Job of Landing a Job: The Insider's Guide to Winning Tech's Hiring Game

You send out your resume, click "Apply," and then nothing.

Many jobs receive thousands of applications within days. Most applicants never hear back-not even a rejection. If you're a recent grad, career-changer, or a laid-off tech professional, the silence can start to feel personal.

The truth is, hiring isn't fair. Great people get ignored all the time. Filters weed you out, recruiters skip over your profile, and managers make fast decisions based on surface impressions. Skill matters, but it's not the whole story.

The Job of Landing a Job: The Insider's Guide to Winning Tech's Hiring Game gives you the strategy behind the scenes. Author Itay Sharfi spent a decade at Google, ran a recruiting firm, and has helped thousands of job seekers land roles-hundreds of them at top tech companies. This book shares the system that works, especially when the usual advice isn't enough.

You'll learn how to:

• Figure out why your applications go nowhere and how to fix it
• Write a resume and LinkedIn profile that actually get noticed
• Turn cold outreach into warm introductions
• Tell stories in interviews that prove you can do the job
• Compare offers, understand compensation, and avoid common traps

My methods have helped people land offers at Google, Meta, Amazon, and other top companies-even after being rejected before. The hiring game is not the same as doing the job.

You don't need to be the loudest or the most connected. You just need the right process.

Be seen. Be heard. Get hired.