I Can’t Ask Your Salary History? Thanks!

The Mayor of Philadelphia recently signed a measure that would ban Philly employers from asking candidates about their salary history. The…

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Soft Skills on Technical Resumes

I was in Google Docs collaborating on a resume for a Resume Raiders client the other day when a comment…

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How to Get an Interview at (Almost) Any Company

In my line of work (recruiting, job search coaching, and resume writing) and through my comments on Reddit, I’m often…

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Java Developers and Their Long, Horrible Resumes

Let me start by saying that I consider myself a longstanding friend and ally to the Java community. As some…

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We Love Older Programmers

I was on the phone yesterday with a senior level hiring manager from a potential new client, and she said…

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Negotiation for Contract-To-Hire Jobs

I was recently asked a question on Reddit about a specific contract-to-hire (C2H) scenario that I hadn’t given much thought…

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Agents for Software Developers, Revisited

A few recent Reddit and Hacker News posts alluded to the idea of agents in the world of software. If…

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Show (Don’t Tell) Me That You Haven’t Stopped Learning

Whether through my recruiting work or my resume writing and coaching, I frequently review resumes that lead off with some kind of…

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Undersell and Overdeliver

This week I received a multi-paragraph email from a job applicant who was applying for a developer position I had…

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