THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE INTERVIEW
Somewhere in America, a hiring manager is sitting in a conference room explaining that the company desperately needs someone with 20 years of leadership experience,…
If Laid Off People Were Honest on LinkedIn, the Platform Would Need a Wellness Check
There is a special kind of theater that happens after layoffs, and LinkedIn has somehow become both the stage and the hostage video camera. A…
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When Your Competence Accidentally Triggers the Hiring Manager’s Fight or Flight Response
There is a special kind of rejection email that arrives after an interview where you know, deep in the ancient ruins of your professional soul,…
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Read the Job Description Before the Job Description Reads You
Whenever you apply for a job, read the job description like it owes you money, an explanation, and possibly a written apology from whoever decided…
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The Day I Asked the Zoom Panel to Explain Their Own Job Description
You ever ask a Zoom panel to walk you through the job description before the interview begins? I did. Not because I was confused. Not…
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The Job Market Is a Haunted Carnival, and Somehow We Are Still Expected to Bring a Resume
To everyone looking for a job right now, I know you are tired in places coffee cannot reach, and I do not mean the cute…
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Job Hunting After 50: When Experience Walks In and the Hiring System Pretends It Saw a Ghost
There should be a separate orientation packet for job hunting after 50, and not the fake kind of orientation where someone named Brandon from People…
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The LinkedIn Layoff Appreciation Post: A Corporate Funeral With Engagement Metrics
There is a particular kind of emotional theater that happens on LinkedIn after layoffs, and if you have spent more than seven minutes scrolling through…
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The Layoff Appreciation Post Nobody Asked For, But Somehow Deserved
There is a strange little ceremony that happens after corporate layoffs, and if you have spent more than seventeen minutes on LinkedIn during a “difficult…
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Toxic Bosses Do Not Manage People. They Manage Exits.
You ever worked for a toxic boss who made every normal workday feel like an unpaid internship inside an escape room designed by someone who…
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Rescue Fares, Corporate Sympathy, and One Sarcastic Carry-On
Sometimes you make one little joke about a corporate post and suddenly LinkedIn turns into a fully staffed town hall meeting with assigned seating, emotional…
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When the Glassdoor Review Becomes the Crime Scene
Sometimes the most honest document a company ever produces is not the mission statement, the careers page, the leadership video, the “About Us” section, or…
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The Job Description Was Written by a Unicorn Who Quit During Onboarding
You ever read a job description that starts off sounding normal, reasonable, and almost friendly, like it was written by a company that understands human…
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