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 functional skills like a grocery list. They dump a dozen buzzwords into a bullet point, slap it on their resume, and call it a day. Then they wonder why nobody calls. Hiring managers have seen “strong communicator” and “results-driven leader” so many times those phrases have lost all meaning. What they actually…
Most articles on communication skills give you a list of buzzwords and call it a day. “Good listener. Strong presenter. Clear writer.” Cool. So does every other candidate. What they don’t tell you is how to actually demonstrate these skills in a way that makes a hiring manager stop scrolling and pay attention. This guide…
There is a specific kind of frustration that comes with wanting to break into iOS development and not knowing where to start. You know Swift is the language. You know Xcode is the tool. But free tutorials on YouTube leave you with fragments, and a four-year computer science degree is not a realistic detour for…
Most data analyst resume summaries are a waste of three sentences. They read like a job description written in the third person, they’re stuffed with the same five buzzwords every other applicant uses, and they do absolutely nothing to convince a hiring manager to keep reading. You’ve got roughly six seconds of attention at the…
The career ladder used to have a pretty predictable first rung. You graduated, landed an entry-level role, absorbed everything around you for a year or two, and slowly worked your way up. That first rung is disappearing fast, and it’s not coming back. This isn’t fear-mongering. The data is unambiguous. Goldman Sachs estimates AI is…
Recent graduate unemployment hit 5.7% in Q4 2025, the highest in four years. Junior-level postings fell 7%. The Dallas Federal Reserve found that workers ages 22 to 25 in the most AI-exposed occupations saw a 13% employment decline since 2022. But the job market hasn’t collapsed uniformly. It has collapsed selectively. Some fields are genuinely…
The full stack developer job market is genuinely competitive right now. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, software developer roles are projected to grow 17% through 2033, which sounds great until you realize that growth also means more candidates chasing the same openings. Knowing the material isn’t enough anymore. You need to know how…
Most teacher resumes fail in the first three lines. Not because the teacher isn’t qualified. Not because their experience is weak. The summary is either so generic it says nothing, or so long it says too much. A hiring principal reviewing 80 applications on a Tuesday afternoon needs a reason to keep reading in about…
Your resume summary is the first real sentence a hiring manager reads about you. For a medical assistant role, that means you have about three seconds to show you belong in a clinical setting before someone moves on to the next application. Most medical assistant summaries fail for the same reason: they sound exactly like…
Your resume summary is the first thing a hiring manager reads. It takes about six seconds. If it does not immediately signal that you are the right person, they move on. That is not a scare tactic; it is just how resume screening works at volume. The problem is that most administrative assistant resume summaries…
