In his decades-long career in tech journalism, Dennis has written about nearly every type of hardware and software. He was a founding editor of Ziff Davis’ Computer Select in the 1990s, senior ...

Follow directions. Likewise, if the listing asks applicants not to call or email, respect that. Following up after an employer has specifically asked applicants not to may make you appear pushy and ...

Note: This piece originally appeared in the newsletter Journalism jobs and a photo of my dog, which you can subscribe to here. Navigating the job application field can be tough, especially if you’re ...

For years now, the vast majority of job applications have been scanned, filtered, and assessed by an application tracking system (ATS) before they ever reach a hiring manager’s inbox. This is not ...

If you've been in the job market any time recently, you've no doubt experienced how utterly impersonal, indifferent, and even robotic the hiring process has become. It's disconcerting and can even ...

The National Bureau of Economic Research recently published a study that showed that job seekers who sought help from a non–generative AI writing and text tool to improve their job application ...

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If you're hoping to break into tech, you may be wondering how to approach the job application process. Technology job applicants' analytical minds equip them to master the process of creating a ...

When faced with an overly complicated or long application, 57% of job candidates have abandoned it in the middle of the process due to frustration, according to an Aug. 14 report from LiveCareer. On ...