Guides

Practical, step-by-step guides for each stage of your search — each ends with one clear next step in JoRoute.

A Start here

Find your starting point after a layoff or when you're unsure where to begin.

Protect your income, health coverage and time in the first two weeks — then start a focused search.

Understand what a job really involves and what you can already offer.

Read what the work really involves, separate must-haves from nice-to-haves, and spot what you already offer.

Collect real evidence of what you can do.

Turn work, projects, volunteering and informal experience into specific, honest examples.

Match your evidence to a posting and write honest materials.

Break a posting into requirements and match each one to a real example from your profile.

Use your confirmed evidence to write materials tailored to one role — without inventing anything.

Prepare from real experience and judge an offer calmly.

Use the STAR method with your own examples, prepare questions for the employer, and follow up well.

Check pay, benefits, schedule and conditions in writing — and spot offers that don't add up.

Close skill gaps with free or low-cost options.

Turn a missing requirement into a small learning plan and a project you can show.

Recognise and handle job scams.

Recognise the common patterns, check a message with evidence, and know where to report.