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What Happens After You Apply for a Job? The Recruiter’s Process Explained
July 22, 2026 • Job SearchCV Advice
You’ve found a job you like, clicked apply, uploaded your CV, answered a few questions… and then? Nothing. It feels like your application has disappeared into a black hole. No email. No call. No feedback. Just silence. So what’s actually going on behind the scenes? Let me walk you through it. Step 1: Your Application Lands in the ATS Recruiters…
What People Who Land Jobs Are Doing Differently
July 22, 2026 • Job Search
If you’ve been job hunting for a while and getting nowhere, it’s not because you’re not good enough, and it’s not because “the market is broken.” Yes, the job market is tough right now. But even in tough markets, people are still landing jobs. So what are they doing differently? After more than two decades in recruitment, here’s what I’ve…
No Job Is Safe Anymore. And That’s Exactly Why You Should Prepare Now.
July 22, 2026 • Career Advice
I was quoted in a Business Insider article about Robinhood’s decision to lay off around 10% of its workforce. What made the story interesting wasn’t the layoffs themselves. Unfortunately, layoffs have become so common over the last few years that they barely make headlines anymore. It was the reason behind them. Robinhood isn’t a company in trouble. Quite the opposite. According to…
How to Build Influence at Work, Without Waiting for the Fancy Job Title
July 22, 2026 • Career Advice
There’s this common assumption that influence comes once you’ve got a fancy job title. Manager. Lead. Head of Something. Director of Whatever. But if you’ve spent any time in the working world, you’ll know that’s not always true. Some of the most influential people in an organisation don’t have a team reporting into them, they don’t sit on the leadership…
Why Most CVs Are Losing in This Market
July 22, 2026 • CV Advice
Let’s begin with something obvious. The market is difficult. There are more applicants per role, hiring processes are slower, and organisations are cautious about committing to new hires. If you are applying for jobs and not getting interviews, it is reasonable to point to the market as part of the explanation. However, what many people overlook is what happens when…
The meeting that decides your career. And you’re not in it
July 22, 2026 • Career Advice
There is a meeting happening in your company that you have never been invited to and probably don’t know exists. Your name is being discussed in that meeting. Decisions are being made about your future there, whether you’ll be promoted, whether you’re a retention risk, whether you’d survive a restructure. And everything said about you comes from one source: your…
What happens after you leave the interview room
July 22, 2026 • Job Interviews
The conversation that decides whether you got the job. And what it tells you about how to prepare. Most people think the interview ends when they walk out of the room. It doesn’t. The conversation that actually decides whether you get the job happens after you’ve left, and you never get to be part of it. I’ve sat in hundreds…
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