We have reached the end of our six-week journey. If you’ve been following along, you’ve navigated ghost jobs, prioritized referrals, and pitched your ROI in a cautious market.

We’ve reached the final week of January, and for many of you, the "January Surge" has felt more like a "January Stasis."

If you have an interview on the calendar this week, congratulations. In this economy, that is a massive win. It means you’ve successfully bypassed the "Ghost Jobs" and the "Black Hole" portals.

If you’ve been applying to jobs recently, you’ve probably noticed a discouraging trend: roles on LinkedIn or Indeed hitting "100+ applicants" within hours.

It’s the first full week of January. You’ve had your coffee, you’ve opened your tracking sheet, and you’re ready to execute your "Resilient Search."

Tonight, as the clock strikes midnight, the internet will be flooded with "New Year, New Career" posts. The conventional wisdom says that on January 2nd (or maybe January 5th), hiring managers will skip back to their desks, budgets will overflow, and a "surge" of jobs will suddenly appear.

Happy holidays! We’ve officially made it to the final week of our series.

We are officially in the home stretch of the year. If you’ve followed along, you’ve spent the last month auditing your materials, reconnecting with your network, upskilling, and identifying your target companies.

If you've been diligently working on your mindset, networking outreach, and portfolio over the last three weeks, you are already far ahead of the competition.

We're now in the first week of December, and by now, the job search slowdown is likely noticeable.

If you followed the advice from last week, you've shelved the high-stress application volume and started focusing on a crucial Strategic Preparation step: auditing and polishing your core materials. Well done!

The air is getting colder, the holiday decorations are going up, and if you’ve been job searching for a while, you might be feeling another shift: the slowdown.