About Purzue
Purzue publishes practical guides to writing a resume, running a job search, and preparing for interviews.
What we publish
The guides are organized in three sections. Resumes covers formats, tailoring, and applicant tracking systems. Job search covers cover letters, LinkedIn profiles, and work samples. Interviews covers behavioral answers, questions for the interviewer, and salary negotiation. Every article and guide is listed on the articles page.
Each guide takes one decision and explains it in plain language, with examples you can adapt and the reasoning behind the advice. We write for the person doing the work of the search, so the guides skip motivational filler and get to the steps.
How the guides are written
When a guide cites a number or a rule, it names where the figure comes from, such as LinkedIn's help pages, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, or the Bureau of Labor Statistics. We leave out statistics we can't trace to a reliable source, even popular ones. Examples in the guides, like sample answers and cover letter openings, are written to show a structure and don't describe real people.
Hiring practices, platform settings, and pay laws change, so guides carry the date they were published, and articles show when they were last updated. Advice on pay and employment law is general information. For a question about your own situation, a lawyer or a career counselor in your area can give you a specific answer.
What Purzue doesn't do
Purzue is a publisher of guides. It doesn't offer a resume builder, sell templates, write or review resumes for hire, or recruit for employers, and it isn't connected to any company that does. If you spot something in a guide that's wrong or out of date, the contact page is the place to tell us.