# Career Advice Journal

Our journal for the latest careers and workplace advice, CV and job search tips, recruitment and hiring advice, and leadership insights.

### Career advice:

[CV Help & Tips](https://jobicy.com/blog/category/cv.md) [Job Seeking](https://jobicy.com/blog/category/job-seeking.md) [Career Development](https://jobicy.com/blog/category/career-development.md) [Pay & Benefits](https://jobicy.com/blog/category/money-legal.md) [Productivity](https://jobicy.com/blog/category/productivity.md)

### Recruiter advice:

[Recruitment](https://jobicy.com/blog/category/recruitment.md) [Staff Retention](https://jobicy.com/blog/category/staff-retention.md) [Hiring Process](https://jobicy.com/blog/category/hiring-process.md) [Interview Questions](https://jobicy.com/tools/interview-question.md) [![Image](https://jobicy.com/data/server-nyc0409/galaxy/mercury/2025/09/b5a71d64-221.webp)](https://jobicy.com/blog/131523-the-funniest-job-ads-of-2025-yes-theyre-real.md) Ewald Schäfer  Share [The Funniest Job Ads of 2025 (Yes, They’re Real)](https://jobicy.com/blog/131523-the-funniest-job-ads-of-2025-yes-theyre-real.md)

Companies are desperate for talent that doesn’t exist, for roles they can’t define, to build products the world might not even need.

[Job Seeking](https://jobicy.com/blog/category/job-seeking.md) [![Image](https://jobicy.com/data/server-nyc0409/galaxy/mercury/2025/09/9ef8365b-221.webp)](https://jobicy.com/blog/131510-why-i-believe-talent-is-everywhere-not-just-in-silicon-valley.md) Matt Semon  Share [Why I Believe Talent Is Everywhere, Not Just in Silicon Valley](https://jobicy.com/blog/131510-why-i-believe-talent-is-everywhere-not-just-in-silicon-valley.md)

It turns out that when you let people work from a place they’re comfortable, in a community they love, they actually do better work. Shocking, I know.

[Career Development](https://jobicy.com/blog/category/career-development.md) [Recruitment](https://jobicy.com/blog/category/recruitment.md) [![Image](https://jobicy.com/data/server-nyc0409/galaxy/mercury/2025/09/9bb45657-221.webp)](https://jobicy.com/blog/131475-salary-transparency-isnt-optional-anymore-its-the-future.md) Matt Semon  Share [Salary Transparency Isn’t Optional Anymore — It’s the Future](https://jobicy.com/blog/131475-salary-transparency-isnt-optional-anymore-its-the-future.md)

The dreaded question—“What are your salary expectations?”—might finally die the unceremonious death it deserves. The future isn’t about hiding the numbers.

[Career Development](https://jobicy.com/blog/category/career-development.md) [Pay and Benefits](https://jobicy.com/blog/category/money-legal.md) [![Image](https://jobicy.com/data/server-nyc0409/galaxy/mercury/2025/09/d4504b4c-221.webp)](https://jobicy.com/blog/131395-recruiter-horror-stories-when-interviews-go-off-the-rails.md) Barbara Best  Share [Recruiter Horror Stories: When Interviews Go Off the Rails](https://jobicy.com/blog/131395-recruiter-horror-stories-when-interviews-go-off-the-rails.md)

Beyond the resume lies the theater of the human soul. A recruiter reveals the silent tells, cracked masks, and heartbreaking moments in the interview room.

[Hiring Process](https://jobicy.com/blog/category/hiring-process.md) [![Image](https://jobicy.com/data/server-nyc0409/galaxy/mercury/2025/09/e5015d95-221.webp)](https://jobicy.com/blog/131343-tell-me-about-yourself-the-funniest-wrong-answers-candidates-gave.md) Matt Semon  Share [“Tell Me About Yourself” — The Funniest Wrong Answers Candidates Gave](https://jobicy.com/blog/131343-tell-me-about-yourself-the-funniest-wrong-answers-candidates-gave.md)

For most of us, we manage to cobble together a semi-coherent, pre-rehearsed spiel about our “journey” and how we’re “passionate about synergy.”

[Job Seeking](https://jobicy.com/blog/category/job-seeking.md) [Tips and Tricks](https://jobicy.com/blog/category/tips-und-tricks.md) [![Image](https://jobicy.com/data/server-nyc0409/galaxy/mercury/2025/09/bd2ea628-221.webp)](https://jobicy.com/blog/131277-the-art-of-saying-no-at-work-without-guilt.md) Victoire Boucher  Share [The Art of Saying “No” at Work Without Guilt](https://jobicy.com/blog/131277-the-art-of-saying-no-at-work-without-guilt.md)

Tired of being a professional people-pleaser? Here’s a funny, chaotic guide to saying ‘no’ at work, ditching the guilt, and reclaiming your sanity.

