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Explaining your job to your family

When your relatives and friends don’t understand what you do for a living, how should you handle it? Sure, your family and ...

From Microsoft to mailman: How struggling job seekers are explaining their part-time gigs — or hiding them

Some struggling jobs seekers are working part-time gigs to stay afloat, but they're hesitant to tell prospective employers ...
Harvard Business Review

How to Explain Job Hopping in an Interview

Last month, I met my friend for coffee, where I was introduced to a popular term used in the world of HR: frequent applier. My friend, let’s call her Joy, is the head of hiring at a DC-based ...
DelmarvaNow

AI Chaos in Hiring: Big Interview Experts Explain Why Job Seekers Are Getting Ghosted and How to Use AI the Right Way to Land a Job

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / September 18, 2025 / The job market is facing a new kind of gridlock: applicants are turning to ChatGPT to mass-produce resumes, while companies are increasingly using ...

The Thanksgiving conversation startup founders dread: explaining their job

At Thanksgiving, startup founders face the task of trying to explain what they do to friends and family — and proving that ...
The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier

Careers Now: Quitting your job before finding a new one? How to explain your lack of employment to prospective employers

DEAR READERS: When someone quits a job without having a new job in place, how should they explain that to prospective employers during a job interview? There are several ways someone in that position ...