job search tips

When you’re job hunting, the job description may feel like a mere blip on your way to applying for the job: you read it, decide whether or not you wan...

Nothing about the job market has felt “normal” lately—but that isn’t going to stop things from changing yet again as we move into a new year. (Surpris...

The Covid-19 pandemic has changed so many things about the workplace—how we work, where we work, the workforce itself. While getting back to “normal,”...

There’s no denying that we’re currently in an extremely uncertain job environment, with everything from a persistent global pandemic and its resulting...

To quote the late, great Tom Petty, “The waiting is the hardest part.” That’s especially true in the job hunt. You work so hard on your resume, your c...

It’s no stretch to say that today’s job search barely resembles what the process used to look like in generations past. In fact, it’s evolving so rapi...

Today’s job market is undergoing a dramatic evolution, a “perfect storm” resulting from a global pandemic that has upended the economic, social, and c...

Handing over a list of references to a potential new employer can feel like tricky business. If you don’t have a job offer in hand, you might be worri...

Timing can really make or break your job search. If you stay too long in a bad job, you may miss windows and opportunities for a new one. If you start...

In today’s winner-take-all, ultra-competitive job market, smart candidates take full advantage of every opportunity to get ahead of the competition in...

As baseball sage Yogi Berra once said, “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” This feels especially fitting for the fast-spinn...

When you’re on the job hunt, there are typically a whole galaxy of thoughts and concerns spinning around your head. You want to make sure that you’re ...

Regardless of industry or experience level, today’s job seekers have one thing in common—they’re facing a tremendously challenging job market when the...

If you’re thinking about a career change or are just starting out on your educational or career path, the salaries of potential jobs are probably weig...

Hitting the open job market as an older candidate can be rough. There’s all sorts of inherent bias, as well as the challenge of finding jobs that aren...

Those of us who have been in the work world for a while know all about the challenges of life on the job hunt. It can be an anxious and stress-fueled ...

In a perfect world, the notion of being involuntarily “in-between jobs” wouldn’t exist. We’d all have our ideal dream jobs with the exact salaries, be...

Any of us who have spent time on the job hunt trail have been here before: While checking out job boards and researching companies who are hiring in o...

Is it better to be merciful or just? This is one of the many questions you can ponder if you fall down the rabbit hole of internet aptitude tests—and ...

Are you currently on the hunt for your next great job, or are you seriously thinking about making a job change? If the answer to either of these quest...