Career calculators

Four small jobs that come up while applying — each one done properly instead of guessed.

Your jobs

Add every role, including internships and part-time work. Overlapping periods are counted once, not twice.

Why overlaps matter. If you freelanced while employed, adding both periods would inflate your total. Employers check dates, so the honest figure is the safer one.

Total

Add a job on the left.

The numbers

"Sales went from 80 to 120" is harder to picture than "sales up 50%". Both are true; the second lands.

Use figures you can back up. If the interviewer asks how you measured it, "I don't remember" is a worse answer than a smaller honest number.

Result

Enter a before and after.

Their time

Check this twice. Missing an overseas interview because of a time-zone slip is common and hard to recover from. Confirm the time in your reply email: "Confirming 3:00 pm your time, 7:00 pm mine."

Your time

Pick a date and time.

Your answer

Application forms cut text off silently. Paste your answer and see exactly where.

Check

Four small calculators for job seekers

Experience calculator: add each job's dates and get an honest total that does not double-count overlapping roles — the number to put at the top of your CV. Achievement calculator: turn "before and after" into the percentage a bullet point needs. Time zone converter: for interviews with companies abroad. Character limit editor: for LinkedIn headlines, application form boxes and anything else with a cap.

Guides

Visa agent number: how to check a Gulf recruiting agent before you payBefore you pay any visa agent, check the licence number, the company and the offer letter. In the UAE the employer pays recruitment costs, not you.CV or resume: which one does the job actually want?The two words mean different things depending on where you are applying. Getting it wrong sends the wrong document to the wrong country.How long should a CV be, and what should you cut?One page, two, or more? A rule for each stage of a career, and a method for deciding what goes when you are over the limit.