The MMATA Blog
Honest advice for the mid-career job search
Written by someone who spent eleven months applying before building a better tool. No career coach platitudes. No generic tips. Just what actually works.
Should you hide your age on your resume? The honest answer.
Half of job seekers over 50 feel pressured to hide their age. Here is what the research actually says, and what to do about it instead.
Read postThe 6-second resume test: does yours pass?
Recruiters spend roughly 6 seconds deciding whether to read your resume. Here is what they are scanning for, and how to make sure yours passes.
Read postAI resume rewriters vs an AI that interviews you first
Most AI resume tools just rewrite what you already wrote. Here is why an AI that interviews you first surfaces the experience your resume is missing.
Read postWhy your resume doesn't show everything you've done, and what to do about it
AI tools are useful. But they work from what you give them. Here's why the gap between your resume and your actual experience matters more than keywords, and when an interview-first approach makes more sense than a prompt.
Read postHow to beat ATS when you have 15 or more years of experience
ATS rejects more experienced candidates than junior ones. Here are the exact formatting and content rules that get your resume through, written by someone who built a tool around them.
Read postWhy your resume isn't working, and it's not what you think
Most people think their resume just needs reformatting. The real problem is deeper than that. Here's what's actually going on, and what to do about it.
Read postI was retrenched twice before 50. Here's what I built the second time around.
Retrenched at 47, found a role, retrenched again at 48. The second time I came back armed with an AI coding tool I taught myself from scratch, because the existing tools only rewrote what I gave them.
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