Candidate Advice

With 44 million Americans working a side hustle in addition to their regular, full-time job, we feel it’s time that employers embraced that fact and supported their employees in their entrepreneurial endeavors. Many of us can’t make ends meet on our main job: half of all U.S. workers make less...

Let’s say you’re over 30. Or 40. Even 50 or 60. And you’ve come to the realization that the career you’ve chosen isn’t the right career for you. Or you’ve decided “I only live once, and it’s time to follow my dream.” But you feel old. You’ve been in this career for 10 or more years – perhaps even...

So you’ve been working hard, really hard at your job. People have noticed and commented. Your boss has noticed and commented positively. Then performance reviews roll around. Your boss speaks highly of your work and gives you a very positive review. And you wait, expectantly: you know that mention...

Job openings always ask to see a resume and often ask for cover letters, but not always. So as a candidate you may think that a cover letter is an “option,” as in “not required.” And it may well not be required, but it’s never not an option, not if you want to greatly increase your chances of...