Job search resources
Tools and guides worth your time, gathered in one place. None of these are ours and none of them pay to be here — they are simply the ones we would send a friend to.
Know what the job pays
Walk into a negotiation with a number you can defend. These are the sources candidates actually cite.
Levels.fyi
FreeVerified compensation by company, level and location. The clearest picture of tech pay bands anywhere.
Visit Levels.fyi, opens in a new tabGlassdoor Salaries
FreeSelf-reported salary ranges across most industries, not just tech.
Visit Glassdoor Salaries, opens in a new tabBLS Occupational Outlook Handbook
FreeUS government median pay and projected growth for essentially every occupation. Dry, and the most neutral source on this page.
Visit BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, opens in a new tabCandor
FreeOffer negotiation guidance, with equity and refresher grants explained in plain terms.
Visit Candor, opens in a new tabGet past the resume screen
Most applications are rejected before a person reads them. These help with the part a machine sees first.
Jobscan
How applicant tracking systems parse and rank a resume, from the people who build tooling for it.
Visit Jobscan, opens in a new tabResume Worded
Line-by-line feedback on bullet points and LinkedIn profiles.
Visit Resume Worded, opens in a new tabHarvard Career Services resources
FreeResume and cover letter guides written for students, and freely published. Strong templates regardless of where you studied.
Visit Harvard Career Services resources, opens in a new tabYale Office of Career Strategy
FreeGuides by industry, including finance, consulting and non-profit tracks.
Visit Yale Office of Career Strategy, opens in a new tabNovorésumé career blog
FreeFormat-first advice with worked before-and-after examples.
Visit Novorésumé career blog, opens in a new tabPrepare for the interview
Practice against real formats rather than reading about them.
Tech Interview Handbook
FreeA complete, free curriculum for technical interviews — algorithms, system design, and behavioural rounds.
Visit Tech Interview Handbook, opens in a new tabinterviewing.io
Anonymous mock interviews with engineers from large tech companies. Recordings are free to watch.
Visit interviewing.io, opens in a new tabPramp
FreeFree peer-to-peer mock interviews — you interview someone, they interview you.
Visit Pramp, opens in a new tabLeetCode
FreeThe problem set most technical screens are drawn from. The free tier is enough for most people.
Visit LeetCode, opens in a new tabAsk a Manager
FreeTwo decades of answers on the awkward parts — how to follow up, how to quit, what a manager is actually thinking.
Visit Ask a Manager, opens in a new tabBuild the skills the role wants
For when the gap between where you are and the job description is real, not imagined.
roadmap.sh
FreeCommunity-maintained learning paths for developer, data and DevOps roles.
Visit roadmap.sh, opens in a new tabTech Interview Handbook — behavioural
FreeThe underlying repository, including negotiation and resume material.
Visit Tech Interview Handbook — behavioural, opens in a new tabHarvard Business Review — career planning
Longer-form thinking on career direction rather than the next application.
Visit Harvard Business Review — career planning, opens in a new tabThe Muse — advice
FreeBroad, practical, and not limited to technical roles.
Visit The Muse — advice, opens in a new tabKnow your rights
US-focused. If you are job-hunting elsewhere, treat these as a model for what to look for rather than as law that applies to you.
EEOC — employees and job applicants
FreeWhat counts as employment discrimination, and how to file a charge.
Visit EEOC — employees and job applicants, opens in a new tabEEOC — prohibited practices
FreeThe specific questions and practices an employer may not lawfully use.
Visit EEOC — prohibited practices, opens in a new tabDepartment of Labor — wage fact sheets
FreeOvertime, minimum wage, and — relevant to interns — when unpaid work is lawful.
Visit Department of Labor — wage fact sheets, opens in a new tabUSCIS — working in the United States
FreeThe authoritative source on work authorisation, rather than a forum summary of it.
Visit USCIS — working in the United States, opens in a new tabMyVisaJobs
FreeWhich employers have actually sponsored visas, drawn from public filings.
Visit MyVisaJobs, opens in a new tabAsk people who have done it
Anonymous forums skew negative. Useful for data points, poor for morale — read accordingly.
The part these resources can't help with
Every guide above improves your application. None of them get it in front of someone who works there. That is the bit Vochure does.