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.
Nearly half of recent graduates are working in jobs that don’t require their degree. But the numbers don’t tell the whole story, and neither does the doom scrolling. Here’s what actually separates the grads who land degree-level jobs from those who don’t. The Numbers Are Ugly. But They’re Not the Whole Picture. The Federal Reserve…
You’ve been passed over for a promotion. Your manager said something dismissive in a meeting. Maybe you just watched a less-qualified colleague get a raise you’ve been waiting on for 18 months. So you open LinkedIn, Indeed, or whatever job board is closest and you start applying. Fast, furious, and everywhere. Ten applications. Twenty. Fifty….
Job postings are stuffed with AI requirements. Recruiters are scanning for keywords. And everyone seems to be claiming they are some kind of AI wizard whether or not they have ever done anything beyond asking a chatbot to rewrite an email. The result? Hiring managers are getting suspicious, and candidates who over-inflated their skills are…
The Number That Should Shock Everyone $23,847. That’s the average gap between what the Class of 2026 expects to earn one year after graduation and what they’ll actually take home. A new survey from Clever and Real Estate Witch, covered by CNBC, puts the numbers plainly. Students expect to earn $80,000 on average. The real…
Retail hiring managers spend about six seconds scanning a resume before deciding whether to keep reading. Your summary is either doing serious work for you or quietly killing your chances before you even get started. Most job seekers get this wrong. They write a few vague sentences about being “hardworking” and “passionate about customer service”…
Most sales professionals spend hours perfecting their work history bullets and then write a summary like this: “Results-driven sales professional with a passion for exceeding targets and building lasting client relationships.” That sentence has appeared on approximately ten million resumes. Nobody reads it. Nobody reacts to it. And it does absolutely nothing to separate you…
Most project manager resumes look the same. And that is exactly the problem. They lead with “dynamic, results-oriented professional with a proven track record of delivering projects on time and within budget.” They list methodologies like Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall as if owning a library book about them counts. They bury the numbers that actually…
Your resume summary is the first thing a recruiter reads after your name. In a field where hundreds of qualified candidates can apply for a single role, a forgettable summary is the fastest way to end up in the no pile. A strong software engineer resume summary isn’t a mission statement. It’s not a list…
The job market has a funny way of making people feel like they missed the boat. A few years ago it was “learn to code or get left behind.” Today it’s the AI version of that same panic. And just like before, the loudest version of the story is wrong. Most AI jobs being created…
Why AI Policy Jobs Are the Career Opportunity Most People Keep Scrolling Past Every week, another headline drops about AI regulation, algorithmic bias, or a government body scrambling to figure out what to do with generative AI. Most people read those headlines and move on. A smaller group of people is quietly building careers around…
