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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 the Right Candidates
“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[...]

By Lauren Zyber
Anti-Racist Actions Startup Founders can Take to be More Inclusive
There’s no doubt that companies, big and small, can have a huge influence on a community. And being a founder, a CEO, a “boss,” and a leader comes wit[...]

By Ryan Landau
5 Job Hunting Tips for Finding a Purposeful Career
Finding a job can often be frustrating and challenging—and it only gets harder during a pandemic. There’s record unemployment right now, which makes t[...]

By Lauren Zyber
On The Dequindre Cut, Bea’s Turns Helping Small Businesses into an Art Form
It started in 2019 as a silly idea on April Fool’s Day—to buy one of the smallest parcels of land in Detroit. “I saw a listing on April Fool’s Day for[...]

By Lauren Zyber
Entrepreneurial Report Shows Positive Outlook for Detroit Startups
With the rise of pandemic panic, people are craving data about the state of Detroit’s economy. Luckily our friends at EntryPoint just released their E[...]

How to Write a Job Description
Growing your team just got easier. We partnered with Google For Startups to bring you the play-by-play on how to attract the best talent by perfecting[...]

Startup Guide to Remote Work
There's a longstanding rumor that hangs heavy over the startup community. The word 'startup' alone insinuates endless hours spent cramped in an office[...]

Detroit Startup Hiring Guide
Starting a business is hard, but successfully growing one is harder. Detroit entrepreneurs are cut from a cloth woven thick with ambition, innovation [...]

How to Be a Unicorn Company
There are less than 300 hundred worldwide, making them incredibly rare and highly coveted. More elusive than the latest Jordan drop or a pair of Beyon[...]

Top 5 Highest Paid Startup Salaries
Make no mistake—Money isn't everything, but it sure does help. And while talking salary isn't anything new, it's still pretty taboo. So why is it that[...]

By Ryan Landau
State of Michigan Tech Compensation 2019
How much should I get paid? How much should I be paying? Thes are the questions we're asked everyday. But, like most important things, there's no one-[...]

By Ryan Landau
Introducing the Purpose Awards
We’re looking for the boldest minds, are you in? The startup community is no stranger to flattery. From executive techies to senior creatives, it seem[...]

By Ryan Landau
The ROI of using purpose.jobs
Re:purpose is a hiring platform where Michigan-based startups and tech companies can find thoroughly-vetted, startup-savvy job seekers and techies loo[...]

By Ryan Landau
HBR says this is how you turn purpose into performance
Helping purpose-driven people find purpose-driven startups is at the heart of all we do. (Hence: “regarding purpose,” or, re:purpose). So when we saw [...]

By Ryan Landau
How WeWork Used purpose.jobs to Grow their Detroit Team
When WeWork launched in 2010, they wanted to build more than beautifully designed shared office spaces for startups and small businesses. Rather, they[...]

By Ryan Landau
The key to Talent Acquisition Strategy
How often do you talk about behavior in your startup? If your answer is “not much,” you’re probably not alone. And we get it. You’ve got an endless nu[...]

5 Tips to Help You be Successful at a Startup
This is a guest post written by Lucia Giacomantonio, a marketing professional and consultant who lives in Silicon Valley. Born and raised in the subur[...]

By Ryan Landau
6 Questions to Ask in Your Next Interview
We hope you’ve heard this advice before, and taken it to heart: during a job interview, remember that you’re interviewing the company just as much as [...]

By Ryan Landau
The New Branding Playbook
Consider the old school branding playbook: Brands were defined by taglines and ad budgets. The bigger the pile of cash, the "better" the brand. Today,[...]