Career insights
ATS optimization, executive resume tactics, LinkedIn growth, interview preparation and career psychology — from senior recruiting strategists.
75% of resumes are killed by an algorithm before a human ever sees them. This is the engineering-grade playbook to score 95+ on every ATS — Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, Taleo and SuccessFactors — and land interviews in 2026.
Most ‘ATS-friendly’ templates online are quietly killing your applications. This is the engineered template Premium Resume ships to clients placed at Google, Amazon and JPMorgan — broken down section by section.
Read moreForget vague advice like ‘use keywords.’ This is the 12-step engineering checklist Premium Resume runs on every client file to push ATS scores from 60 to 95+ in a single afternoon.
Read moreMost online ‘ATS scanners’ are marketing funnels with a score attached. This is the real 5-minute test our senior writers use to know — instantly — whether a resume will survive Workday, Greenhouse and Taleo.
Read moreCanva is the most popular resume builder on earth — and one of the worst for ATS. Here’s the honest, side-by-side comparison every senior candidate should read before choosing.
Read moreGoogle’s built-in resume templates feel safe — they’re Google, after all. But three of the five fail modern ATS parsing in measurable ways. Here’s which ones work, which don’t, and what to do instead.
Read moreSoftware engineer resumes lose interviews not on skill, but on positioning. This is the ATS-optimized template — and the bullet patterns — used by Premium Resume clients placed at Google, Stripe, AWS and Meta.
Read moreThree of every four resumes never reach a human. Here's exactly how Applicant Tracking Systems reject yours — and the engineering principles that get you through.
Read moreAfter the ATS, you face a six-to-seven-second human glance. The winners are not the most qualified — they are the most legible.
Read moreSenior candidates lose offers to weaker peers every week — not because of capability, but because of positioning. The seven mistakes to remove today.
Read moreA 2026-calibrated keyword bank for product, engineering, finance, marketing, operations and executive roles — pulled from live job-description analysis.
Read moreStand-out resumes are not loud — they are precise. The premium playbook: typography, hierarchy, narrative, proof.
Read moreYour LinkedIn is your second resume — and the one recruiters actually find first. The eight-section rewrite that turns it into an inbound funnel.
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