Job Search Guides

Practical, data-backed guides for running a focused, modern job search.

• Getting Started with SearchSteward — a screenshot walkthrough of your first ten minutes — setup, the inputs that drive every score, and your first tracked application.(July 18, 2026)
• Hiring Pulse — June 2026 — our monthly data report: posting shelf life, most in-demand roles, and the Ghost Job Detector.(June 30, 2026)
• Hiring Pulse — July 2026 — 1.2M postings tracked: half close within a week, Forward Deployed Engineer breaks into the top 10.(July 16, 2026)
• How Long Do Job Postings Stay Up? — we tracked 30,827 postings open to close; the median lasts ~15 days.(July 13, 2026)
• The Most In-Demand Jobs Right Now — the roles the most companies are competing to hire, ranked by demand.(July 13, 2026)
• Which Jobs Are Actually Remote in 2026? — marketing 23.5% remote, design 18.6%, data 17.3%, engineering 14.6% — why the poster child of remote work has the lowest remote share.(July 16, 2026)

Free tools

Try our free Resume–Job Description Match Checker — see which keywords your resume is missing for any job.

Worried a listing might be fake? Our free Ghost Job & Scam Posting Checker flags the common warning signs before you apply.