Practical guides for the search.
Long-form pieces with real before/after examples for the moments that matter most: the layoff announcement, the headline rewrite, the About section refresh, the resume bullet pass. Plus what a job posting states about pay, location and experience, and what it means when it states nothing.
How to rewrite your LinkedIn after a layoff: 16 real before/after examples
The complete playbook: headline, About section, resume bullets, and the announcement post, each with real before/after rewrites.
The best LinkedIn headline after a layoff (with examples)
What a strong headline looks like by career stage, plus the keyword strategy recruiters actually search.
What to put on LinkedIn when unemployed: 5 things to update first
The five profile fields that matter most after a layoff, in the order worth fixing them.
LinkedIn headline when unemployed: 10 examples that never say it
Why announcing your status costs you searches, and 10 rewrites that spend those characters on what recruiters actually filter for.
How to write a LinkedIn post after a layoff (3 full examples)
Three full layoff-announcement rewrites for a senior IC, a manager, and a junior, plus the emotional tells to strip.
Free LinkedIn profile rewriter tools: an honest comparison
How Facet, LinkedIn's own AI, ChatGPT, and Teal actually compare, and which one fits your situation.
LinkedIn headline examples for software engineers (10 real rewrites)
Ten engineer headline rewrites across levels and specialties, from junior to staff.
LinkedIn headline examples for product managers (10 real rewrites)
Ten PM headline rewrites across APM to director and every product domain.
LinkedIn About section examples after a layoff (4 full rewrites)
Four full About-section rewrites for senior, mid-level rebuilding, pivoting, and ex-founder situations.
Why do remote jobs require a location?
A posting headed Remote often still requires a place: a state the company can employ in, a time zone, or three days a week on site. Where that requirement sits in the ad, and how to search for the postings that attach no place at all.
Why do job postings not list salary?
Pay ranges appear on postings when a law requires them, and sit at the very bottom of the ad when they do. How to read a stated range, why a wide one is wide, and how to search for the postings that state pay at all.
Job function vs industry: what is the difference?
Function is what the work is. Industry is what the employer does. They are two separate questions, and searching as though they were one is how a product manager never sees the hospital, the bank or the state agency hiring product managers.
What does “5+ years of experience” mean on a job posting?
The years on a posting are a proxy for a level, written by somebody describing the seat rather than counting anybody’s career. What the number stands in for, what to do when you are under it, and why a years filter should keep the ads that state nothing.