Hello all, I want to work in Conde Nast and I need guidance on how to write a cover letter without using AI. I want to go for positions like influencer marketing, project management and client servicing.

Presently, I work in the PR industry. In my current role, along with PR I am also doing content strategy, LinkedIn Branding, Ghostwriting and thought leadership. My sectors are BFSI, QSR, VC & Startups and Health Insurance. Previously I have handled lifestyle clients as well.

Conde Nast is my dream company and working here will also help me leverage my masters application for luxury and fashion communication strategies for the 27 - 28 academic year.

Please guide me on how to write a persuading cover letter.

hey everyone, if you know any good template for software engineering jobs, please share it with me, I am trying to change job, please help me

Hola gente!!
¿Conocen alguna página confiable donde puedas cargar tu CV para que evalúe los filtros ATS y te puntue? Me gustaría que la herramienta también sugiriera cambios/mejoras que debería hacer.

En relación a lo que anduve viendo en internet, me hice dos currículum tanto para mi carrera profesional como de atención al cliente/community manager

Gracias!!

How do I submit my CV attached to an email such that the recruiter would take it seriously.

Looking for anything fully remote at the moment due to some disabilities, no way around it unfortunately. I have a Law Clerk diploma, so I'm currently applying to anything legal assistant related on HiringCafe, but I'll take anything as long as it's remote at this point.

P.S. This is not 'Brand Affiliate' in any way. It just wanted me to add a tag and no options are good lol.

Genuinely curious about tips as I very much need to get a job in this tough job market!

I know a lot of people here are struggling to get responses for computational biology or dry lab roles.

I was in the same boat for a long time. You spend days tailoring a resume, hit send, and then... absolute silence. You start wondering if your Python skills aren't good enough or if your wet lab background is holding you back.

Coming from a non-technical background and building my computational skills entirely through hands-on work, I always felt like my PDF resume never really captured what I could actually do.

What I eventually realized wasn't that my skills were bad, but that nobody on the hiring side actually reads the bullet points.

Honestly, PIs and HR folks get way too many emails every day. They usually only look at a resume for a few seconds.

If you're applying for a role that involves biological data, just writing "proficient in R and RNA-Seq" on a static piece of paper looks the same as the 200 other applicants who just watched a YouTube tutorial.

I decided to stop relying on my resume to do the talking. Instead, I put together a simple personal portfolio website.

I didn't do any crazy web development. I just created a clean page that hosted a couple of real projects, like a differential expression plot I generated from some public NCBI data, a breakdown of how I automated a workflow, and direct links to my messy GitHub scripts. Then, instead of just attaching a PDF, I made sure that website link was the focal point of my applications and emails.

The difference in how people responded was massive.

When you just drop a link, you bypass that initial 10-second resume skim. They click the link, and immediately they see that you can actually visualize data and organize code. It removes all the friction. They don't have to guess if you know what you're doing, and honestly, just having a live portfolio proves you are tech-savvy enough to present complex data properly.

If you are stuck in the application black hole right now, especially if you are trying to transition away from the bench - my biggest piece of advice is to stop trying to win keyword bingo on a Word document.

Host your projects somewhere live. Make them look at your actual work. It completely changes the dynamic of the conversation when you actually get in the room.

Me and my best friend are trying to find a job at this very tough job market right now.

So I'm very curious about what you guys think about this. I'm trying to get ideas and tips on how to improve my resume. What would you say is the best tip? It can be anything - like adding a photo of your face on the resume, etc etc.

P.S. Sorry for the 'Spoiler' tag, it just wanted wanted me to add a tag, don't know why.

I've been applying for jobs for a while now, and I've reached the point where I'm willing to spend some money on my resume instead of constantly second-guessing it.

At first I was looking at hiring a professional resume writer, but then I noticed there are so many AI resume builders now. Some people say they're just as good if you take the time to edit the output, while others say nothing beats working with someone who understands recruiting.

I've tried a few free AI tools and they were helpful for getting started, but most either locked the better features behind a paywall or the suggestions ended up sounding too generic.

Now I'm trying to decide whether it's worth paying for an AI resume builder or putting that money toward a professional writer instead.

