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471.3x
“Yes, well to be honest I'm not currently concerned about salary figures because my decision will solely rely on the fact that this is the right path for my career.”
careerwithcole · AU · cold open story
224.7x
“If you don't know, please just say it so we can move on.”
thatgirlgetshired · US · bold statement
135.3x
“When there is a gap maybe say, what did you do within twenty days?”
Thomas Cansino · CA · warning
76.1x
“So employers are using this new and devious trick to fire older employees without getting in trouble.”
Greg L. - Career Coach 🤓 · US · warning
68.4x
“Five AI certificates that are a must-have on your resume for 2026.”
proveit.asha · US · list
66.2x
“What type of person is the most undervalued in any organization?”
Brooke Taylor · US · direct question
60.8x
“Change is”
ananyamentors · CA · list
59.6x
“People with over 10 years of work experience are starting to hide parts of their experience on their resume to get more interviews.”
Andrea | Resumes and LinkedIn · AU · bold statement
47.7x
“If you're in a job interview and your mind goes completely blank when they ask you, tell me about a time when... this is a tip for you.”
hobokencareercoach · US · problem
45.0x
“I’m not saying you should give up all together, but usually after they interview someone they like, they say something like “we’ll reach out soon about next steps” or “can you please send your references by the end of the day”.”
Greg L. - Career Coach 🤓 · US · warning
43.3x
“What type of person waits too long to leave a role that's draining them?”
Brooke Taylor · US · direct question
39.6x
“So if I had to restart my supply chain career in 2026, these are the five things that I would do differently.”
Aunty_ndu | Planner & Analyst · AU · list
38.0x
“I was interviewing someone recently and within the first 30 seconds I already knew they weren't going to make it to the next round.”
proveit.asha · US · cold open story
34.0x
“I was a recruiter for years and we did this every single time we hired anyone…”
Greg L. - Career Coach 🤓 · US · receipt
31.4x
“If you're in a job interview and your mind goes completely blank when they ask, so tell me about a time when this is a tip for you.”
hobokencareercoach · US · problem
31.4x
“Something something something”
proveit.asha · US · list
27.6x
“Do not show up for a job interview 15 minutes early.”
Greg L. - Career Coach 🤓 · US · contrarian inversion
26.8x
“When an interviewer asks why you're leaving your current job, they can tell immediately whether you sound like a junior level candidate or a senior one.”
The Resilient Recruiter · US · contrarian inversion
26.3x
“What are your salary expectations?”
Greg L. - Career Coach 🤓 · US · direct question
25.2x
“So employers are using this new and devious trick to fire older employees without getting in trouble.”
langstaff.greg · AU · warning
23.3x
“You should remove your PhD from your resume if you want a job outside of academia.”
✨Dr. Gertrude Nonterah✨ · CA · contrarian inversion
22.2x
“No, no, definitely not.”
Greg L. - Career Coach 🤓 · US · bold statement
20.3x
“I just saw someone say, the awesome chemistry between you and a hiring manager, to not get in that bleep job.”
Toolie | Rebel Recruiter · US · contrarian inversion
20.2x
“I've been living under a rock this entire time.”
careerwithtally · US · curiosity
16.9x
“Millennials are removing parts of their work experience from their resume, sometimes by a decade or more, in order to stay competitive in this job market.”
Andrea | Resumes and LinkedIn · AU · bold statement
16.3x
“You resign for a 40% hike and suddenly your company offers you 60% to stay.”
sanjanaoncareer · US · cost accounting
14.2x
“Because it's like you're saying that you just lifted or just lifted you to your old self company.”
Thomas Cansino · CA · bold statement
13.8x
“This person is highly qualified, but their chances of getting hired are gonna go up in flames because of these 3 resume mistakes.”
Greg L. - Career Coach 🤓 · US · warning
13.7x
“I was getting paid 280k a year for a job most Australians don't even know exist.”
ProjectBlackSheep · AU · cost accounting
13.6x
“Harvard researchers ran an experiment on Asian American women, all of them with excellent math scores already, and they gave them a quantitative test.”
