior hiring — written from inside live engagements. Subscribe for a monthly note.
Easy Apply optimizes for the wrong metric — applications submitted, not applications read. A breakdown of why direct ATS routing is 4-7× more effective, with data from 200+ recent searches.
Read the essay →The green banner was designed for early-career visibility. For senior professionals, it actively filters you into recruiter junk folders. What to do instead.
Read the essay →A working framework for translating banking, consulting, and academic experience into FinTech, SaaS, or industry vocabulary — without inventing skills.
Read the essay →Eye-tracking studies + pattern recognition from 200+ engagements. The four resume zones that decide whether you get the screen or not.
Read the essay →If the writing is useful, the email list will be. Until the list is wired, send a short note and I will add you manually.