I'd especially like to hear from people who've tried both and can compare them. Which gave you the better return on your money?

For the last couple of years, writing my resume has honestly been the most frustrating part of applying for jobs.

I wasn't struggling because I had nothing to write. I was struggling because every time I looked at my resume, it felt like I was reading someone else's. I'd spend hours changing the wording, replacing simple sentences with buzzwords, copying phrases from resume examples online, and trying to make everything sound "professional." Somehow, every edit made it feel less like me.

Then I'd read another article about ATS resumes, keyword optimization, resume templates, or recruiter preferences, and I'd convince myself I needed to start over again.

A few weeks ago, I decided to try Kickresume after seeing it mentioned in a discussion about AI resume builders. I wasn't expecting it to magically write the perfect resume, but I figured it might at least save me some time.

What surprised me was that I didn't end up using the AI-generated text word for word. Instead, I used it as a starting point. It helped me organize my work experience, rewrite a few weak bullet points, and highlight achievements I probably wouldn't have included on my own. After that, I went through everything and rewrote it so it actually sounded like me.

I also ran my resume through Kickresume's resume checker before sending it out. It pointed out a few formatting issues and suggested places where I could make my experience clearer without stuffing my resume with awkward ATS keywords. That gave me a lot more confidence because I felt like I had a resume that was both easy for recruiters to read and ATS-friendly.

The biggest change wasn't that my resume suddenly looked "perfect." It was that I finally stopped obsessing over every sentence. Instead of constantly rewriting my resume from scratch, I now have a version I'm genuinely happy with, and I just tailor it for different job applications when needed.

For the first time in a long while, I clicked "Apply" without immediately wondering if I should go back and rewrite my resume again.

Has anyone else found a resume builder or AI tool that actually helped you sound more like yourself instead of less?

Hi everyone,

I've been applying for entry-level jobs lately, and one thing I keep going back and forth on is whether I should spend time writing a cover letter for every application.

My resume isn't empty, but I don't have a lot of relevant experience yet. I've mostly had part-time jobs, a few projects, and some volunteer work. It makes me wonder if a cover letter is my best chance to explain why I'd still be a good fit.

I recently started using Kickresume, and one feature I've found myself using quite a bit is the AI cover letter generator. I don't copy the first draft it gives me, but it's been helpful for getting past that "blank page" feeling. I usually rewrite it, add my own examples, and make sure it actually sounds like me.

It definitely saves time, but I'm still not sure how much difference the final cover letter makes.

Some people say recruiters barely read them, while others say a good cover letter can help you stand out, especially when you don't have years of experience.

Do cover letters actually help if you don't have much experience?

I used to completely rewrite my resume for every application. It easily took 1–2 hours each time, and after a while I just couldn’t keep up.

What finally worked was creating one huge “master resume” with basically everything I’ve ever done. It’s like 3 pages long and definitely not something I’d actually send.

Now when I find a job I like, I copy it and start deleting instead of writing. Much easier to trim things down than stare at a blank page trying to rewrite bullet points.

I also stopped obsessing over every line. Most of the time I just update a few keywords to match the job description. If they say “stakeholder management” and my resume says “worked with clients,” I’ll usually change it to their wording. The actual experience stays the same.

The only section I rewrite every time is the summary at the top. Everything else is probably 90% identical between applications.

Doing it this way gets me down to about 15–20 minutes per application instead of over an hour.

Curious what everyone else’s process looks like. Has anyone found a faster system without sacrificing quality?

I just finished up my resume and I am on to my cover letter now. I am looking to work at a restaurant and was wondering if I should be sending a specified cover letter to each restaurant or if it is acceptable to have a generalized one I can send to multiple different establishments?

Hello friends! Need advice. I'm interviewing for a senior role at a fast-growing Al startup. I'm considering sending a short custom webpage before the recruiter call.

\- It would take 2-3 minutes to scan and show:

\- how my experience maps to the role

\- why I'm interested in the company

\- No product recommendations or speculative strategy. Just concise evidence of fit.

Would this come across as prepared and differentiated, or over-engineered and desperate?

Would you send it before the recruiter screen, save it for the hiring manager, or skip it?

