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Women in the Workplace

The Different Journeys That Led to Your Current Role
How did you end up in your current job? For many of us, that journey is not what we imagined it would be. Discover how these professionals got to where they are now.
By Sophia Dagnon
Women in the Workplace

The Obstacles You'll Face During Your Career (and How to Navigate Them)
Curious about how others handle the biggest challenges and obstacles in their career? Discover their stories (and maybe pick up some tips).
By Sophia Dagnon
Women in the Workplace

Challenges Can Define Your Career (But Not in the Way You Think)
The challenges we experience, the failures we overcome - they influence our careers. Here's how these professionals used their challenges to succeed.
By Sophia Dagnon
Women in the Workplace

What Happened When I Asked This Question About Career Advice
Here's what happened when I asked this question: "What's the best piece of career advice you've ever received?" Discover the answers for yourself.
By Sophia Dagnon
Women in the Workplace

What's the Best Way to Find a Mentor?
A mentor at work is invaluable. They can help you rise higher, faster. But how do you find someone to mentor you?
By Sophia Dagnon
Women in the Workplace

Do Your Work Relationships Matter?
How important is it to work with people that inspire you? And how does working in a great environment alongside other smart, talented people help your own career?
By Sophia Dagnon
Women in the Workplace

"What I Wish I Knew When I First Started Working"
If you could go back to the start of your career, what advice would you give yourself? What do you wish you knew? Discover what these professionals would say.
By Sophia Dagnon
Career Transitions

Moving to a new city? Here's how to handle your transition.
Moving to a new city for work can be exhilarating. It's also terrifying. But there are things you can do to make the process easier - to soften the bumps.
By Sophia Dagnon
Career Transitions

Normal Job Transition Questions You May Be Too Embarrassed to Ask
Starting a new job brings up all sorts of things... including some questions you didn't get answers to in any of the interviews. Here's how to handle those.
By Sophia Dagnon
Career Transitions

4 Common Career Transitions and How to Handle Them
Career transitions are hard. Here are four common transitions you'll probably come across - and how to handle them.
By Sophia Dagnon
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Want to make the move from a non-tech to a tech job? Here's how.
How to gain the skills and expertise you need to switch from a non-technical to a technical job.
By Sophia Dagnon
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Ready to switch careers? The pain-free way to transition from a technical to a non-technical role
Change your job without the stress: How to shift from a tech to a non-tech role (everything you need to know)
By Sophia Dagnon
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The Best People Will Always Rise to the Top. (Or Will They?)
Do the best people always get the top jobs? Or is the reality of work a little more complicated than that...
By Sophia Dagnon
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3 Ways in which diversity and inclusivity strengthen your team
The success of each company hangs on the quality of your team- and diversity and inclusivity can make your team even stronger. Here's how.
By Sophia Dagnon
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How to craft a compelling internal job description that improves candidate quality and diversity
Want to hire awesome talent? Then you need to get clear on what you are looking for. It all starts with the internal job description...
By Sophia Dagnon
Shortcomings of the Resume and CV

The best and only strategy to remove bias from your job search
Job markets have globalized and become extremely competitive. Distinguish yourself from the competition with these tactics. It's the best way to get the job you want.
By Maximilian Kwok
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How to review you hiring process (and make it stronger)
Does your hiring process support your goals? Here's how to review it to get even better results.
By Sophia Dagnon
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5 Ways To Increase Diversity and Inclusion in Your Hiring and Forge a Stronger, Higher-Performing Team
Looking for ways to attract more diverse job candidates? Here are five different approaches you can start trying straight away.
By Sophia Dagnon
The Empowerment of a Job Referral

Here Are 3 Compelling Reasons Why You Should Refer Someone For a Job
Should you refer awesome candidates for jobs at your company? Here are three compelling reasons why you should consider it.
By Sophia Dagnon
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The two things you need to be happy at work (Do you have them?)
You need two things to be happy and productive at work. The first is loving the work itself. But the second? That one is just as important. Do you have it?
By Sophia Dagnon
The Empowerment of a Job Referral

The Nature of Work is Changing. What Are You Doing to Keep Your Place?
How often do you think about the future of your job, of your sector, of your industry? It's not always easy but here's one very good reason you should do it.
By Sophia Dagnon
The Empowerment of a Job Referral

What's Stopping You From Referring Awesome Candidates for Jobs at Your Company?
What do you do when someone asks you for a referral for an open position at the company you work at? Here's what you can do instead of stressing about whether they'll be a good fit or not.
By Sophia Dagnon
The Empowerment of a Job Referral

You Shouldn't Be the Smartest Person on Your Team. (And Here's Why. )
Imagine being the smartest person on your team... and just how much that would suck. Because if you want to do great work, you need a great team. Discover how becoming a referrer can help you make your team (and company) better.
By Sophia Dagnon
Shortcomings of the Resume and CV

Deconstructing Resumes - Disarming Obstacles in the Pursuit of your Dream Job
Resumes as a primary vehicle to campaign for a job is increasingly becoming irrelevent for nontraditional and nonlinear career paths. Resumes force readers to forcast success using evaluations based on precedence when there is none. As markets evolve faster in our globalized age, precedence can no longer be the determinent of success.
By Maximilian Kwok
Founder Articles

Why I created JobFit - an anonymous job-referral marketplace for diversity
Finding a job should not be this hard. It's even harder for those with non-traditional and non-linear careers. This is due to implicit bias in the job market. I started JobFit improve diversity in the job market and shift evaluation of talent toward a value based one.
By Maximilian Kwok