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By Alli Kelly
How to Network Like a Pro
Networking is one of the most polarizing topics in the professional world. You either love it and it gives you energy, or you hate it and it totally d[...]

Updating Your Resume? Here's How to Make Your Resume Stand Out
Resumes get you the interview. Interviews get you the job. But resumes are very subjective. Just about every person you talk to will share different a[...]

By Lauren Zyber
How to Support Employee Mental Health & Avoid Startup Burnout
When it comes to finding the right job — and staying there — candidates are looking for a lot, especially in a virtual setting. Gone are the days wher[...]

By Lauren Zyber
Want Your Startup to Succeed? Invest in Your Mental Health
If you’re a startup founder, you know that building a company is tough work. From ideation to raising money, building a minimal viable product to scal[...]

By Ryan Landau
Modern Recruiting Tools for Hiring Local and Remote Talent Faster
Introducing a suite of new & improved recruiting tools — the best part, it’s free The recruiting industry is evolving like never before. The pande[...]

By Alli Kelly
How to Negotiate a Startup Offer
“What are your salary expectations?” A question we’ve all heard time and again and frankly should be an easy one to answer. But in reality, it’s a lit[...]

Questions to Ask in an Interview to Discover Company Culture
It can be hard to get a sense of a company’s culture in a 30-minute interview. Especially a remote one. When you can’t tour an office, see people inte[...]

How to Write a Great Letter of Resignation
Quitting your job can be a really difficult process. It’s not always easy letting your manager know you’re moving on, but it’s an inevitable part of o[...]

Quitting Your Job: The Complete Guide
It’s not always easy letting your manager know you’re moving on to a new job. It’s a natural part of everyone’s careers, but still, it can be a diffic[...]

By Lauren Zyber
Need a career map? This community gives people “directions to their dream job”
Landing your first role in tech is a huge milestone, and it usually takes longer than people expect. Whether you’re a new grad or a career changer, th[...]

By Lauren Zyber
Top Hiring Strategies for Startups in 2022
If people are your greatest asset, then finding the right people early on should be your number one goal as you start the year. The past two years ha[...]

By Ryan Vaughn
Thinking about purpose in 2022? Try this exercise.
"What is success for you? And how will you know when you have it?" These are among the first questions I ask founders when I work with them, and it t[...]

Expert tips for career pivots, virtual job hunts, and remote work
Making Moves: What Comes After Your Best Job Ever, our final event for 2021, took place on December 7th and featured two experts, Will Post and Macy [...]

Purpose Slack Community grows to nearly 500 members in 2 months
Wow. It’s only been two months since I, alongside the Purpose team, took a new and bold step to launch Purpose Community, a free Slack workspace dedic[...]

Hiring for Strengths-Awareness in the Great Reimagination of Work
This is the third blog in a three-part series on strengths-awareness. Check out the first post on bringing your best self to work in an age of uncerta[...]

Optimizing strengths for better work performance & work-life fulfillment
This is the second blog in a three-part series on strengths-awareness. Check out the first post: The Power of Strengths-Awareness: Bringing your best [...]

By Lauren Zyber
Discord community helps tech founders build authentic relationships
In a world that’s so connected, it can often be hard to feel, well, connected. This realization happened for Paul Jones when sitting at a conference, [...]

We’re launching a Slack community!
Community is at the heart of everything we do at Purpose Jobs. We want to help people connect, learn and grow in their community — and in ours. We eve[...]

The Power of Strengths-Awareness: Bringing your best self to work in an age of uncertainty
2020 ushered in unprecedented changes to our work and whole life experience. While we feel some relief from the ravages of the pandemic and political [...]

By Lauren Zyber
People Collective helps HR community navigate the new normal of work
When companies around the world were forced to go remote because of COVID-19, HR and people operations folks felt an enormous amount of pressure and w[...]

By Laura Cowan
How To Keep Your Diversity & Inclusion Plan Going
It’s been over a year since the murder of George Floyd launched the country into a time of racial reckoning. For many, it was more than a moment (to q[...]

Employee Engagement Tips for Retaining Great Talent
In April, four million people (equivalent to 2.7% of the American workforce) quit their jobs—a record high since 2000. Now, as 41% of workers worldwid[...]

