Get Hired

The complete job search bundle from C.T. Ashford

This bundle is the book plus the tools you actually need to run the search.

Most job search advice tells you what to do. It doesn't tell you what's happening on the other side of the desk while you're doing it.

Get Hired is written by someone who spent 16 years in HR watching candidates land jobs and watching candidates lose them. The difference between the two, usually, isn't talent. It's knowing what recruiters and hiring managers are looking for, what they're thinking during your interview, and what the negotiation on the other end of the offer is.

This bundle includes the book and practical tools to guide you from your first application to your first day at your new job.

What's inside

Get Hired (eBook)
The full book. What HR is really looking for, how to write applications that don't get screened out, how to interview like a candidate who's already been hired, and how to think about the offer conversation before it happens.

Job Search Tracker (Excel)
A clean tracker for every application, contact, and follow-up.

Follow-Up Email Templates (Word)
Eight templates covering the situations you'll actually encounter: thank-yous after phone screens, interviews, and final rounds; the follow-up when you haven't heard back; withdrawing your application; accepting an offer; declining an offer; and asking for more time to decide. They're editable, so you can copy and customize them in seconds.

Follow-Up Emails: Read This First (PDF)
The companion guide. Why the standard job-search follow-up advice is wrong, the universal principles that apply to every follow-up email you send, and the mistakes that get candidates screened out at the follow-up stage.

Salary Negotiation Guide (PDF)
The exact language for the negotiation conversation includes everything from the first "what are you looking for?" question to accepting the offer. It includes scripts for the counter, three branches of the recruiter's response, and guidance on negotiating beyond base salary, such as signing bonuses, PTO, start dates, review timing, and more.

Who this is for

Anyone actively looking for a job or planning to be. Whether you're leaving a role that isn't working, coming back after time away, changing industries, or moving up, the material is calibrated for professional roles across a wide range of levels.

Who this isn't for

If you're looking for standard "polish your LinkedIn" advice or motivational job-search content, this isn't that. The Ashford approach is what someone in HR would actually tell you if they were being honest, which is different from what most job-search resources say.

Get Hired: Beat the Bots, Get the Offer