Lost Your Job? A Recruiter’s First 48-Hour Action Plan If you have recently been laid off, you are not alone. U.S. employers announced over 108,000 layoffs in January 2026 alone, the highest January total since 2009, according to data from Challenger, Gray & Christmas. From Amazon and Block to Chevron and UPS, companies across every…
Read MoreResume Tips: 5 Ways to Stand Out and Get Noticed In today’s competitive employment landscape, your resume is often the first impression you make on potential employers and executive recruiters. Whether you’re pursuing a leadership position or exploring new career opportunities, a well-crafted resume can mean the difference between landing an interview and getting lost…
Read MoreShould You Accept a Pay Cut? 3 Factors That Actually Matter If you’re looking for a new job and you get an offer that pays less than you’re used to earning, should you accept it? As with so much in life, the answer is not a straight yes or no. You’ll need to weigh your…
Read MoreHow Do Applicant Tracking Systems Work? The Insider Truth from Recruiting Pros If you are applying for a job online, you are dealing with an applicant tracking system (ATS). Before your resume is ever considered by a human, it must get past the ATS, which is a technology tool that helps recruiters, human resources pros,…
Read MoreAn eternity can pass between the job interview and finding out whether you landed the job — at least that’s what it often feels like to candidates. Hiring managers, on the other hand, have a lot going on during those weeks, but they are wise to be just as tuned in as candidates to how…
Read MoreHow Top College Graduates Get Multiple Job Offers While Others Get Rejected Congratulations! You completed your degree, and now you’re ready for the next phase of your professional life. Finding a job after college is exciting and challenging in the best of times, and you happen to have graduated into an exceptionally challenging economy. Succeeding…
Read MoreStop Wasting Time at Networking Events: What Top Recruiters Do Instead When you are searching for a new job, networking plays a major role. But what if you’ve had your fill of crowded happy-hour-type events or breakfast mingles? Those traditional forms of networking are good, but sometimes they don’t make sense. Either circumstances require them…
Read MoreAre These 7 LinkedIn Mistakes Killing Your Job Search Before It Even Starts? It’s wise to assume that a potential employer will check out a candidate’s LinkedIn profile. Is yours ready to impress? The LinkedIn profile is a key piece of professional branding. It’s one of the first things that rises to the top when…
Read MoreWhat Am I Worth? 6 Salary Research Methods Every Job Seeker Needs Wouldn’t it be nice if all job postings straight up said what the salary will be? Some do, but it’s more likely that an employer will require applicants to say what they expect to be paid first. If you are a candidate and…
Read MoreHow to Explain a Gap in Employment Without Losing the Opportunity Riders on London’s Metro are told to “mind the gap” every time they get off the train, because the gap between the train door and the station platform will trip them up if they aren’t paying attention to where they step. Job seekers need…
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