Resources & Links

Job Boards

General

LinkedIn Jobs — linkedin.com/jobs
Indeed — indeed.com
Glassdoor — glassdoor.com
ZipRecruiter — ziprecruiter.com

Tech and Startups

Levels.fyi Jobs — levels.fyi/jobs
Wellfound (AngelList) — wellfound.com
Otta — otta.com
Dice — dice.com
BuiltIn — builtin.com

Remote Work

WeWorkRemotely — weworkremotely.com
FlexJobs — flexjobs.com
Remote.co — remote.co
RemoteOK — remoteok.com

Executive

TheLadders — theladders.com
ExecuNet — execunet.com

Salary Research

Levels.fyi — levels.fyi (tech, detailed by company and level)
Glassdoor Salaries — glassdoor.com/Salaries
LinkedIn Salary — linkedin.com/salary
Payscale — payscale.com
Salary.com — salary.com
Blind — teamblind.com (anonymous professional network)
Comparably — comparably.com

Company Research

Glassdoor Reviews — glassdoor.com (employee reviews, interview questions)
Blind — teamblind.com (anonymous discussions)
LinkedIn Company Pages — company info and employees
Crunchbase — crunchbase.com (startup funding, history)
Owler — owler.com (competitive intelligence)
SEC Filings — sec.gov (public company financials)

Resume and Writing

Resume Builders

Standard resume templates — Keep it simple. ATS prefer basic formats.

Writing Assistance

Claude — claude.ai (draft, review, improve)
Grammarly — grammarly.com (proofreading)
Hemingway App — hemingwayapp.com (readability)

ATS Testing

Jobscan — jobscan.co (ATS compatibility check)

Interview Preparation

Practice Platforms

Claude/ChatGPT — AI mock interviews
Pramp — pramp.com (peer practice)
Interviewing.io — interviewing.io (practice with engineers)

Question Banks

Glassdoor Interview Questions — Company-specific questions
LeetCode — leetcode.com (coding practice)
Blind 75 — Classic coding interview questions
Case Interview Prep — caseinterview.com

Books

Cracking the Coding Interview — Gayle Laakmann McDowell
Decode and Conquer — Lewis C. Lin (PM interviews)
Case in Point — Marc P. Cosentino (consulting)

Networking

Platforms

LinkedIn — linkedin.com
Twitter/X — For industry presence
Industry Slack communities — Search for your field

Professional Associations

Search for associations in your industry. Most have networking events, job boards, and directories.

Alumni Networks

University alumni platforms
Previous employer alumni groups
Bootcamp/program alumni

Career Development

Courses and Learning

Coursera — coursera.org
LinkedIn Learning — linkedin.com/learning
Udemy — udemy.com
edX — edx.org

Books on Career Strategy

The 2-Hour Job Search — Steve Dalton
What Color Is Your Parachute? — Richard N. Bolles
Never Eat Alone — Keith Ferrazzi (networking)
Designing Your Life — Bill Burnett & Dave Evans

Negotiation

Never Split the Difference — Chris Voss
Getting to Yes — Fisher & Ury

Career Transition Resources

Career Change

Pivot — Jenny Blake
Working Identity — Herminia Ibarra

Bootcamps and Reskilling

General Assembly — generalassemb.ly
Springboard — springboard.com
Flatiron School — flatironschool.com
Career Foundry — careerfoundry.com

Mental Health and Resilience

Job searching is stressful. Take care of yourself.

Headspace — headspace.com (meditation)
Calm — calm.com (stress management)
BetterHelp — betterhelp.com (online therapy)
Exercise — Critical for mental health during job search

AI Tools for Job Search

Writing and Review

Claude — claude.ai (resume review, cover letters, interview prep)
ChatGPT — chatgpt.com

Useful Prompts

See prompts throughout this book for:

Skills assessment
Resume improvement
LinkedIn optimization
Interview practice
Salary research
Networking outreach
Company research

Cynked Ecosystem

FreeLibrary.ai https://freelibrary.ai Free books on AI, business, productivity, and more.

FreeAcademy.ai https://freeacademy.ai Free courses on AI, programming, and automation.

AIWire.ai https://aiwire.ai AI news and insights.

Cynked https://cynked.ai AI consulting for businesses.

Note: Websites and tools change. Verify current availability. The career principles in this book remain applicable even as specific tools evolve.