By Laura Cowan
7 mindfulness exercises to reduce stress at a tech job
Tech jobs can be hectic, and stress from the pandemic and non-stop work from home demands have 70% of tech workers reporting exhaustion. Tech workers [...]

By Lauren Zyber
Apple & MSU launch first U.S. Developer Academy to empower Detroiters
Last month, MSU opened student applications for its new Apple Developer Academy. The program is the first and only to be launched in the U.S. and will[...]

By Lauren Zyber
Building resilience plus more mental well-being strategies for work
As we know, May is Mental Health Awareness Month. While this topic has always been important, the past year has only worsened the mental health crisis[...]

Best Cities for Working: Finding the Best Job Networks
The economic effects of the last year have created and accelerated career opportunities in some unlikely ways. Many high skilled tech workers are now [...]
By Alex Simmons
Workplace Wellness: Why Mental Health is a Top Employee Benefit
My own mental well-being journey began outside of the workplace because, well, most workplaces don’t have sufficient resources for people. It can be [...]

By Laura Cowan
Building Your Employer Brand To Attract Top Talent
What does it take to attract top talent in a competitive job market? The answer goes beyond benefits: it involves good employer branding. What is emp[...]

Balance Your Earning Potential With Cost of Living
High growth tech jobs are popping up all around the country. You can find job boards with amazing careers in a number of places and career fairs with [...]

By Laura Cowan
Post-COVID Recruiting Trends: What's Changing about How We Hire
A lot is changing about how we work as we emerge from the coronavirus pandemic, but what about how companies hire? COVID has shifted priorities for ma[...]

Have A Disability? Look For Companies That Offer These Benefits
As a person with a disability, you may have found the job market difficult to navigate. For a long time, there’s been a stigma associated with having [...]
By Jason Kemp
Recruiting Tools: What is a Success Profile & How to Use One
A success profile is a great tool for recruiters to use when planning for a new open role at the company. It’s a description of a role in terms of its[...]
By Jason Kemp
Writing a job description? Use this template.
Hiring the right person requires a great job description. And while they’re often treated like wish lists by recruiters, candidates are looking throu[...]

By Lauren Zyber
Candidates Should Ask These 6 Questions About Diversity and Inclusion
Diversity, inclusion, equity and belonging. It's something many startups and tech companies say they value and are actively working on. But the truth [...]

By Lauren Zyber
Ask a Recruiter: Job Hunting Advice, Interview Tips & Resume Help
On January 26th, we hosted a virtual AMA with top recruiter Jamie Koblinski. She answered questions from the community about writing a good resume, pr[...]

By Ryan Landau
The State of The Midwest Startup Community 2020
What makes the Midwest the next opportunity area when it comes to startups and tech? Four startup leaders from across the region would all agree that [...]

How to Balance Having Fun and Saving Money When You’re on a Tight Budget
Do I pay off my student loans or save for my retirement? The answer is both! While it's totally fine to have debt, you'll want to make a plan to pay i[...]

By Ryan Landau
Low cost, high reward: new report shows Midwest tech jobs pay off
There are so many reasons why we love living and working in the Midwest—booming tech hubs, tight communities, laid-back lifestyles… It’s something man[...]

6 Traits Every Successful Remote Employee Has
Looking for a new position in the COVID job economy? Interested in upping your game as a remote worker? If you answered “yes” to either of these quest[...]

By Lauren Zyber
Cahoots launches diversity scholarship, offers more than desk space
Created by founders for founders, Cahoots is a coworking tech hub that’s fostering a community for Ann Arbor tech companies and entrepreneurs. And now[...]

By Lauren Zyber
How to Write a Job Description that Brings in Top Tech Talent
“It’s just a job description. It’s not a big deal.” That’s the first mistake companies make when it comes to writing job descriptions. Because the tru[...]

By Lauren Zyber
Keep That Same Energy: What We Learned at the Diversity and Inclusion Panel
On June 23rd, purpose.jobs and DVP hosted a virtual panel discussion on diversity and inclusion. We had nearly 200 people join us on Zoom from various[...]