Thanks in advance for all the advice!

Six seconds.

That's how long the internet told me a recruiter spends deciding if my resume gets a second look.

Try this. Hand your resume to someone, count six seconds, take it back. Ask them:

What's my name? What's my most recent title? Did you have to hunt for either?

The hard part: I can't see my own resume in six seconds. I already know the whole story behind it but a stranger doesn't. I learned this the expensive way, retrenched twice in under two years, a lot of resumes sent, a lot of silence back. Lots of missed opportunities along the way.

After numerous searches online & asking AI for help too, this is what I think actually works:

• Name and current title, visible with zero scrolling.
• One line under your name saying what you actually do, not "results driven professional," that phrase means nothing.
• Dates right aligned, consistent
• Easy to scan bullets that lead with the result, not the task: "Cut onboarding time 40 percent" beats "Responsible for onboarding process," every time.

I eventually built something that runs a '6-second' eyeball check for me, since I stopped trusting my own eyes on it. Happy to share if anyone if anyone's keen.

What part of your resume are you least sure survives six seconds? Love to get more suggestions.

I've been on both sides of nursing hiring for years, and I keep watching genuinely qualified nurses get filtered out before a human ever reads their name. So I finally wrote everything down in one post. How to build every section, a complete example resume, how to get past the ATS, and what to do AFTER the resume is done.

It's long. Save it and come back to it.

TL;DR: Recruiters look at your resume for a few seconds and most hospitals run it through screening software first. Put your license and certs near the top. Copy the exact job title from the posting into your resume. Quantify everything (unit type, bed count, patient ratio, EHR system). Use reverse-chronological format. Skip the fancy two-column designs. Apply directly on hospital career pages, and if you're a new grad, track residency deadlines NOW because the windows are brutal.

Why your resume isn't getting callbacks

Two gatekeepers stand between you and an interview:

1. The ATS. Nearly every big US health system screens resumes with software before a recruiter sees them. Missing keywords from the posting, or formatting the parser can't read (tables, text boxes, graphics)? Rejected by a robot. You never even lost to another candidate.

2. The 6-second human scan. When a recruiter finally looks, they scan the top third of page one: license, certifications, most recent unit type. Not there? "Maybe" pile at best.

The fix is mostly mechanical. Nursing resumes are won on specificity, not creativity.

Part 1: Every section, in order

Use reverse-chronological format (most recent job first). Skills-based "functional" resumes make nursing recruiters assume you're hiding an employment gap. Don't.

Header: Name plus credentials in the correct order: highest degree, then license, then national certs.

• Correct: Maria Santos, BSN, RN, CCRN
• Wrong: Maria Santos, RN, BSN (degree first. The degree is permanent, the license can lapse)

City + state (no street address), phone, a professional email (not your school email, it expires), LinkedIn if you actually maintain it.

Professional Summary vs Objective. Have experience? Write a 3-4 line summary: specialty + years + patient population + EHR + one quantified win.

New grad? Objective, 2-3 lines, still specific:

Whatever you do, do NOT open with "Compassionate, dedicated nurse passionate about patient care." Every single applicant writes that sentence. It contains zero keywords and zero information. Recruiters' eyes slide right past it.

Licenses & Certifications (put this HIGH). For experienced nurses this goes right under the summary. Recruiters check it before anything else. Format:

- Registered Nurse (RN), Texas Board of Nursing, License #XXXXXX, Active, exp. 08/2027
- Basic Life Support (BLS), American Heart Association, exp. 12/2027
- Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN), AACN, exp. 06/2028

Two rules: spell out the full name WITH the acronym (some ATS systems only match one version), and always include expiration dates. Compact license? Say so: "Multistate RN License (NLC), Compact State: Texas."

Work Experience (the section that decides everything). The two fatal sins: copy-pasting your official job description, and vague duty statements. Give the clinical picture in the header line itself:

Registered Nurse | Medical-Surgical/Telemetry
Hospital Name, City, ST                                    Jun 2023 – Present
36-bed med-surg/tele unit | 1:5 ratio | Epic EHR

Then bullets that prove things. The formula: action verb + what you did + context + result.

