How early-career recruiting works.

Most of what's here is about timing, since that's the part nobody explains. It's written to be useful whether or not you ever sign up.

Sep 15, 20264 min readHow to ask for a referral without it being awkwardMost of the discomfort is imagined. The people you'd ask have done this before, and there's a version of the ask that takes them two minutes.Read it

How to keep track of every application without losing the threadPast a dozen open applications, memory stops being a reliable system. A plain setup for tracking what you sent, where, and what happens next.Sep 10, 2026
How to set up job alerts you won't end up ignoringMost people turn off job alerts within two weeks. Here's a practical guide to cutting the volume and picking filters worth keeping.Sep 5, 2026
Where job postings actually come fromA plain explanation of the systems companies post through, among them Greenhouse, Workday, Ashby, and Lever, and why knowing them makes you faster.Sep 2, 2026
The early-career recruiting calendar, track by trackQuant opens about a year ahead, banking runs on rolling review, and big tech posts in waves starting in August. A month-by-month map of when each track opens.Aug 29, 2026
Why you find out about internships three days lateThe gap between a job going up and you hearing about it is made of four specific steps. Here's what each one costs and which ones you can skip.Aug 18, 2026