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.
You spent an hour stuffing your resume with every keyword from the job description. You hit “submit.” Nothing happened. Sound familiar? Here’s what nobody told you: the ATS system you were trying to beat in 2022 is not the same system screening your resume today. The rules changed. The old keyword game is over —…
You’ve heard of quiet quitting. You may have even tried it. But something has shifted in the last year, and the old playbook isn’t working anymore. Quiet quitting was a conscious act. You drew a line, did your job, and went home. It felt like reclaiming some power in a work culture that kept asking…
If you’ve been reading job postings lately and noticed a strange new phrase showing up, you’re not imagining things. “Human-in-the-loop” or HITL is jumping out of AI research papers and landing inside real job descriptions at companies like Zillow, Vertex, and ClearCaptions. And it’s not just tech companies using it. This shift matters for you…
Going freelance as a web developer is one of the most viable career moves you can make in 2026. The demand for skilled developers has not slowed down, and the AI boom has actually amplified it. Companies are building faster than ever, AI tools need human developers to integrate and maintain them, and startups are…
Most supplemental income advice is written for 22-year-olds with unlimited free time and a high tolerance for driving strangers around at midnight. This article isn’t that. If you’re a working professional looking for real ways to add $500 to $2,000 a month without blowing up your schedule, the landscape in 2026 looks genuinely good. Remote…
Freelance graphic design is having a moment — and it’s not slowing down. Brands need more visual content than ever before. Every AI tool being built needs UX thought behind it. Every startup needs an identity. Every marketing team needs assets. The demand is real, and for designers who know where to look and how…
The career advice internet has spent the last two years telling job seekers to let AI write their resumes. Use ChatGPT to tailor your bullets. Let a bot auto-apply to 500 jobs overnight. Optimize everything for the algorithm. It worked. Sort of. Applications surged. Resumes got shinier. Cover letters sounded more polished than ever. But…
Healthcare is one of the few industries where remote work didn’t just survive the return-to-office wave — it expanded. Medical billing, in particular, has become one of the most remote-friendly corners of healthcare, and in 2026 the demand for skilled billers continues to outpace supply. The reason? Healthcare systems generate more billing complexity every year….
For years, the conversation about automation has followed the same script. Knowledge workers worry about AI. Writers, coders, lawyers, and analysts keep a nervous eye on the latest language model releases. Meanwhile, the assumption has been that physical, hands-on work is harder to automate and therefore safer. That assumption is only partially right, and the…
The college degree has been losing its grip on the hiring market for years. But in 2026, the shift is impossible to ignore. Major employers have quietly stripped degree requirements from job postings across industries — and that trend is even more pronounced in remote work, where what you can demonstrate on a screen matters…
