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Job Search Kit: ATS-Friendly Resume Templates, Cover Letters, Application Tracker and STAR Interview Workbook
Write the resume, send the applications, follow up on time and walk into the interview with your stories ready.
$19 one time · 14-day full refund · Word and PDF · download link by email
Who it is for
Anyone looking for work who wants to do it themselves: people changing jobs, returning after a layoff or a break, or applying for their first professional role.
Not the right fit if
You want someone to write your resume for you (see our done-for-you resume rewrite), or you need salary figures for a specific job: the worksheet sends you to official pay data instead of printing numbers.
Why it is different
- The resume templates are single column, with no tables, text boxes or images, so applicant tracking systems can read them; nothing promises an interview or a score.
- Follow-up dates fill themselves in from the date you applied or interviewed, and the tracker recalculates with zero formula errors.
- No salary numbers are made up: the worksheet points to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics pages for official pay data.
What is inside
- Job application tracker (Excel). Every application with its date, source and status, follow-up dates worked out for you (7 and 14 days after you apply, 2 days after an interview), contacts, interviews and a summary.
- Resume template: classic. Single column, standard headings and a reverse-chronological work history, the layout applicant tracking systems read most reliably.
- Resume template: compact. The same single-column structure on one tighter page, for early-career resumes or a short work history.
- Resume template: skills first. A skills summary above the work history, for career changers and people returning after a gap, still in one column with plain headings.
- Cover letter templates. Three fill-in letters (responding to a posting, a referral, and returning after a gap) with notes on what goes in each paragraph.
- Interview prep workbook (STAR). A STAR story builder (situation, task, action, result) for ten common questions, a research page for each employer and questions to ask them.
- Salary negotiation worksheet. Your own research and numbers in one place: the role, the official pay data you looked up, your must-haves and the words to use. No salary figures are printed; it links to the BLS wage data.
A look inside
The first pages, as you will get them
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Delivered as a zip of editable Word files and printable PDFs. For one business, your own use. General information and templates, not legal, tax or accounting advice. General information and templates, not career, legal or employment advice. We are not career counselors, and nothing here promises interviews, offers or a particular result. Payment is handled by Stripe. If a file will not open or something looks wrong, reply to your order email and we will make it right.
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What's in the download?
An Excel application tracker and six Word documents with matching PDFs: three resume templates, cover letter templates, a STAR interview prep workbook and a salary negotiation worksheet. You get a download link by email after payment.
Will these templates get past applicant tracking systems?
They are built the way ATS software reads most reliably: one column, standard section headings, no tables, text boxes, columns or images. No template can promise how a particular employer's system will rank you, and we don't.
Does the salary worksheet tell me what to ask for?
No. It prints no salary figures. It walks you through looking up official pay data for your occupation and area on the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics pages, and recording your own numbers and priorities.
Can you write my resume for me instead?
Yes. Our done-for-you resume rewrite starts at the price on the resume rewrite page: you upload your current resume, answer a short intake, and a person reviews and delivers the finished files.
Is this career advice?
No. It's templates and general information. We are not career counselors, and nothing here promises interviews, offers or a particular result.
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