Job searching after a layoff — without inventing experience

Timelines shrink. Feeds fill with “AI remade my resume in minutes.” Open-ended prompts often invent metrics, inflate titles, or borrow skills from job ads. Recruiters and background checks catch that; ATS audits increasingly flag inconsistencies too.

Speed matters. Fiction does not age well in interviews.

Keep one career profile that reflects what you actually did. For each role: fit first — know when to Strong Apply vs Skip so you do not burn evenings on dead ends.

When you package: reframe transferable work, reorder for the JD, tighten language — without new employers or fabricated percentages. Review contact lines and dates after any PDF parse.

Litgo classifies gaps instead of filling them with fiction. Cover letter and interview prep stay tied to the same profile so your story does not drift across documents.

Niche landing: /for/layoff. Playbooks: /guides/fact-preserving-resume-rewrite and /guides/should-you-apply-job-fit.

No guaranteed offer timelines, no fake placement rates, no star ratings we did not earn. The product goal is clearer decisions and stronger truthful packages while you hunt.