The lapel blog
Practical, no-nonsense writing on getting past the parser, tailoring honestly, and turning a static document into live proof of your work.
RSS feedA résumé is a document. Your work is a web of links. A link hub is the small page that joins them, with a QR code that turns a printed résumé into a tap.
ReadKeyword panic sells courses. The honest version is simpler: mirror the language of the specific job, but only where it is true of you.
ReadTailoring is supposed to surface the true overlap between you and a role, not invent one. Here is an honest method, and where AI helps without crossing the line.
ReadThe page-count rule is a proxy for the real one: every line has to earn its place. For most students and early-career applicants, that lands on a single page.
ReadApplicant tracking systems are simpler and dumber than people fear. Here is what they read, what breaks them, and why a single column is the whole trick.
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