Andy Molinsky | Professor · US · cold open story
13.0x
“What would you do if you've been staring at the same bug for six hours and your team lead just walked over?”
thatgirlgetshired · US · direct question
12.3x
“Okay, let me think.”
thatgirlgetshired · US · curiosity
11.6x
“How long should it take you to find a job?”
Greg L. - Career Coach 🤓 · US · direct question
11.6x
“If you really need to like win over someone at work, you need to start doing very, very old school shit.”
Emily The Recruiter · US · contrarian inversion
11.5x
“When I was like 20, my dad told me that all successful people at work make sure every decision they make is not just them running from something, it's them running to something.”
Emily The Recruiter · US · cold open story
10.9x
“Whatever your degree is, I need you to think bigger.”
✨Dr. Gertrude Nonterah✨ · CA · bold statement
10.7x
“Are you interviewing with any other companies right now?”
careerwithtally · US · direct question
10.7x
“Number one, your manager is not responsible for your career success.”
Jane · CA · list
10.4x
“Please tell me your LinkedIn profile doesn't have any of these mistakes.”
langstaff.greg · AU · list
10.2x
“The people that move up fastest in their career are not always the smartest workers, they're not always the hardest workers.”
Missy | Career Coach · AU · contrarian inversion
9.6x
“The interview question: tell me about yourself.”
Missy | Career Coach · AU · contrarian inversion
9.5x
“Fühlt ihr euch bereit?”
maple_stories_swan · CA · problem
9.0x
“Recruiter truth: if you have landed an interview, I want you to flip the script that is likely playing through your head right now.”
Missy | Career Coach · AU · contrarian inversion
8.8x
“My guess is, if you took psychology 101, you've probably heard of the Stanford Prison Experiment.”
Andy Molinsky | Professor · US · contrarian inversion
8.8x
“Boomers used to smoke cigarettes in interviews and at work, but Gen Z having iced coffee is the problem.”
Toolie | Rebel Recruiter · US · contrarian inversion
8.3x
“Just trust me, you'll be fine”
maple_stories_swan · CA · bold statement
8.3x
“You have 60 minutes.”
AdaEmma | Career Reinvention · CA · list
8.0x
“We as a society have to stop normalizing work being a traumatic experience.”
careersbychris · US · bold statement
8.0x
“If you're an immigrant, works in corporate America, here are the things you're gonna do to help lose your accent or learn the English language.”
Jane · CA · list
8.0x
“The people that move up fastest in their career are not always the smartest workers.”
missy23232 · AU · contrarian inversion
7.7x
“Do not send a thank you email after a job interview.”
langstaff.greg · AU · contrarian inversion
7.5x
“Here is how you're going to get a job before the end of the year in 60 seconds.”
langstaff.greg · AU · list
7.3x
“You can get a higher paying job with these AI certifications.”
Andrea | Resumes and LinkedIn · AU · bold statement
7.3x
“These are things I delete immediately from my clients' resumes.”
langstaff.greg · AU · list
7.2x
“Okay, great. Last question. What is the salary expectations for this role?”
careerwithcole · AU · cold open story
7.1x
“1 page resumes are dead.”
Greg L. - Career Coach 🤓 · US · contrarian inversion
7.0x
“Uh, you guys, please don't quit your job.”
Toolie | Rebel Recruiter · US · warning
6.8x
“Executive presence can change the trajectory of your career.”
Missy | Career Coach · AU · bold statement
6.7x
“So bosses have started asking this one sinister question to try to force older employees to retire.”
Greg L. - Career Coach 🤓 · US · warning
6.7x
“These are things that will get you blacklisted by an ATS.”
Greg L. - Career Coach 🤓 · US · warning
6.5x
“This is a resume for someone over 40 years old applying for a senior role, and so is this one, but this includes common mistakes that can lead to age bias.”
Andrea | Resumes and LinkedIn · AU · contrarian inversion
6.5x
“I need you to raise your hands before answering.”
thatgirlgetshired · US · direct question
6.4x
“If your communication skills are really weak, start watching these 5 videos from today.”
workwith_tanya · US · list
6.4x
“This girl out here is saving lives.”
careerwithtally · US · bold statement
6.3x
“Do you get hired from a job fair?”
