“Got denied by Twitter HQ. That’s ok. Would have been a long commute.” This is a famous short story by Brian Acton, who may not have gotten that job he wanted at Twitter, but instead went on to co-found WhatsApp, later sold to Facebook for billions. There’s an obvious point here: What seems like a career disappointment at the time might turn out [...]
Want to grow a garden? Press print and just add water. That’s the latest concept from a team of designers in Jerusalem. To Grow a Building, presented at Jerusalem Design Week, uses a custom 3D-printing robot that prints dirt walls with seeded soil. In six weeks, with just a bit of water, those walls will have grown a root system, lush greens and [...]
It takes 5 job rejections for a job seeker to start losing confidence. But most job seekers apply for an average of 15 jobs and receive 6 to 10 rejections. Yikes! That means most job seekers start to get discouraged, at least according to the data from Joblist, a recruiting platform. The survey further showed that one in ten job seekers feel their [...]
According to fresh new research by Zippia, job changers on average realize a salary increase of 14.8% while the average wage growth is 5.8%. Additionally wage growth is 47% higher for those switching jobs vs those remaining in their current jobs. Industries with the highest average salary increase when switching jobs are: Mining & Resources 11.8%; Information Technology 9.7% and Professional Services 9.6% [...]
Fact: Just as job seekers get nervous about interviews, so do interviewers at times. Even if they aren't always nervous, they aren't always very good at it, either. Many just wing it. Google has a great tool for practicing interview skills that can make the hiring managers in your company better at what they do. It's called Interview Warmup. The tool lobs questions [...]
The entire recruiting process hinges on this moment. You’re putting forth a job offer, and hoping your first-choice candidate says YES. Other than the figures in your offer, which obviously matter, you’ve ideally laid the groundwork in advance. In other words, throughout the interview process you’ve been transparent, communicative and available. You've also discussed the candidate's career goals, counteroffer from current employer and [...]
What does hiring look like in the next year? This is a question on the minds of many of my clients, candidates and those in my professional network. At the end of July, news leaked that Apple is going to slow down hiring over the next year in anticipation of a looming economic downturn. Even though not an official announcement, it instantly made [...]
The IRS issued a warning in June (attached) that bad actors are using fake job offers to steal personally identifying information as well as money. Specifically, they get their hands on your personal information and use it to file for unemployment in your name — which can really mess with your records and your taxes. How to tell if a job offer is a [...]
In June, the founder and CEO of Yelp, Jeremy Stoppelman, boldly referred to hybrid work as “the worst of both worlds” and “the hell of half measures.” Unlike a lot of CEOs, however, he didn’t double down on coming back to the office. Instead, Yelp announced that it’s closing offices in New York, Chicago and D.C.—as well as reducing its Phoenix space—and sending [...]
The hiring process at many companies is far too complicated, and I get why. You want to make sure you’re hiring the right people. Onboarding new hires is expensive, after all. But the fear of making a mistake in hiring has overly complicated the process for many companies today. For instance, in cross-functional organizations where a new hire will work with many different [...]