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Alli Kelly

By Alli Kelly

The Ultimate LinkedIn Profile Guide

Why do I need a LinkedIn Profile? To provide an overview of your skills, qualifications, and experiences to inspire a hiring manager to schedule an in[...]

Alli Kelly

By Alli Kelly

Work-Life Balance is a Mind Game

In the past, we’ve featured a great number of companies that are top-of-the-line when it comes to offering solutions for work-life balance. These comp[...]

Alli Kelly

By Alli Kelly

7 Tips on How to Stay Engaged at Work this Summer

Let’s be honest — even if you enjoy your job, it can be tough to focus during the summer. Especially in the Midwest when the summers are unbeatable.  [...]

Phil Osolinski

By Phil Osolinski

Three Changes You Can Make Today to Humanize Your Interview Process

In the hustle and bustle of scaling a company, hitting headcount deadlines, and keeping up with an email inbox that has no end, it can be easy for us [...]

Alli Kelly

By Alli Kelly

Gender Pronouns in the Workplace: What, Why and How to Use Them

June is Pride Month. A month dedicated to celebrating and honoring the LGBTQ+ community and those within it who have fought so hard for equality and a[...]

Lauren Zyber

By Lauren Zyber

This Masterclass in Tech Recruiting is Helping Companies Hire Better Talent

The battle for top tech talent is heating up, especially as more companies become remote-flexible. Local employers are now competing with the likes of[...]

Alli Kelly

By Alli Kelly

What to Do When You Get Laid Off

Of all stressful life events, losing your job has ranked in the top 10 for years. It sucks and there’s no getting around that. On top of that, no one [...]

Alli Kelly

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[...]

Hannah Slover

By Hannah Slover

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[...]

Lauren Zyber

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[...]

Lauren Zyber

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[...]

Ryan Landau

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[...]

Alli Kelly

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[...]

Hannah Slover

By Hannah Slover

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[...]

Hannah Slover

By Hannah Slover

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[...]

Hannah Slover

By Hannah Slover

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[...]

Lauren Zyber

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[...]

Lauren Zyber

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[...]

Ryan Vaughn

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[...]

Hannah Slover

By Hannah Slover

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 [...]

Hannah Slover

By Hannah Slover

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[...]

Kristina Mercier

By Kristina Mercier

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[...]

Kristina Mercier

By Kristina Mercier

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 [...]

Lauren Zyber

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, [...]

Hannah Slover

By Hannah Slover

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[...]

Kristina Mercier

By Kristina Mercier

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 [...]

Lauren Zyber

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[...]

Laura Cowan

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[...]

Jackie Cayden

By Jackie Cayden

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[...]

Laura Cowan

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 [...]

Lauren Zyber

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[...]

Lauren Zyber

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[...]

One America Works

By One America Works

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 [...]

Alex Simmons

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 [...]

Laura Cowan

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[...]

One America Works

By One America Works

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 [...]

Laura Cowan

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[...]

Patrick Young

By Patrick Young

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 [...]

Jason Kemp

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[...]

Jason Kemp

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[...]

Lauren Zyber

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 [...]

Lauren Zyber

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[...]