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Guides and explainers
Long-form writing on GitHub profiles, resumes that survive applicant tracking systems, and how to read a developer’s public work without drawing the wrong conclusions.
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#github#copilot#contributions#explainer
Does using GitHub Copilot show up on your profile?
Whether AI-assisted commits are marked differently on GitHub, what actually appears on your contribution graph, and what that means if you use Copilot regularly.
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#resume#career#students
How to make a resume for your first job
How to build a credible resume with little or no formal work history, using education, projects and volunteer work to fill the space experience would otherwise take.
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#resume#career#how-to
What is a resume summary, and do you need one?
What a resume summary is for, how it differs from an objective statement, and a simple structure for writing one that actually earns its place at the top of the page.
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#github#students#career
The GitHub Student Developer Pack, explained
What the GitHub Student Developer Pack actually includes, who qualifies, and how to turn a semester of using it into a resume that shows real, verifiable work.
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#github#github-pages#resume#how-to
Hosting your resume or portfolio on GitHub Pages
How GitHub Pages works, what it is actually good for, and where it stops being the right tool once you need a resume that recruiters can search and parse.
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#resume#ai#github#career
AI resume builders vs. building yours from GitHub
What AI resume builders actually generate, where that content comes from, and why a resume built from real repository data is a different, more verifiable kind of shortcut.
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#resume#career
How long should a resume be?
The actual reasoning behind the one-page guideline, when two pages is genuinely correct, and why cutting length is usually an editing problem rather than a formatting one.
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#resume#career#how-to
What to put on a resume, section by section
A section-by-section breakdown of what belongs on a resume, what commonly gets included but should not, and how the answer changes based on how much experience you have.
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#resume#skills#career
What skills to put on a resume, and how many
How to choose which skills belong on a technical resume, why a shorter list usually reads as stronger, and how to group them so a recruiter can scan them in seconds.
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#resume#templates#ats
Free resume templates worth using (and how to check one first)
What separates a genuinely useful free resume template from one that will get mangled by an applicant tracking system, plus a quick test you can run on any template before committing to it.
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#resume#career#ats
How to make a resume stand out (without gimmicks)
What actually catches a reviewer's attention in the ten seconds they give a resume, and why most of the tactics people call "standing out" backfire in an ATS.
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#resume#career#how-to
How to write a resume, step by step
A practical order of operations for writing a resume from nothing: what to gather first, how to structure each section, and the most common mistakes to check for before sending it.
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#cv#resume#career#explainer
CV vs. resume: what's the difference?
How CVs and resumes actually differ in length, content and purpose, and why the right answer depends on your country and industry rather than a fixed rule.
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#cv#career#explainer
What is a CV?
What a CV is, how the term is used differently in the US versus the UK and Europe, and when an academic CV genuinely needs to run longer than one page.
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#resume#career#explainer
What is a resume?
What a resume actually is, what it is for, and the small set of things every version has in common regardless of format or industry.
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#github#explainer#beginner
How to use GitHub: a beginner's walkthrough
The handful of things you actually need to know to start using GitHub: creating a repository, making your first commit, and the difference between a commit and a push.
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#github#explainer#beginner
What is GitHub, actually?
A plain explanation of what GitHub is, what Git has to do with it, and why so many job applications now ask for a profile link instead of a portfolio PDF.
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#github#contributions#explainer
How the GitHub contribution graph actually works
What counts as a contribution, what does not, why your graph looks emptier than your year felt, and how to read someone else’s graph without drawing the wrong conclusions.
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#github#profile#career
How to write a GitHub profile README that is actually worth reading
A practical guide to the special profile repository: what to put in it, what to leave out, and why most profile READMEs fail the ten-second test.
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#resume#ats#career
Jake's Resume template, explained
Why the most-recommended LaTeX resume template for engineers works so well, what each section is doing, and how to keep its advantages if you are not using LaTeX.