Credits
Where our figures, photographs, icons and typefaces come from.
Last updated September 2026
Figures we cite
- Applications per job ad are at a record high.SEEK Employment Report, August 2026. SEEK reports this as an index, not a count.
- Two in three people can’t readily name their strengths.Linley and Harrington, Playing to your strengths, The Psychologist, 2006.
- A recruiter’s first pass averages 7.4 seconds.TheLadders, Eye-Tracking Study, 2018.
- Over three-quarters of recruiters search and rank by keywords.Jobscan, The State of the Job Search in 2025.
- 23 of 25 recruiters say their system doesn’t reject resumes automatically.Enhancv, recruiter survey, 2025.
- One in five of Jack’s applications became an interview.Our own records of Jack’s job search. Jack is one of our founders.
Images
- HallwayChris F, Pexels
- Floor planPixabay, Pexels
- Rock wallsLuo Jin Hong, Unsplash
- Meeting roomLeandro Alamino, Pexels
- Waiting roomLos Muertos Crew, Pexels
- Counsellor’s notesSHVETS production, Pexels
- Coffee and papersLukas Blazek, Pexels
- Sample documentsOur own work, written for Nikki Chen, a client we made up.
Icons and type
- IconsLorc, Delapouite and Skoll, game-icons.net. CC BY 3.0, recoloured.
- Stopwatch, people and paper-stack iconsTabler Icons. MIT licence.
- Plus Jakarta SansTokotype. SIL Open Font License.
- Literata, for quotesTypeTogether. SIL Open Font License.
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