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; …

Business Insider

Leading computer science professor says 'everybody' is struggling to get jobs: 'Something is happening in the industry'

Computer science went from a future-proof career to an industry in upheaval in a shockingly small amount of time.

Dan Moore

Why Are Interviews Harder Than The Job?

But today, I wanted to dig into why interviews for software related jobs are often harder than the job itself. This is a …

Wall Street Journal

How to Handle a Job Market That’s Worse Than It Looks

It’s time to change your attitude and approach as the gloomier employment picture comes into focus.

Jeff Wofford

When the Job Search Becomes Impossible: Three Phases of Burnout

I have the good fortune to have a job right now, but many of my friends are out of work. Most have been searching for a …

Financial Times

Why AI is sending hiring practices backwards

‘AI overwhelm’ is driving some recruiters to favour people they know already, or have employed before.

NBER

Job Mismatch and Early Career Success

How does being over- or underqualified at the beginning of a worker’s career affect skill acquisition, retention, and …

Ibrahim Diallo

You're Not Interviewing for the Job. You're Auditioning for the Job Title

I’m not advocating dishonesty, I’m acknowledging reality. Interviews are a ritual, and rituals have rules. …

The Wall Street Journal

AI Is Forcing the Return of the In-Person Job Interview

More companies are returning to face-to-face meetings to counter cheating by candidates—and more ominous digital threats.

The Week

Why 'faceless bots' are interviewing job hunters

Jobseekers who manage to land interviews are increasingly facing a new hurdle: being interviewed not by an HR manager but a …

mandates

Every company has the same hiring criteria

The primary contrarian belief this essay puts forth is: experience is not worth hiring for.

Fortune

AI is doing job interviews now—but candidates say they’d rather risk staying unemployed than talk to another robot

AI is replacing human hiring managers in job interviews—and candidates are pushing back. Despite being unemployed, …

Aishwarya Goel

How to Network as an Introvert

Sometimes I’d leave an event unsure if I connected with anyone—or if anyone noticed I was there. I’d show up, blend in, talk …

The Wall Street Journal

Young Graduates Are Facing an Employment Crisis

Slow hiring is especially daunting for those just starting out; ‘Right now, I’m pretending employment doesn’t exist’.

William's Blog

Sell Yourself Well - What Soham Parekh can teach us

Most people are terrible at selling themselves. We’re conditioned to be humble, to let our work speak for itself, to wait for …

In The AIrena

Junior Roles Aren’t Going Away

Having spent the last year deep in the AI-rena, building products with Claude Code/Cursor, using tools like Ideogram, …

Marc's Blog

Career advice, or something like it

If I could offer you a single piece of career advice, it’s this: avoid negativity echo chambers.

The New York Times

Employers Are Buried in A.I.-Generated Résumés

Candidates are frustrated. Employers are overwhelmed. The problem? An untenable pile of applications — many of them generated …

Complex Systems

How to negotiate your salary package

The complete guide to salary negotiation for engineers and other professionals who think negotiating is morally questionable. …

charity.wtf

On How Long it Takes to Know if a Job is Right for You or Not

The first week at EVERY job is a hot mess of anxiety and nerves and second-guessing yourself and those around you. It’s never …

The New York Times

For Some Recent Graduates, the A.I. Job Apocalypse May Already Be Here

The unemployment rate for recent college graduates has jumped as companies try to replace entry-level workers with artificial …

wqtz

In a high-stress work environment, prioritize relationships

The reality is that if you quit, you DO NEED these connections to get a new job in the form of a recommendation. Do not snap …