Career Guides
20 roles that are genuinely hiring. What the job involves, what employers screen for, and how to write a resume that survives the first pass.
Engineering and data
- 01Software EngineerWhat hiring managers actually screen for, and how to write a resume that survives it.→
- 02Data AnalystThe most common switch into tech. What the role really involves and what employers ask for.→
- 03Data ScientistWhere the title means research, where it means analytics, and how to tell before you apply.→
- 04DevOps EngineerA shortage role with an unusually specific screen. What to put on the page and what to leave off.→
- 05Cybersecurity AnalystThe route in from IT support, and how to reframe experience you already have.→
- 06UI/UX DesignerHow the portfolio and the resume divide the work, and what each one has to prove.→
Product and delivery
- 07Product ManagerA role with no standard definition. How to read a posting and answer what it is really asking.→
- 08Project ManagerCertifications, methodologies, and which of them a hiring manager actually cares about.→
- 09Business AnalystThe bridge role between business and engineering, and the bridge into both from elsewhere.→
Go to market
- 10Marketing ManagerShowing results when the results were a team effort, without overclaiming.→
- 11Digital Marketing ManagerChannels, tools, and the numbers that make a resume credible instead of generic.→
- 12Account ExecutiveQuota, attainment, and deal size. The sales resume is its own genre with its own rules.→
- 13Sales ManagerMoving from carrying a number to owning a team number, and proving you can do both.→
Operations
- 14Customer Success ManagerHow to show impact when you do not carry a quota. The hardest resume problem in go to market.→
- 15Operations ManagerA title that means something different in every industry. How to write for the one you want.→
- 16Supply Chain ManagerWhat changed after 2021, what employers now screen for, and how to speak to it.→
Finance, HR and admin
- 17Financial AnalystCorporate finance, FP&A, and investment analysis are different jobs. Applying to the right one.→
- 18Certified Public AccountantWhat the credential opens, what it does not, and how to position the years around it.→
- 19Human Resources SpecialistWriting a resume for the people who read resumes all day.→
- 20Executive AssistantA senior role that gets written like a junior one. How to show judgment, not just tasks.→