The Design Journal — Page 2
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Ghost Jobs Are Real: Here's Why Companies Post Them Anyway
A recruiter-turned-designer breaks down why companies post job listings they never intend to fill, using a 1,641-hiring-manager survey, a viral HR-confession Reddit thread, and the new Texas investigation into LinkedIn's job postings.
Quiet Quitting Costs You More Than It Costs Your Company
A former technical recruiter who could hear the flatness in a candidate's voice breaks down what quiet quitting actually does to the person still doing it.
What a Design Challenge Interview Actually Looks Like
What actually happens in a design challenge interview: the three formats it takes, what a panel is really scoring while you solve, and when a take-home crosses into free labor.
How to Network for a Job When You Hate Networking
Networking for jobs doesn't have to mean cringe LinkedIn cold-adds. A former technical recruiter breaks down which messages actually get a reply, and why your best leads usually come from outside your own field.
The AI Screening Your Resume Discriminates by Race and Gender. Here's What You Need to Know.
A University of Washington study ran more than three million resume-to-job comparisons using the same document-retrieval approach real hiring tools run on, and found White names beat Black names in 85% of tests, with one matchup landing at a literal 100% to 0%. A recruiter-turned-designer breaks down what the research actually found.
Is the Job Market Actually That Bad or Is It Just Me?
If you've been refreshing your inbox and wondering whether it's the market or whether you're the problem, the answer is: both things can be true, but the market is objectively broken in ways that have nothing to do with you.