After 2 years and roughly 2,000 applications, I got a job offer. Here's what finally worked for me.

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I've been job searching for over 2 years while raising a child. Here's why I still turned down an offer.

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Julie Jordan-Wade said she can barely afford anything after being out of work for two years.

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Hinge's founder delayed starting a job at McKinsey after college and invested his $12,000 signing bonus into his dating website

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Justin McLeod, founder and CEO of Hinge.

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Flexport CEO says he's rescinding job offer letters for candidates joining as soon as Monday: 'I have no ideas why more than 75 people were signed to join'

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Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen began rescinding job offers on Friday.
Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen began rescinding job offers on Friday.

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The average job applicant says they won't accept a role paying less than about $80,000 a year

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According to a New York's Federal Reserve survey from July, US workers say they won't accept a new job unless the offer salary is close to $80,000.

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