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What your experience is worth

Total compensation, San Francisco, 2023-2026

Yes. The pipeline tracker handles dozens of simultaneous applications across stages. Smart reminders ensure no follow-up, thank-you note, or deadline slips through the cracks.

Yes. Input your savings, severance, and monthly expenses. Orbyt calculates exactly how many months you can search and updates the projection as your situation changes.

Yes. Daily mood check-ins, guided journaling, breathing exercises, and resilience streaks are built into every plan, including free. Designed specifically for the emotional toll of job searching.

No. Layoffs are the norm, not the exception, in the 2026 market. Recruiters read them as context, not character. What matters is how you explain the circumstances (company-wide cut, team elimination, industry shift) and what you are doing with the time. Orbyt's résumé tailoring frames the layoff as context and redirects attention to what you built.

Yes, directly and briefly. One sentence: 'My role was eliminated in a company-wide reduction in [month].' Do not apologize. Do not overexplain. Then pivot to what you have been doing since. Orbyt's interview prep generates answers that are direct, honest, and pivot quickly back to your strengths.

Three to six months is typical for mid-level roles in the 2026 market. Senior and executive searches run four to nine months. Highly specialized roles can take twelve. Orbyt's runway planner accounts for severance, savings, and monthly expenses so you know exactly how long you can search without financial panic.