Self Made Millennial · US · direct question
6.3x
“This resume for someone with over 15 years of experience will get rejected, and I'm gonna tell you exactly why.”
Andrea | Resumes and LinkedIn · AU · warning
6.2x
“Not gonna lie, this actually worries me, and I'll tell you why.”
Toolie | Rebel Recruiter · US · warning
5.9x
“I used Claude to help me get 4 job offers in less than 6 weeks of interviewing.”
AdaEmma | Career Reinvention · CA · receipt
5.8x
“building a search feature that needs to return results in under 100 milliseconds?”
thatgirlgetshired · US · direct question
5.7x
“Hey, when you said this would be an opportunity for me, did you mean an opportunity for me to get paid?”
Emily The Recruiter · US · cold open story
5.4x
“Hi guys, today I'm just here to make sure that you are portraying your supply chain experience properly on your c v.”
Aunty_ndu | Planner & Analyst · AU · problem
5.4x
“Factory workers Listen to this What are Yours Weaknesses.”
nicagoaussified · AU · list
5.3x
“I step outside.”
langstaff.greg · AU · cold open story
5.3x
“Use the last 2 minutes to close the interview.”
AdaEmma | Career Reinvention · CA · bold statement
5.2x
“Here is the difference between a resume with a 10% ATS score and a resume with a 100% ATS score.”
langstaff.greg · AU · cost accounting
4.9x
“Connect what you've done to what they need help with.”
AdaEmma | Career Reinvention · CA · bold statement
4.8x
“Hello, we sent over the offer letter last night.”
careerwithcole · AU · cold open story
4.6x
“One-page resumes are dead, so if you want to get hired, here's what you put in your two-page resume.”
langstaff.greg · AU · contrarian inversion
4.5x
“When an interviewer asks what your last manager would say you needed to work on, they're not just trying to determine your shortcomings.”
The Resilient Recruiter · US · contrarian inversion
4.5x
“This resume for someone with over 20 years of experience is going to get rejected, and I'm gonna tell you exactly why and show you a better version.”
Andrea | Resumes and LinkedIn · AU · warning
4.4x
“There is employment You gap like this is what you put in your cv.”
nicagoaussified · AU · problem
4.3x
“I promise you that.”
Toolie | Rebel Recruiter · US · bold statement
4.2x
“This resume for someone with over 15 years of experience was rejected for over 5 months, but this updated version finally got him interviews and a new role.”
Andrea | Resumes and LinkedIn · AU · receipt
4.2x
“Why do you wanna work here?”
Titi | Career Coach · US · direct question
4.1x
“This is why you can't get down on yourself when you're not getting called back on any given job.”
Greg L. - Career Coach 🤓 · US · empathy pivot
4.0x
“Act as the hiring manager for the role in the job description below.”
AdaEmma | Career Reinvention · CA · list
4.0x
“Look atcha!”
chinyere_agbasiere · US · cold open story
4.0x
“When an interviewer asks what kind of environment you thrive in, it sounds like a preference question.”
The Resilient Recruiter · US · contrarian inversion
4.0x
“I've worked in HR for years and the reason some of y'all don't get promoted is because you swear the fuck up every time someone gives you feedback.”
emily.the.recruiter · US · bold statement
3.9x
“If you're an immigrant who works in corporate America, and you're ever in a conversation where you're trying to explain your point and somebody acts like they don't understand you, and then they kinda blame it on your accent, for example, they say things like, oh, I get what you're saying, I think the word you meant to use was this.”
Jane · CA · problem
3.8x
“This would give a nine out of ten.”
Thomas Cansino · CA · bold statement
3.7x
“Hey, when you said this would be an opportunity for me, did you mean an opportunity for me to get paid?”
emily.the.recruiter · US · direct question
3.6x
“So saying you haven't got work experience in 2026 just isn't a good excuse.”
