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2026 · ED · I
THE FIELD MANUAL
Laid Off
in the AI Era?
The 30-Day Job Hunt Playbook
2026 EDITION
VOL · I
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47
AI PROMPTS
30
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— THE PROBLEM

The rules of the job hunt
changed in 2025.

SWIPE / DRAG
01
FILTERED

Your resume is being filtered out by a robot.

Companies use applicant tracking systems that scan for specific keywords before any human reads your file. If your resume doesn't match the JD's language, it never gets seen.

EXHIBIT — 01
75% of resumes are rejected before a recruiter opens them.
LABOR MARKET REPORT · 2025
CASE FILE · 01
02
GENERIC

Generic AI advice is making it worse.

"Use ChatGPT to rewrite your resume" — so does every other candidate. The result: applicant pools full of identical, AI-flavored documents that recruiters can spot in eight seconds.

EXHIBIT — 02
Recruiters are training spam filters to detect AI-written cover letters.
LABOR MARKET REPORT · 2025
CASE FILE · 02
03
URGENT

Severance is finite. The market is not waiting.

Three weeks of vacation. Three weeks of denial. By week six, panic. Most people start their real job hunt at week six, with two months of runway left and zero system.

EXHIBIT — 03
The average serious job search now takes 5.4 months.
LABOR MARKET REPORT · 2025
CASE FILE · 03
— THE SHIFT

What works now: using AI like a recruiter would.

Five tools, in a specific order, run end-to-end for every application.

0×
APPLICATIONS PER ROLE VS PRE-2024
0×
SPEED ADVANTAGE OF AI-ASSISTED CANDIDATES
0
TOOLS, IN A SPECIFIC ORDER, END-TO-END
CHAPTER I · THE STACK

Five tools. One job each.
In a specific order.

SWIPE / DRAG
Claude
ANTHROPIC
01
PRIMARY JOB
The long-form brain.
WHY THIS TOOL SPECIFICALLY

Reads your full background plus the JD and produces tailored resumes, cover letters, and interview answers that don't read as AI-generated. Best-in-class for nuance.

PER APPLICATION · 3 MIN
01 / 05
ChatGPT
OPENAI
02
PRIMARY JOB
The rapid ideation tool.
WHY THIS TOOL SPECIFICALLY

"Give me 10 questions a hiring manager at a fintech might ask a senior PM." Fast for short brainstorms, lists, and one-off prompts. Free tier is enough.

ON DEMAND · 10 SEC
02 / 05
Careerflow
JOB SEARCH
03
PRIMARY JOB
The pipeline tracker.
WHY THIS TOOL SPECIFICALLY

Purpose-built for job seekers. Tracks every application's status, surfaces LinkedIn keyword gaps vs. target roles, and prevents you from losing track of fifty open threads.

PER APPLICATION · 30 SEC
03 / 05
LinkedIn AI
LINKEDIN
04
PRIMARY JOB
The visibility layer.
WHY THIS TOOL SPECIFICALLY

The platform's own AI knows what its algorithm rewards. Use it in-platform for profile rewrites, networking outreach, and surfacing roles you wouldn't find via search.

ONE-TIME · 20 MIN
04 / 05
Resume.io
FORMATTING
05
PRIMARY JOB
The final polish.
WHY THIS TOOL SPECIFICALLY

Converts Claude's tailored content into ATS-safe PDF and DOCX without breaking on parsers. Avoid two-column templates and graphics — clean wins.

PER APPLICATION · 1 MIN
05 / 05
— END OF STACK
The stack runs in a specific order.

Skip one step and every subsequent step is degraded. The playbook shows you the exact sequence.

— INSIDE THE FIELD MANUAL

A few pages from inside.

Real spreads from the manual. No watermarks. No stock placeholders. The book is set in Source Serif and Inter; each page is designed to be read once and acted on immediately.

CONTENTS page from playbook
CONTENTS
Eight chapters · forty-seven prompts
CHAPTER 01 page from playbook
CHAPTER 01
The 5-Tool AI Job Hunt System
PROMPT LIBRARY page from playbook
PROMPT LIBRARY
47 ready-to-use prompts
60 pages.·Source Serif & Inter.·PDF · A4 & US Letter.·Zero fluff.
CHAPTER VIII · THE PROMPTS

Forty-seven prompts.
Copy. Paste. Hired.

Calibrated for Claude and ChatGPT. Replace bracketed text with your specifics — never edit the structure. Eight categories, from LinkedIn audit to salary negotiation.

01-07 LinkedIn audit & rewrite
08-15 Resume & cover letter
16-20 Application strategy
21-26 Networking & outreach
27-34 Interview preparation
35-40 Negotiation & offers
41-44 Mindset & motivation
45-47 Career pivot
CLAUDE · NEW CONVERSATION
RESUME08 · Master tailor prompt
LIVE DEMO
$ claude --new
→ One-page resume, tailored, 3 min.
CHAPTER VII · THE PLAN

Thirty days. Four weeks. One operation.

