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The Jilted Recruiter
Hiring truth for the displaced professional.
- ATS Mechanics
- Interview Strategy
- Negotiation Leverage
- Career Pivots
15+ years recruiting talent for companies such as Cisco, Google, and Wells Fargo. Now I work for your side of the desk.
The search isn’t working.
Nobody will tell you why.
- You were laid off after years of strong performance, and the search is taking far longer than it should.
- You’re landing interviews and not converting them, and the only feedback is silence.
- Your resume goes into the ATS and nothing comes back out.
- You’re weighing a career pivot and need someone to tell you honestly whether it’s viable.
- You have an offer or a final round coming and you want to walk in prepared, not hopeful.
- You’ve been told you’re “overqualified” and you know that isn’t the real reason.
Here’s the part nobody puts in the rejection email: most of it is fixable once you can see how the decision actually gets made.
No scripts. No fluff. Just the facts.
The Short Answer
A 30-minute call. Bring the one question that’s been stalling your search and get a straight answer.
Resume & LinkedIn Audit
A written critique with prioritized fixes, from someone who spent 15+ years reading them from the other side of the desk.
Interview Preparation
A 90-minute session on how interviewers actually score you, and where you’re losing them.
Offer & Negotiation Strategy
A compensation review plus the scripts to ask for more without blowing up the offer.
Job Search Strategy Session
A 90-minute audit of your entire search, followed by a 30-day plan you can run.
Career Pivot Analysis
A written report on whether your pivot is viable and what it will take, delivered on a follow-up call.
From $150 Bundles available when you need more than one service.
See services & pricingI sat in the room where those calls got made.
For 15+ years I recruited talent for companies such as Cisco, Google, and Wells Fargo. I sat in debrief meetings as the person hiring managers turned to for a straight read on candidates. I know what gets said about you after you leave the interview.
Then I got laid off. More than once. I ran the same search you’re running now, against the same systems I used to work inside. I’ve been on both sides of this desk. That’s the whole point.
Start with the free library.
The Job Search Library has guides, templates, and tools built from what I saw on the inside. Use them on your own and see whether you need me at all.
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Find out what’s actually going wrong.
If your search isn’t working, let’s find out why. You’ll get a personal reply within 48 hours, and you keep every note and script from our work together.
Angela Malagon · The Jilted Recruiter