FO Perspectives | Careers · US · contrarian inversion
3.6x
“You resign, your manager's first question isn't "Why are you leaving?" it's "Where are you going?”
sanjanaoncareer · US · contrarian inversion
3.5x
“So as we were discussing, my manager made an extremely sexist comment, so I wanted to understand what specific action will be taken against him.”
workwith_tanya · US · cold open story
3.4x
“When they say tell me about yourself, they're not actually asking for your life story.”
The Resilient Recruiter · US · contrarian inversion
3.3x
“Applying for a data analyst role?”
sanjanaoncareer · US · list
3.2x
“You can spot bad company culture in a couple of ways during an interview.”
Missy | Career Coach · AU · warning
3.2x
“I just ask did you use Asi here.”
Thomas Cansino · CA · receipt
3.1x
“Dirtiest little corporate trick of the last decade isn't layoffs, it's unlimited paid time off.”
Emily The Recruiter · US · contrarian inversion
3.1x
“Alright, if you're shortlisted, our HR team will get back to you.”
workwith_tanya · US · cold open story
3.1x
“This resume got rejected for 9 months, while this resume for the same exact person got multiple interviews within two weeks and a job offer within 60 days.”
Andrea | Resumes and LinkedIn · AU · receipt
3.0x
“The title of this article gave me pause because 70 to 90% of people who gain PhDs are not gonna end up with tenure faculty roles.”
✨Dr. Gertrude Nonterah✨ · CA · contrarian inversion
3.0x
“Overall your resume, it is a nine out of ten.”
Thomas Cansino · CA · bold statement
2.9x
“Let's interview prep together.”
missy23232 · AU · bold statement
2.9x
“You're done Interview What's next Send a thank you letter”
nicagoaussified · AU · direct question
2.9x
“Thank God, i made ittt”
Ur career bestie · US · cold open story
2.7x
“I have three university degrees and when I moved to Australia, a qualified plumber was earning more than me and getting hired faster.”
anasazonov · AU · cold open story
2.5x
“When an interviewer asks what kind of people you struggle to work with, they're not just making small talk.”
The Resilient Recruiter · US · contrarian inversion
2.4x
“Hey!”
langstaff.greg · AU · warning
2.4x
“Let's interview prep together.”
Missy | Career Coach · AU · curiosity
2.4x
“You want to know how quickly somebody makes a decision in an interview whether they like you or not?”
missy23232 · AU · direct question
2.3x
“You are going to get asked some interview questions that are meant to catch you off guard.”
Missy | Career Coach · AU · warning
2.3x
“If you're looking for an I t job in Australia, this website will help you to find people in the I t industry.”
DreamShift · AU · curiosity
2.3x
“Two people graduate from the same MBA program, same professors, same case studies, same piece of paper.”
Andy Molinsky | Professor · US · contrarian inversion
2.3x
“There's really no easy way to say this, but we're going to have to cut back on your salary.”
careerwithcole · AU · cold open story
2.2x
“Your word selection is EVERYTHING in a job interview.”
Greg L. - Career Coach 🤓 · US · bold statement
2.2x
“You are going to get asked some interview questions that are meant to catch you off guard.”
missy23232 · AU · warning
2.2x
“Do not use AI to write your resume, but if you do, use this prompt to find the right keywords.”
Greg L. - Career Coach 🤓 · US · warning
2.1x
“I wanna talk about something that most people never tell high performers in corporate America.”
Missy | Career Coach · AU · contrarian inversion
2.1x
“One of the reasons why they have clients and you are gone — that's it, website, your address.”
Thomas Cansino · CA · bold statement
2.1x
“Your job title doesn't belong to you.”
✨Dr. Gertrude Nonterah✨ · CA · contrarian inversion
2.0x
“You know that co worker who's rude in meetings or the one who gives you crystal clear direction and you do exactly as they ask and then they tell you, well, that's not what I meant.”
Emily The Recruiter · US · problem
2.0x
“Your resume, it is a six out of ten.”
Thomas Cansino · CA · receipt
2.0x
“If you are someone who rambles in interviews, this one change will instantly make your answers stronger.”
hobokencareercoach · US · problem
2.0x
“I had a client say to me the other day, Melissa, I think I'm too senior for the job market, and I'm incredibly frustrated and I need to get back to work.”
Missy | Career Coach · AU · cold open story