Putting up a page after being made redundant
You need to be findable this week, not next quarter. What to build first, and what to leave until the shock has passed.
Topic
Careers
8 articles.
Applying cold, with a page instead of a cover letter
Unsolicited applications get deleted. The narrow set of cases where a personal page turns a cold email into a reply.
Open to Work versus quietly having a page
One broadcasts availability to everyone including your employer. The other waits to be found. The trade-off, stated plainly.
Your CV as a URL, not an attachment
Sending a link instead of a PDF changes who can read it and when. What that buys you, and where the PDF still wins.
Sending a website instead of a cover letter
Some employers ask for a letter and mean a filter. Where a link genuinely substitutes, and where it reads as avoidance.
The seven-second scan, and what survives it
Recruiters skim before they read. Which three things register in that first pass, and how a personal page changes the maths.
The link on your CV that nobody clicks
Most personal site links on a CV are dead weight. What makes one get opened, and where on the document it belongs.
The job search you can be found in
Applications are outbound. Being found is inbound. How a personal page changes the second half of a job search, and what it cannot fix.