Career Blog
Resume tips, ATS hacks, and hiring insights for the Indian job market — written by recruiters and career coaches, not AI filler. This is where you go to land your next role faster.
Getting shortlisted for IT jobs in India is a chain — a parseable resume, exact keywords, eligibility, timing, and referrals. Here's what actually moves the needle, stage by stage.
Jun 25, 2026 · 11 min read
Read
An employment gap won't get you auto-rejected by the ATS — it reads your dates, not your story. Here's how recruiters read gaps after the 2023–25 layoffs, and how to present yours honestly.
Jun 25, 2026 · 11 min read
Read
ResumeLens vs Jobscan compared honestly: where each wins, pricing, India/Naukri support, and who should pick which. A candid head-to-head, not a sales pitch.
Jun 25, 2026 · 10 min read
Read
Can ChatGPT write an ATS-friendly resume? Honestly — it drafts good wording but can't produce a parser-safe file or verify your score. Here's what it does well, where it fails, and the right workflow.
Jun 25, 2026 · 11 min read
Read
Free ATS-friendly resume templates, parser-tested. Pick by role, see what makes a template ATS-safe, single vs two-column, India A4 norms, and how to download and test before you apply.
Jun 25, 2026 · 9 min read
Read
150+ software engineer resume keywords by category — languages, frameworks, cloud, DevOps — plus how to place them in context, the terms candidates most often miss, and keywords by level.
Jun 25, 2026 · 11 min read
Read
How Indian companies actually use ATS — Naukri's FastForward, the TCS/Infosys/Wipro pipelines, and startup ATS — plus India resume conventions, score benchmarks, and how to check your resume free.
Jun 25, 2026 · 12 min read
Read
Getting silence or instant rejections? Here are the 5 real reasons an ATS rejects or buries your CV — with a symptom-by-symptom diagnostic and the exact fix for each.
Jun 25, 2026 · 12 min read
Read
The complete resume format for Indian freshers: which layout to use, section order, how to write each part, a sample resume, format by stream, and how to pass ATS — for 2026.
Jun 25, 2026 · 17 min read
Read