Day-by-day actions, week-by-week themes, with the room to adjust on Day 28.

W1
WEEK ONE · D1 → D7

Foundation.

You read the book end-to-end. You build the master background document. You audit and rewrite your LinkedIn. You identify target role types and list your network. Day 7 you rest.

You leave week 1 with a recruiter-ready LinkedIn and a database Claude can pull from.
DAILY ACTIONS
01
  • D1Read the book end to end
  • D2Build master background doc (4h)
  • D3Run LinkedIn audit + apply rewrites
  • D4Identify ideal / realistic / fallback roles
  • D5Set up tracker (Careerflow or Notion)
  • D6List 25 network contacts ranked
  • D7Rest. The next three weeks will be intense.
W2
WEEK TWO · D8 → D14

Pipeline.

First soft outreach to 10 contacts. First 5 applications. Then 5 more, then 5 more, then 5 more. Sunday review. Goal: 20 tailored applications submitted.

20 serious applications. 1–2 first conversations. Network is warming.
DAILY ACTIONS
02
  • D8Send 10 soft network messages (Prompt 21)
  • D9First 5 applications (tailor prompts)
  • D105 more applications
  • D11Follow up on outreach + book chats
  • D125 more applications
  • D135 more applications
  • D14Sunday review. Plan week 3.
W3
WEEK THREE · D15 → D21

Interview prep.

You generate question banks for top three target roles. You run two mock interviews with Claude. Second-wave network outreach. 5 more applications. Day 5 follow-ups go out.

30 applications. 3–5 conversations. Two practiced interview reps.
DAILY ACTIONS
03
  • D15Question bank for top 3 roles
  • D16Mock interview #1 (top role)
  • D17Second-wave outreach (10 new contacts)
  • D18Mock interview #2 (focus on weak answers)
  • D195 more applications
  • D20Day 5 follow-ups for week 2 apps
  • D21Sunday review.
W4
WEEK FOUR · D22 → D30

Conversion.

First-round prep. Continue interview prep. Warm outreach to people at companies where you are in process. Run mocks for every scheduled interview. Day 28 — honest pipeline review. Day 30 — implement top recommendation.

40–60 applications · 3–7 first conversations · 1–3 active processes · Offers typically Day 35–60.
DAILY ACTIONS
04
  • D22Prep for first-round calls
  • D235 more applications + day 12 follow-ups
  • D24Pipeline-specific prep notes
  • D25Warm outreach to 3 people in target processes
  • D26Mocks for upcoming interviews
  • D27Catch up; update tracker
  • D28Sunday review
  • D29Strategic review (Prompt 24)
  • D30Implement top recommendation. Rest.
— WHAT TO EXPECT

A typical pipeline at Day 30.

What the numbers look like for candidates who execute the system. Offers typically arrive between Day 35 and Day 60.

40–60
APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED
3–7
FIRST-ROUND CONVERSATIONS
1–3
ACTIVE INTERVIEW PROCESSES

Less than ten? Re-read Chapter 4. More than thirty with zero replies? Run the diagnostic prompt and adjust.

— THE SIGNAL · 2023 → 2025

You're not alone.
The whole market is shifting.

Verified signals from Bloomberg, Goldman Sachs, LinkedIn data and viral Reddit threads — the world we wrote the playbook for in 2026.

Klarna's AI assistant is doing the work of 700 full-time employees.
BLOOMBERG
FEB 2024
Studio fired their entire translation team and replaced them with AI tools.
r/RECRUITINGHELL
22,000+ UPVOTES
300 million full-time jobs globally could be affected by AI automation.
GOLDMAN SACHS
REPORT · 2023
Klarna's AI assistant is doing the work of 700 full-time employees.
BLOOMBERG
FEB 2024
Studio fired their entire translation team and replaced them with AI tools.
r/RECRUITINGHELL
22,000+ UPVOTES
300 million full-time jobs globally could be affected by AI automation.
GOLDMAN SACHS
REPORT · 2023
— WHO THIS IS FOR

Built for some. Not everyone.

THIS IS FOR YOU IF
  • +Laid off in the last six months, need to land fast
  • +White-collar (tech, marketing, finance, ops, product, design)
  • +Comfortable using ChatGPT or Claude at a basic level
  • +Willing to follow a daily system for thirty days
SKIP THIS IF
  • Looking for entry-level or first-job advice
  • Expecting offers without daily action
  • Never used an AI tool and don't plan to start
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— A NOTE FROM THE AUTHORS

We wrote this because we watched friends — smart, capable people — get laid off and burn months sending applications into the void.

The advice they were getting was written for a job market that no longer exists.

So we reverse-engineered what actually works in 2026: how AI screens you, how recruiters use AI to find you, how to use the same tools to win.

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