Jack Kelly

As a job candidate, you want to get the “Why do you want this job?” question in your next job interview. Compared to all the other challenging brain-teaser questions, this is the best one to use to your advantage—if you handle it correctly. At the most basic level,

Believe it or not, you don’t need to worry about your resume too much. Everyone telling you to spend an inordinate amount of time writing, rewriting, editing and proofreading a resume is misleading you. Companies are overwhelmed by a high volume of job applications and resumes. Hiring managers and

Businesses need to figure out ways to get more people into the tech industry, upskill existing employees or deploy automation. The sector has been on fire, but the unabated growth has affected software engineers. Worse, developers and technologists might hang on but feel burned out, which becomes harmful to their

With the best of intentions, people have been doling out bad job interview and career advice for years. Family and friends mean well, but they tend to offer career counseling without knowing the specific circumstances and nuances of the recipient’s unique situation. I wouldn’t necessarily say your friends

One of the best ways to find a new job is to enlist the help of a headhunter. If you have the right experience for the role, recruiters would love to speak with you. A headhunter is financially incentivized—by a substantial commission paid by the hiring company—to get

It’s not easy to interview someone. It’s part of the reason why job hunters like yourself might have to answer bland or cliché questions in your next job interview. Throw in an unprepared hiring manager or a company’s fear about not offending anyone or inadvertently asking an