Jeff Gillis is the co-founder and Chief Technical Officer of The Interview Guys, the career-advice site he and Mike Simpson launched in 2013. Over the last 13 years, Jeff has been the strategic mind behind how the site connects with job seekers, helping reach more than 100 million people worldwide through content, tools, and product development.
His background is in IT and digital strategy, which shapes how he approaches the modern job search: ATS systems, resume optimization, the mechanics of how recruiters and platforms actually filter candidates, and the tactics that work when applying through online portals. Jeff has published more than 50 in-depth career resources including case studies, comprehensive guides, and video courses, and his work has appeared in INC, MSN, and ZDNet.
Articles credited to Jeff on The Interview Guys are reviewed and edited by him personally, with a focus on resume strategy, job-search tactics, and how to actually get past the digital gatekeepers most candidates struggle with.
Most people treat a skills gap like a mystery. They stare at a job posting, feel underqualified, and quietly close the tab. That’s a waste, because the gap is almost always smaller and more fixable than it feels. Claude is genuinely good at this specific job. Paste in a posting and your resume, and it…
Recruiters skim. They read the first line, decide in about two seconds, and move on to the next fifty messages in their inbox. So the message you send has to feel human, specific, and worth their time. That’s exactly where Claude earns its keep. Its writing sounds less templated than most AI tools, which matters…
Copilot is a fast, tireless first-draft machine. Feed it a rough case study, a messy list of accomplishments, or a job description, and it hands you clean, structured prose in seconds. For anyone building a portfolio, that drafting loop is where it earns its keep. Here’s what most people get wrong. They paste one prompt,…
Getting promoted is not just about doing great work. It is about proving that work, framing it in language your boss and skip-level actually respond to, and asking at the right moment with the right ask. That is exactly where Copilot earns its keep. It drafts persuasive copy fast, tailors tone on request, and can…
Here’s a number that should make every manager sit up straight: 52% of Gen Z professionals are already freelancing, the highest rate of any generation, according to Upwork Research Institute data reported by BenefitsPro. Compare that to 38% of the overall workforce and just 26% of boomers. The lazy read is that Gen Z loves…
Landing an internship is its own kind of job hunt, and it’s brutal. You’re competing against hundreds of students for the same handful of spots, most of you have thin resumes, and you’re trying to do all of it between classes. Copilot won’t apply for you, and anyone who says it will is selling something….
Getting laid off is a gut punch, and the job search that follows is mostly unglamorous, repetitive work. Rewriting the same bullet for the fortieth time. Drafting yet another cover letter. That grind is exactly where Microsoft Copilot earns its keep. Copilot won’t get you hired on its own. What it does well is speed…
Freelancing is a writing job whether you like it or not. You pitch, you propose, you follow up, you explain scope, and you do it over and over for clients who barely read past your first line. That is exactly where Microsoft Copilot earns its keep. It is genuinely good at drafting and reshaping the…
Copilot is genuinely good at one thing job seekers need: finding cleaner, more confident language for stuff you already know about yourself. It won’t invent your career. It’ll help you say it better. Here’s what most people get wrong. They type a lazy prompt, get a polished paragraph back, and paste it straight into LinkedIn….
You finally have two offers on the table. Now comes the part nobody trains you for: figuring out which one is actually better once you look past the base salary. Copilot is genuinely good at this. Upload your offer letters as PDFs or Word docs and it can lay out the trade-offs across pay, benefits,…
