Career

Hacker News

How to explain job gaps on the resume?

I’m interviewing with several companies for SDE roles and have a gap of > 12 months since my last job. Is this a …

The Glowforge Blog

You Aren't Communicating Nearly Enough

If you are a new employee, in a new role, or on a new team, overcommunicate and make it easy for your manager and teammates …

The Startup

How to Double Your 9–5 Salary in 12 Months

Strategies for staying at your current company or moving on that avoid the typical advice offered by popular career websites. …

CNN

There's a new obstacle to landing a job after college: Getting approved by AI

College career centers used to prepare students for job interviews by helping them learn how to dress appropriately or write …

Narratively

I Quit My Job at 50 to Reinvent Myself. Pro Tip: Don't Do This.

My fantasy was to escape from the corporate grind. After a taste of freedom and months of hare-brained schemes, I begged to …

Cryptocurrency Jobs

The State of the Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Job Market in 2019

Last year, the crypto job market felt different, but overall it was a good different.

2019 was characterized by a volatile …

Harvard Business Review

What Happens When Your Career Becomes Your Whole Identity

Many people with high-pressure jobs find themselves unhappy with their careers, despite working hard their whole lives to get …

Forbes

The Real Reasons Why Job Seekers Are Not Given Feedback

All the niceties and politeness are gone. You will now only hear from human resources if they want to move forward with you; …

Praachi Pathak

How to Optimize Your Career for Happiness

The relentless pursuit of success often means chasing after promotions, pay raises, and prestigious titles. But what if we …

The Wall Street Journal

Tech Jobs Have Dried Up—and Aren't Coming Back Soon

Employment for software engineers has cooled as resources shift toward developing artificial intelligence.

Harvard Business Review

7 Questions to Ask When Weighing a Job Offer

You got the job offer! Now you have to decide whether or not to take it. It’s impossible to predict exactly how a job …

PsyPost

Long-term unemployment leads to disengagement and apathy, rather than efforts to regain control

New research published in the Journal of Personality reveals that prolonged unemployment is strongly correlated with loss of …

Medium

Three Critical Questions to Turn the Tables During Technical Interviews

Questions for when your interviewer says “Do you have any questions for me?”

Bloomberg

Losing Your Job Used to Be Shameful. Now It's a Whole Identity

There’s a whole class of “layoff influencers” now, as more people open up — maybe too much — about getting …

ryxcommar

Why does getting a job in tech suck right now? (Is it AI?!?)

Basically, a massive confluence of factors has contributed to it being harder to get a job in tech, both on the demand and …

Praachi Pathak

The Art of Interviewing Your Interviewer to Uncover a Company's True Culture

It’s easy for a company to present a polished front, but as a candidate, you need to dig deeper to uncover what working …

Fortune

Gen Z is looking to the stars for career guidance

Young workers may be the most tech savvy, but they’re turning towards an age-old method to shape their futures by …

SFGate

'A cesspool': Laid-off California tech workers are sick to death of LinkedIn

LinkedIn is a symbol of modern capitalism. In the age of tech layoffs, it’s also a symbol of dread.

HR Dive

Applicants hate when job ads lack a salary range or potential for remote work, survey shows

More than 2 in 5 U.S. workers say they’d lose interest in a position if the job ad lacked a salary range in the job …

Nelson Figueroa

Let's Stop Asking "Why Do You Want To Work for Us?" in Interviews

99% of the reason people want to work for a company is because they need money. That’s it. They want to be able to pay …

The Wall Street Journal

Quit Being a Cynic at Work. It's Holding You Back.

There are ways to fight the tendency to see the worst in everyone.

Harvard Business Review

Highly Skilled Professionals Want Your Work But Not Your Job

Freelancers are in huge demand today, and they know it. It’s time for new rules of engagement.

Business Insider

Higher-paid employees looking for work are having a tough time, and it could be a sign of a shift in the workplace

But as Aki points out, white-collar workers’ issues could be a sign of bad times to come for everyone. Companies’ …

Tim Harford

The surprising public health benefit of unemployment

Here’s a discovery to bring you up short: unemployment is good for you. Really? Well, no, not really. But a new …

Harvard Business Review

How to Address a Resume Gap When Switching Careers

The prospect of a new career can hold a sense of excitement. But what should you do if your job search has become a …

Financial Times

For young people, the job search has never been so miserable

Automated application processes are dehumanising and unhelpful.

Slate

The Worst Possible Way to Be Rejected for a Job

No one likes being rejected for a job, no matter what form it comes in, but turning down candidates on live video is a …

Ben Kuhn

How I build and run behavioral interviews

I used to think that behavioral interviews were basically useless, because it was too easy for candidates to bullshit them …

Jamie Tanna

Job titles are bullshit

I first saw the inequity of job titles within my first few years at Capital One.