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There's some really bad career advice on TikTok. Here are some of the worst tips you should ignore.

Thu, 08/01/2024 - 09:53

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A man looking frustrated during an interview — Some career advice on TikTok could be doing more harm than good.
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Careers, culture, Careers, Workplace, job-seeking, job-hunt, CV

Why you shouldn't put your graduation year on your résumé when applying for a new job

Fri, 07/26/2024 - 11:40

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resume — Job hunting? Hiding your graduation year can help recent graduates get considered for better roles and older candidates counter ageism.
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Careers, Tech, tiktok, job-search, Resumes, Graduation

The likely reason your résumé got rejected

Sat, 06/29/2024 - 07:59

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Job seekers at a job fair are standing in a line — Software isn't necessarily the reason your résumé got rejected.
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Careers, Careers, Resume, Resumes, job-search

He's sworn by the same résumé format for the past 9 years. In 2022, it landed him a $350,000 job at Google — check it out.

Sun, 06/23/2024 - 20:15

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Yung-Yu Lin at a Meta office event — Yung-Yu Lin has worked at Yahoo, Meta, Visa, PayPal, and Google.
Yung-Yu Lin

Careers, career-advice, Jobs, big-tech, meta, Visa, paypal

The résumé hack to use to get recruiters' attention

Mon, 06/03/2024 - 11:04

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A student shakes hands at a job fair — Making your résumé easy to scan can help recruiters get to the key ideas quickly.
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Careers, Careers, Resumes, resume-writing, job-search, job-searching

I'm a millennial job seeker who kept getting my résumé rejected. Then, I changed the formatting.

Sun, 06/02/2024 - 05:22

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Dania Swails at college graduation — Dania Swails began working in finance after college.
Courtesy Dania Swails

Careers, as-told-to, Careers, Resume, Resumes, resume-writing

I struggled to find a job after college, so I changed my name on my résumé and landed one almost immediately

Thu, 05/23/2024 - 06:15

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Mukhtar Kadiri — Kadiri said he now embraces his name and identity.
Mukhtar Kadiri; Rebecca Zisser/BI

Careers, bi-illustration, rebecca-zisser, as-told-to, contributor-2024, Work, Resumes

Emily or Lakisha? Guess which one hiring managers chose.

Sun, 04/14/2024 - 05:22

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People walk by a now hiring sign posted in front of a CVS store — Researchers examined how race affects the likelihood a job applicant will get a callback for an entry-level job.
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Careers, Careers, racial-bias, gender-bias, hiring-process, Hiring, Resumes

I interned at JPMorgan and then moved up the ranks. Here's how I nailed the interview and landed my full-time offer.

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 05:10

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Alexis Taub on green background — Alexis Taub worked at JPMorgan for almost six years.
Courtesy of Alexis Taub/BI

Careers, as-told-to, BI-freelancer, JPMorgan, jp-morgan, jp-morgan-chase, Finances

A woman who spent a year job-searching in Australia shares the resume that got her zero interviews — and what she changed to get hired

Wed, 03/06/2024 - 01:18

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Woman in business suit, Baishakhi Connor — Baishakhi Connor moved to Australia 15 years ago.
Baishakhi Connor

Careers, Jobs, Resumes, Australia

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