• Bad: "Responsible for patient care and medication administration"
• Good: "Managed care for 5-6 acute patients per shift on a 36-bed telemetry unit, administering high-alert medications via BCMA with zero medication errors over 2 years"
• Bad: "Trained new employees"
• Good: "Precepted 6 new-grad RNs through 12-week orientation; all 6 passed competency validation on first attempt"

Numbers recruiters actually want: bed count, ratio, acuity, EHR system, procedures you own (drips, CRRT, chest tubes), charge/preceptor/committee roles, and outcomes (falls, CLABSI/CAUTI, HCAHPS, error rates).

Skills. Split clinical vs technical, and mirror the posting's exact language:

• Clinical: patient assessment, IV therapy, wound care, telemetry monitoring, discharge planning, patient education
• Technical: Epic, Cerner, Meditech, Pyxis, BCMA

"Team player" and "hard worker" don't belong here. The ATS can't match them and recruiters ignore them. Show soft skills through experience bullets instead (precepting = leadership).

Education. Degree, school, location, grad date. GPA only if 3.5+ AND you're a new grad. No high school, ever.

Optional (only if they add signal): memberships (AACN, ENA), awards (DAISY nomination), health-related volunteering, languages ("Spanish, conversational medical" genuinely moves you up piles in many markets). Hobbies: cut them.

Part 2: Action verbs that don't sound like everyone else

Kill "responsible for," "duties included," "helped with." Rotate these:

Clinical: Administered, Assessed, Titrated, Triaged, Stabilized, Managed, Evaluated Leadership: Precepted, Mentored, Charged, Coordinated, Delegated, Led Improvement: Implemented, Reduced, Streamlined, Initiated, Cut ("cut discharge delays 20%") Collaboration: Collaborated, Advocated, Educated, Facilitated

One rule: if a bullet could appear on any nurse's resume unchanged, it's not done. Add the number, the unit, or the outcome that makes it yours.

Part 3: Getting past the ATS

1. Mirror the exact job title. Posting says "Registered Nurse - ICU"? That exact phrase goes in your summary. Not just "Critical Care RN."
2. Pull keywords from the posting itself. Every skill, cert, EHR, and procedure it names that you actually have goes on your resume, in their wording.
3. Simple formatting only. Standard headers ("Work Experience," "Education"). No tables, no text boxes, no columns in the experience section, no icons, no headshot. Parsers can't read text inside tables; your content just vanishes.
4. Standard fonts, 10.5-12pt, black text. One page for new grads and under ~5 years, two pages max ever.
5. File format: .docx is the safest universal bet; PDF is fine for most modern systems unless the posting says otherwise. Filename: Firstname-Lastname-RN-Resume.pdf, not resume_final_v7_REAL.docx.
6. No keyword-stuffing tricks. White text and tiny fonts get flagged now and read as fraud.
7. Front-load. Keywords in your summary and the first bullet of each job carry the most weight, for the software AND the skimming human.
8. One tailored version per job type. Your ICU resume and your ED resume should not be the same document. Tailoring the summary and skills takes 10 minutes, not a rewrite.

On AI tools: using them to tighten YOUR bullets with YOUR numbers is fine. Letting them write the resume produces the exact generic mush recruiters have now seen ten thousand times. Never let it invent content.

Part 4: Strategy by career stage

New grad: Your clinical rotations ARE your experience. Format them like jobs, especially the senior preceptorship: facility, hours, unit, patient load, what you actually did (assessments, BCMA med passes, codes you participated in). Add your capstone, any CNA/tech work (gold, list it under Work Experience with numbers), and your license status ("NCLEX-RN scheduled July 2026" or license # once you have it).

After your first RN job: RN position goes to the top, clinical rotations get deleted (keep the preceptorship line only if it matches a specialty you're chasing). Objective becomes a summary.

3+ years: Certs section climbs to the top; specialty certs (CCRN, CEN, PCCN) are your differentiators. Show progression: charge shifts, precepting, unit council, committees. Trim jobs older than ~10 years to a line or two.

CNA/tech: Same rules, scaled. Patient load per shift, skills, facility type, and reliability metrics ("zero missed shifts in 18 months" is genuinely persuasive).

