The recruiter's playbook

Most job search advice is written by people who have never hired anyone.

Name: The Monard X Job Search Playbook
Price: 8.99 USD
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Author: Phil Finane

This one is different. 39 pages of practical, insider knowledge from 25 years working closely with hiring managers, talent teams, and the software that filters your application before a human reads it.

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25+

Years working closely with and influencing decision makers within the hiring process

88%

of employers admit their ATS rejects qualified candidates (Harvard Business School)

6-20s

The time the average recruiter spends on their first look at your CV

Sound familiar?

If any of these apply to you, this guide was written for you.

You are sending applications and hearing nothing back.

Section 2 explains why.

Recruiters are not finding you on LinkedIn.

Section 4 shows you what they type in.

You are getting to interviews but not converting them into offers.

Section 6 covers what interviewers actually decide.

You do not know what to say when they ask about salary.

Section 6 walks you through it.

You have been invited to an AI screening interview and have no idea how it works.

Section 6 explains the scoring.

You are not sure if your CV is formatted for ATS software or against it.

Section 2 gives you the rules.

See what's inside

Three sample pages from the guide.

Cover

Full contents across 7 sections

Section One - Know what you are aiming at

Know what you're aiming at

What you get

Everything in one download.

39-page PDF, written by a recruiter with 25 years of experience across both agency and in-house hiring

7 sections covering CVs, LinkedIn, job descriptions, interviews, salary, and more

2 free tokens to use on the Monard X Interview Prep tool, for AI-powered practice on any job spec

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Phil Finane

Founder, Monard X Tools

Phil has worked in and around the recruitment industry since the early 1990s. He has reviewed hundreds of thousands of CVs and helped thousands of people through career moves, job searches, and some of the toughest interview selection processes. He has been on both sides of the hiring table, across agency and in-house roles. In recent years he has built expertise in how AI is reshaping the hiring process, and how candidates can use it to strengthen their search.

Your next move starts here.

Every week you spend sending the same generic CV is a week you are not getting interviews. This guide will show you how to fix that. Today.

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