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fromForbes
2 weeks agoHow To Get A Job In 2026: Targeted Job Searches Beat Mass Applications
If the job market feels harder than it should right now, you're not imagining it. Recent analysis from LinkedIn shows that while more than half of professionals (56%) plan to job hunt in 2026, but 76% don't feel prepared. Hiring hasn't stopped, but it has slowed, narrowed, and become more selective. When fewer open roles, higher expectations, and longer decision cycles are now the norm, broad job searches are not the answer, but focusing on targeted job searches.
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Startup companies
fromFortune
2 weeks agoJeff Bezos tells Gen Z entrepreneurs to gain work experience before launching new companies: 'I started Amazon when I was 30' | Fortune
Gaining work experience and completing a degree increases the odds of founding a successful tech company more than early college-dropout entrepreneurship.
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fromBusiness Insider
3 weeks agoI'm a career coach for job seekers over 40. The key to landing a job isn't passion - it's prioritizing.
Older job seekers should prioritize culture, compensation, and challenge, reframe narratives to show how they solve employers' problems, and let passion emerge as a byproduct.
fromBusiness Insider
2 months agoBeing likable can matter more than being good at your job
There is a little bit of showmanship that is going on. That's what I'm hearing from my circle," said Dawn, founder of Upplai, which uses AI to help job seekers with résumés and cover letters.
Tech industry
fromFortune
2 months agoShark Tank star Robert Herjavec says the best Gen Z career advice comes from Mark Cuban-it's that nobody cares if you're 'passionate' | Fortune
"Life doesn't care about your passion, and I don't care about your passion," Herjavec recalled Cuban saying during a show taping one season. "I don't care that you love golf or basketball or AI or cyber, I don't give a shit about any of that. What I want to know is, what are you obsessed with?" Herjavec added to Fortune. "Passion is easy, because passion is a wish, but obsession is an action. Passion doesn't demand anything of you. Obsession requires everything of you."
Venture
fromBusiness Insider
2 months agoWhat Elon Musk's $1 trillion pay package can teach you about negotiating your own salary
When it comes to earning a living, you might want to be more like Elon. There are some strategy lessons to be learned from the world's richest man, who just won a pay package worth up to $1 trillion at Tesla - even for those of us whose paychecks come with fewer zeros. Of course, most people can't go work at their rocket company if their promotion or job offer doesn't come through.
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Business
fromFortune
3 months agoEntrepreneur says Goldman Sachs once gave him 39 separate interviews to land the job-and the decisive conversation was less than a minute | Fortune
Demonstrating coachability by asking for guidance instead of immediately showcasing one's skills can decisively win high-stakes job opportunities.
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months agoEdinburgh Comedy award winner Sam Nicoresti: Actually, this whole show is a monumental failure!'
A year ago my girlfriend asked me to marry her, says Nicoresti on accepting the 10,000 prize last weekend. [When] we were talking about how to pay for the wedding, I joked and said, It's easy, I'll just win the Edinburgh comedy award'. Can it be true? Is Nicoresti not only the first transgender winner of the so-called Oscars of comedy, but the first ever to manifest victory by force of strategic will?
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