[Productivity](https://jobicy.com/blog/category/productivity.md) [Tips and Tricks](https://jobicy.com/blog/category/tips-und-tricks.md) [![Image](https://jobicy.com/data/server-nyc0409/galaxy/mercury/2025/09/7d2daabe-221.webp)](https://jobicy.com/blog/131180-the-4-day-workweek-my-honest-take-as-a-founder.md) Yuri Kovriga  Share [The 4-Day Workweek: My Honest Take as a Founder](https://jobicy.com/blog/131180-the-4-day-workweek-my-honest-take-as-a-founder.md)

As a founder, I am not interested in implementing the latest trend. I am interested in building a resilient, innovative, and humane organization.

[Productivity](https://jobicy.com/blog/category/productivity.md) [![Image](https://jobicy.com/data/server-nyc0409/galaxy/mercury/2025/09/d6a9e566-221.webp)](https://jobicy.com/blog/131054-the-jobs-no-one-wants-but-pay-100k.md) Matt Semon  Share [The Jobs No One Wants — But Pay $100k+](https://jobicy.com/blog/131054-the-jobs-no-one-wants-but-pay-100k.md)

Every one of these jobs offers a kind of deal with the devil. A Faustian bargain. Give me your peace of mind, and I’ll give you financial security.

[Career Development](https://jobicy.com/blog/category/career-development.md) [Job Seeking](https://jobicy.com/blog/category/job-seeking.md)
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## Remote Talent Community

Hire remote talent or be hired for any job, anywhere!

[Post a Job ›](https://jobicy.com/hire.md)[Post a CV ›](https://jobicy.com/new-cv.md) [![Image](https://jobicy.com/data/server-nyc0409/galaxy/mercury/2025/09/aa2a5fa7-221.webp)](https://jobicy.com/blog/130995-what-its-like-to-work-for-a-micromanager-boss.md) Barbara Best  Share [What It’s Like to Work for a Micromanager Boss](https://jobicy.com/blog/130995-what-its-like-to-work-for-a-micromanager-boss.md)

What is it like to work for a micromanager? Your own professional world, once a sprawling continent of possibilities, begins to shrink.

[Career Development](https://jobicy.com/blog/category/career-development.md) [![Image](https://jobicy.com/data/server-nyc0409/galaxy/mercury/2025/09/c644b948-221.webp)](https://jobicy.com/blog/130990-what-i-learned-talking-to-hundreds-of-remote-job-seekers.md) Barbara Best  Share [What I Learned Talking to Hundreds of Remote Job Seekers](https://jobicy.com/blog/130990-what-i-learned-talking-to-hundreds-of-remote-job-seekers.md)

The search for a remote job is not a search for a different way of working. It is a search for a different way of being.

[Job Seeking](https://jobicy.com/blog/category/job-seeking.md) [Productivity](https://jobicy.com/blog/category/productivity.md) [![Image](https://jobicy.com/data/server-nyc0409/galaxy/mercury/2025/09/dd4ec719-221.webp)](https://jobicy.com/blog/130852-the-future-of-remote-work-where-were-heading-by-2030.md) Ewald Schäfer  Share [The Future of Remote Work: Where We’re Heading by 2030](https://jobicy.com/blog/130852-the-future-of-remote-work-where-were-heading-by-2030.md)

We have to build the technology that connects us, not just isolates us behind more screens. The next decade is going to be a wild ride.

[Career Development](https://jobicy.com/blog/category/career-development.md) [![Image](https://jobicy.com/data/server-nyc0409/galaxy/mercury/2025/09/2a420057-221.webp)](https://jobicy.com/blog/130770-what-5-years-of-building-jobicy-taught-me-about-hiring-and-careers.md) Yuri Kovriga  Share [What 5 Years of Building Jobicy Taught Me About Hiring and Careers](https://jobicy.com/blog/130770-what-5-years-of-building-jobicy-taught-me-about-hiring-and-careers.md)

Question the platitudes. Interrogate the assumptions. Be wary of anyone offering a simple, seven-step solution to a complex human problem.

[Productivity](https://jobicy.com/blog/category/productivity.md) [![Image](https://jobicy.com/data/server-nyc0409/galaxy/mercury/2025/09/66e986d2-221.webp)](https://jobicy.com/blog/130765-the-most-ai-proof-careers-in-the-next-10-years.md) Matt Semon  Share [The Most “AI-Proof” Careers in the Next 10 Years](https://jobicy.com/blog/130765-the-most-ai-proof-careers-in-the-next-10-years.md)

The survival strategy isn’t to learn to code faster than an AI (you won’t) or to write better than a machine (it’s debatable). The survival strategy is to become more human.

[Career Development](https://jobicy.com/blog/category/career-development.md) [Job Seeking](https://jobicy.com/blog/category/job-seeking.md)