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.
By 2026, the simple act of looking for a job has become a mental health crisis. While headlines tout low unemployment rates and a “resilient economy,” half a million Americans have quietly given up searching for work entirely. Not because they don’t want jobs. Because they’ve been rejected so many times they now believe no…
The traditional binary between knowledge workers and skilled tradespeople is dissolving. In its place, a new workforce category is emerging that defies easy classification. These workers blend technical proficiency with interpersonal abilities, combine digital fluency with hands-on problem solving, and merge analytical thinking with creative adaptability. This is the new collar era, and it’s being…
The Power Shift Nobody Saw Coming Something remarkable happened between January 2025 and December 2025. The worker rebellion died. Remember when employees staged walkouts over return-to-office policies? When petition signatures soared into the thousands? When Amazon workers publicly protested and Dell employees chose demotion over compliance? That era is over. A new nationally representative survey…
Corporate America is conducting a massive governance experiment, and almost nobody realizes it’s happening. Right now, 120,000 fractional executives are making C-level decisions for companies across the United States. They control budgets running into millions of dollars. They hire and fire employees. They set strategic direction. They sign contracts. They shape operational execution and risk…
The 2025 Job Market Reality: One Sector Carried Everything If you’ve been job hunting lately, you already know something feels different. Your applications disappear into black holes. The callback you expected never comes. That LinkedIn connection who promised to forward your resume goes silent. The December 2025 jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor…
The electrician shortage is hitting critical levels. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects employment of electricians will grow 9% from 2024 to 2034, creating approximately 81,000 new openings every year. That’s much faster than the average for all occupations, and it means one thing: your resume needs to stand out in a competitive field where…
Silicon Valley loves to position itself as the antithesis of China’s tech industry. While Chinese companies openly embraced the controversial 996 work culture (9am to 9pm, six days a week), American tech giants marketed themselves as bastions of work-life balance. They offered unlimited PTO, meditation rooms, and four-day workweek experiments. But something happened between the…
The narrative is everywhere: Gen Z workers are entitled, lazy, uncommitted. They job hop constantly. They don’t want to work hard. They’re killing workplace culture. But here’s what almost nobody is talking about: 69% of Gen Z workers are living paycheck to paycheck, up from 57% just two years ago. They’re not underperforming because they…
If you’re a Gen Z worker wondering why you’re already exhausted before hitting 30, you’re not imagining it. The data confirms what you’re experiencing: your generation is burning out at an unprecedented rate, and it’s happening nearly two decades earlier than it did for previous generations. According to comprehensive research from Deloitte’s 2025 survey of…
The numbers tell a story that most people aren’t hearing. While headlines scream about layoffs and hiring freezes, one sector is quietly experiencing explosive growth that represents the biggest career opportunity of the decade. Healthcare and social assistance accounts for just 11% of all jobs in the United States. Yet according to Indeed’s 2026 Best…
