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Job search prompts

CVs, cover letters, interviews, salary talk. The whole gauntlet, prompt by prompt.

• work Critique Your Own CV Before You Send It to Someone Worth Impressing

  Get a direct critique of your CV before it reaches someone whose opinion matters.

• creative Reframe a Rejection Letter

  Extract the one useful thing from a rejection and stop reading the rest.

• work Evaluate a Job Offer You Are Not Sure About

  Work out whether to take the job offer you are not sure about.

• work Write a Resignation Letter

  Write a resignation letter that confirms the facts and leaves well.

• work Compare Two Job Offers

  Compare two job offers across everything that matters, not just the salary.

• learn Research a Career Before You Commit to It

  Find out what a career actually involves before you study for it.

• work Negotiate a Salary Increase

  Ask for the raise with the right number and the right words.

• work Write a Job Application Cover Letter

  Write a cover letter that sounds like you and not a template.

• self Write a Personal Development Plan

  Write a personal development plan you will actually use this year.

• life Plan a Career Change While Still Employed

  Plan a career change in 90 days without quitting your job first.

• work Write a Performance Self-Review That Actually Gets Read

  Write a self-review that shows your impact without overselling it.

• self Summarise Your Personal Strengths in a Way You Can Use in an Interview

  Build a strengths answer that is specific enough to be memorable and evidenced enough to be credible.

• self Critique Your Career Trajectory for Strategic Coherence

  Find out what your career history is actually building toward.

• self Decide Whether to Stay in a Role or Move On

  Work out whether the problem is this role or a problem that will follow you to the next one.

• work Translate a Job Description Into What the Job Is Actually Like

  Find out what the job actually involves before you spend two hours on the application.

• life Reframe a Career Setback as Useful Information

  Extract something useful from the career setback before the narrative hardens into 'I failed'.

• work Plan a Job Move That Does Not Burn the Bridge

  Leave the job well enough that you could come back and want the reference either way.

• life Decide Whether to Go Freelance

  Evaluate the freelance decision with honest numbers before you hand in notice.

• self Plan a Five-Year Career Development Path That Is Specific Enough to Use

  Build a five-year career plan that has a first action you can do this month.

• work Generate a Cover Letter That Is Not a Summary of the CV

  Write the cover letter that tells them something the CV does not rather than repeating it.

• work Decide Whether to Push Back on an Unreasonable Deadline or Accept It

  Work out whether to push back on a deadline you cannot meet without compromising something that matters.

• work Reframe a Job You Have Started to Resent Before You Resign

  Work out what the job resentment is actually about before deciding that leaving is the answer.

• work Compare Two Career Paths by What They Actually Produce Day to Day

  Compare two career paths by what they actually produce in daily working life rather than what they promise on paper.

• work Assess Your Career Progress Honestly and Decide What to Do Next

  Get an honest read on your career trajectory and the three actions that will matter most in the next twelve months.

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