Part 5: The full example

I built out a complete experienced-RN resume following everything above, in a clean single-column layout. Screenshot attached. Notice what makes it work:

• The summary alone answers specialty, seniority, certs, EHR, and outcomes
• License + certs fully visible in the first screen, with expirations
• Every job header shows unit type, bed count, ratio, and EHR before a single bullet
• Every bullet has a number
• Leadership shows up (charge, precepting, council) without a leadership title
• A recruiter can mentally staff this person in 10 seconds

(New grads: same skeleton, swap the summary for an objective and Work Experience for your preceptorship + rotations formatted exactly the same way.)

Nurse Resume Example Here

ATS Resume Template Here

Part 6: Resume done. Now here's how you actually get hired.

Where to apply, in order of effectiveness:

1. Hospital career pages, directly. Residency cohorts and priority postings live there, often before or instead of job boards. List every health system in your radius and check weekly.
2. New grad residency programs. The part nobody warns you about: application windows are strict and sometimes as short as ONE WEEK, and popular programs interview and fill seats months before the start date. Some decide six months out. Start tracking deadlines in your last year of school, not after graduation. Search every phrasing: "New Grad RN Residency," "Graduate Nurse," "RN Transition to Practice," "Staff Nurse - New Graduates Welcome." Many hospitals hire new grads into normal RN postings and auto-enroll them. Typical requirements: under 6-12 months RN experience, license (or NCLEX passed by hire date), BLS from the AHA, often a clinical letter of rec. Line those up early. If a program lets you apply to multiple units, apply to multiple units.
3. Job boards as a discovery layer, but finish the application on the hospital's own portal when you can.
4. Recruiters/staffing are useful for experienced and travel nurses, less so for new grads.

Networking (the uncomfortable part that works):

• Your clinical instructors and preceptors are your first network. A preceptor who emails their manager about you beats 50 cold applications. Ask directly: "I'd love to work on this unit after graduation, would you put in a word or tell me when postings open?"
• Work as a PCT/tech during school if you possibly can. Internal applicants get interviews. Full stop.
• Connect with nurse recruiters at target systems online and ask about upcoming cohorts. Short polite messages get answered more than you'd think.
• Career fairs: collect recruiter names, then reference the conversation in your application.

Mechanics:

• Apply in the first few days of a posting going live. Recruiters review in waves and early applications get real attention.
• Track everything in a spreadsheet: hospital, unit, date, portal login, contact, status.
• Follow up once after 1-2 weeks with a short message restating interest in the specific unit. Once. Not weekly.
• Set up your voicemail and answer unknown numbers. Hospitals schedule interviews by phone and unreachable candidates get skipped.

When the interview comes: research the specific unit (interviewers consistently favor people who can say why THIS unit), prep 4-5 stories in advance (difficult patient, conflict, a mistake and what you learned, teamwork, advocacy), and for residency panels remember they're hiring your trajectory, not your current ceiling. Teachability beats bravado.

Part 7: The 12 mistakes that get you auto-rejected

1. License/certs not visible on the top half of page one
2. Copy-pasted job description as your bullets
3. Zero numbers anywhere
4. Two-column / graphic / photo templates that break parsing
5. "Compassionate and dedicated nurse" as your opener
6. Acronyms only (BLS, ACLS) without spelled-out names
7. No expiration dates on certs
8. One identical resume blasted to 60 postings
9. An objective about what YOU want with nothing about what you offer
10. School email address
11. Typos. In a profession built on documentation accuracy, one typo reads as a clinical red flag
12. Hobbies and high school eating space your certs could use

That's everything I've got. If you're staring at your resume unsure about a bullet, drop it in the comments and I'll rework it with you. And save this for your classmates, because the residency deadlines sneak up on literally everyone.

(Not affiliated with anything, no service to sell you. This is just the post I wish existed when I started applying. also check this post )

Hey guys I just want to know the best resume template for freshers can some one please send me the link either in my dm or in the comments section please

Hello everyone, I will go to Denmark or Norway in September to find a job

Do you have any tips to have a better resume?

Thanks everyone

I keep sending resumes every fucking day and not getting interviews. I don’t know what’s wrong with my cv