The Bent

It's for anyone who has ever said "ugh!" at the idea of updating a resume or writing a new cover letter.

It’s for anyone who’s felt completely overwhelmed because two PDFs hold the fate of their future.

It's for anyone who wants a phone screen, who’s skipped writing that cover letter, who’s staying in a job they don’t want, who’s tired and wants some structure to keep them accountable.

Whether you’ve never written a cover letter or a resume and don’t know where or how to start, or you’ve written lots of them and don’t like the results, this course is for you.

We’ll be honest: it’s not easy. If you’re looking for a magic spell to cast on a pre-existing draft to make it shiny enough to send tonight, this is not the course for you. If you find that course, please let us know. We’d like to take it.

It takes about 15–20 hours to complete the whole thing, including the worksheets and breakout sessions. At the end of that, you’ll be ready to hit send on a job application with your fresh cover letter and resume.

The course is self-paced and you'll have unlimited access forever. You can tackle those 15 hours in a single weekend, or in 10-minute increments over the next 90 days — the choice is yours!

Absolutely. The hardest part of getting a new job is being brave enough to go for it. Part of that bravery comes from knowing how to put together an authentic, persuasive cover letter and resume packet that will earn you a call from the recruiter.

We put this course together because so many of our newsletter subscribers write to us asking if they should quit. Those newsletters are our most forwarded, most engaged, most everything. So many people want a new job, but aren’t going for it. We don’t want you to feel stuck a day longer.

If you don’t get a new job using your new resume and cover letter, reach out to us at [email protected]. We’d love to figure out what the issue is and help you work around it. We want you to get that job and are confident this will help.

Not at all! We’ve got templates galore with sentence starters and prompts. Some thoughtfulness is certainly required, but the entire point of our course is that you know exactly what to write in every part of your resume and in every sentence of your cover letter. Our no-fail formulas are easy to implement and don’t require any talent.

It's a lot of fun. We have a lot of laughs. We're serious about the outcome, but we don't take the process too seriously. We remind you to take a lot of breaks, get a lot of snacks, work together with a friend. We're there in videos every step of the way. We use phenomenal metaphors. And, then there are the easy-to-use templates full of prompts and sentence starters so you're never staring at a blank page.

Plus, you'll get advice on how to update your LinkedIn, a job application tracker, and straight-talk answers to tough questions like, "Do I have to write a cover letter?"

If you want more help, we're here for you! You have a few options.

Feedback Package: Add a one-time round of personalized feedback and edit suggestions for that extra set of eyes (actually two sets of eyes...). Pay-what-you-can pricing, so don't let $$ stop you!

New Job Package: A monthly subscription plan that includes unlimited personalized feedback and edit suggestions on every cover letter and resume you write. Plus, pep talks on demand! And don't let $$ stop you: We'll work out a price point together that'll make the investment possible for you.

To set either of these options up, just send us an email at [email protected].

We're confident that what we cover here will help you get a new job. When we were at our most miserable jobs, if someone told us, "For $100 you could change that!" we would do it. (Andy has spent wayyyyyy more than that on weeks-long vacations hoping that would be enough.)