It's usually the first question in the room, and it's the one most executives under-prepare for. "Tell me about yourself" feels casual enough that people wing it, and that's the mistake.

If it feels like the job market has gotten harder and weirder at the same time, you’re not imagining it. The job market feels broken right now, and the “spray and pray” approach is a symptom of that market breakdown, not a solution. A recent SFGATE piece dug into a trend that’s become almost universal right now: candidates blasting out hundreds or thousands of AI-generated applications, hoping that volume makes up for precision. The problem is, it’s creating exactly the oppos

If you haven't revisited your LinkedIn profile in depth in the last year or two, there's a good chance it's not working as hard for you as it should be. Recruiters are searching for your LinkedIn, filtering by it, and forming first impressions before they ever open your resume. A recent Wall Street Journal piece by Callum Borchers dove into exactly this, profiling real job seekers who made targeted changes to their LinkedIn presence and landed roles because of it. The pattern

We are all hearing about the new and exciting ways that AI is being used on what feels like a daily basis. In the job market, AI is no longer just a productivity tool for job seekers and it is increasingly part of how companies are evaluating their candidates. Many candidates immediately think of applicant tracking systems (ATS), resume keywords, and getting filtered out by a robot when they think about AI in hiring processes. In reality, it’s more nuanced than that. Companie

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