Career Advice & Insights

Expert guidance to help you navigate your career journey

Writing a recommendation letter for an employee can be loaded with challenges, but you can avoid them if you set yourself up the right way. Read More

Cover Letters

Words and phrases you should never include in your cover letter Jennifer Parris

Use the right wording on your cover letter, and you’re golden. Write the wrong thing, and your application can end up in the “thanks, but no thanks” pile. Read More

Cover Letters

The best and worst things to put in your cover letter, according to 9 HR experts Paige Breaux

We asked career experts and hiring managers what cover letters have left lasting impressions on them, and they shared the best and the worst cover letters they’ve ever seen. Read More

Cover Letters

Common cover letter mistakes new job seekers make Jennifer Parris

Like a resume, a cover letter is a single page that can make or break your chances of landing a job. In an effort to get hired fast, new job seekers might rush through the process of writing and submitting their application materials, and often make some common cover letter mistakes. Read More

Cover Letters

4 ways you're killing your cover letter Jane Burnett

We’ve all messed up a cover letter by using specific words and phrases— here’s what else has most likely happened to you, and why you shouldn’t even think about going down these paths. Read More

Cover Letters

15 companies where most employees make at least $100K Meredith Lepore

Looking for a new job but only if you are sure of the salary? Well you are in luck because as of February public companies are now required to disclose a ratio that compares the salary of their CEO with the pay of their median employee. Some of the ratios were a bit to closely aligned with the Economic Policy Institute’s estimation that CEOs were making as much as 270 times that of their average workers in 2016. Read More

Cover Letters

Words and phrases you should never include in your cover letter Jennifer Parris

It goes without saying that you always want to present yourself in the best possible light when you’re job searching. From how you structure your resume to what you say during a job interview, it all counts towards (and against) you during the selection and hiring process. Read More

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This map shows you the best (and worst) cities to make a living Raul Amoros

What is the most important measure for your family when it comes to financial security? We suspect it’s the total take-home pay coming into your pocket each year, so we created a map showing the places with the 10 highest and 10 lowest median annual salary earnings in the country. Read More

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Best high-paying jobs for millennials Jane Burnett

Saddled with debt and wary of an unstable job market, millennials are looking for lucrative work, a study has found. Read More

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