WorkInPilot · Career Intelligence
Principles
of
Flight
A pilot's guide to the modern job hunt
Published by
FlightPlan
· WorkInPilot · Est. 2025
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Vol. I — Pre-Flight
Live
1.1
Flight Path Optimization
Job hunt best practices, priority order. The winning approach, pre-flight checklist, and NOTAMs — what to avoid.
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1.2
Reading the Chart Supplement
How to evaluate a job posting before you apply. Ghost jobs, resume harvesting, and other airspace hazards.
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1.3
PDF Only — Why Format Matters
What recruiters actually see when you submit a Word doc vs a PDF. The LinkedIn Easy Apply insight most candidates never learn.
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1.4
Evidence vs Fabrication
Why AI resumes get caught in interviews — and how evidence-based generation changes everything.
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1.5
The Pea Under the Mattress
Why cultural fit matters more than your resume — and how to read the room before you accept the offer.
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1.6
When Radical Transparency Becomes Radical Opacity
A hair in a salad, a formal hearing, and what elite finance culture taught us about transparency — and its limits.
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1.7
West with the Night
Work and hope. But never hope more than you work. On evidence, experience, and the careers that bullet points cannot capture.
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Vol. II — Flight Control
In Development
2.1
Chart Supplement — Job Intelligence
Fresh postings, ghost job detection, and ATS identification. Reading the airspace before you file your flight plan.
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2.2
The Flight Briefing — Company Intelligence
Culture briefs, founder philosophy, and rating the rater. What to know before you knock on their door.
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2.3
Heads-Up Display — Application Intelligence
Response rates, interview conversion, salary negotiation data. Instruments every job seeker should be watching.
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2.4
The Vault — Certified Career History
Tamper-evident, timestamped, evidence-backed. The master resume that proves what you claim.
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