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; …

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 research …

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.

NPR

Nearly 25,000 tech workers were laid off in the first weeks of 2024. Why is that?

All of the major tech companies conducting another wave of layoffs this year are sitting atop mountains of cash and are …

The Wall Street Journal

Remote Workers Bear the Brunt When Layoffs Hit

New data shows fully remote employees are more likely to be let go than their peers. They’re also more likely to quit.

The Wall Street Journal

The M.B.A.s Who Can’t Find Jobs

Some graduates are struggling to find work months after completing their business degree.

bloomberry

Why new hires often get paid more than existing employees

How could someone who had the same job title and the same experience make 40% more than me?

Medium

Everyone’s Getting Ghosted: The new normal in tech recruiting

Ghosting is a term that refers to asynchronous communication that is abruptly cut off by one party. The term is typically …

Scarlet Ink

Crush Your Interviews with the Power of Storytelling

For interviews, it’s not what you’ve done, it’s how you explain what you’ve done. It’s that …

Medium

Reflections on quitting my job.

Last month I quit my job. There were several reasons for my decision but it mainly boiled down to me turning 30 this year, …

Simon's Blog

There are two sides to an interview

I talk to a lot of software engineers who are gearing up for a job hunt. Sometimes they left willingly, sometimes …

Harvard Business Review

38 Smart Questions to Ask in a Job Interview

The opportunity to ask questions at the end of a job interview is one you don’t want to waste. It’s both a chance …

First Round Review

The Engineer's Guide to Career Growth — Advice from My Time at Stripe and Facebook

There are some underlying themes that can carry you throughout your career — and these three lessons have been the foundation …

interviewing.io

How to sabotage your salary negotiations efforts before you even start

These are the two things you must avoid. Both involve how you talk to recruiters at the start of your job search, way before …

Andrew Chen

The Next Next Job, a framework for making big career decisions

Here’s my favorite question to ask:

“What do you want to be your next next job? And why can’t you get it …

Simon Willison

It doesn't take much public creativity to stand out as a job candidate

I’ve spent nearly twenty years blogging, giving talks and releasing open source code. It’s been fantastic for my …

Dewan's Blog

Going Beyond 'Do You Know Of Any Open Positions?'

In this blog, I will discuss why this seemingly innocent generic question is unhelpful for both the person asking and the one …

Quartz

America's first law regulating AI bias in hiring takes effect this week

While the law aims for transparency, critics say it may not be enough to protect against AI bias.