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.
The box at the top of your resume gets read first, and often it decides whether the rest gets read at all. A hiring manager scanning 60 applications for one front desk seat spends seconds on each one. Most receptionist candidates fill that space with hollow filler: ‘hardworking team player seeking a challenging role.’ That…
The box at the top of your resume gets read first and skipped fastest. If it sounds like every other applicant, a recruiter moves on before they reach your actual experience. Most Customer Service Representative candidates fill that space with ‘hardworking people person seeking a challenging role.’ It says nothing, it counts nothing, and it…
The box at the top of your resume is the first thing a hiring manager reads, and often the only thing they read closely before deciding to keep going. Get it right and they picture you at the window. Get it wrong and you blend into the stack. Most bank teller candidates fill that box…
The box at the top of your resume is the first thing a hiring manager reads, and it decides whether they read the rest. Get it right and they see a licensed, reliable guard they can put on a post next week. Get it wrong and you look like everyone else in the stack. Most…
The box at the top of your resume is the first thing a hiring manager reads, and often the only thing they read closely before deciding to keep going. Get it right and they scan the rest of the page looking for reasons to call you. Get it wrong and you’re just another applicant with…
Here’s the number setting off boardroom alarms: 54% of U.S. hiring managers say a Gen Z candidate ghosted them after they extended a formal job offer, and 26% report someone who finished the paperwork then never showed up on day one. That’s from Resume.org’s June 2025 survey of 1,115 hiring managers. The easy story is…
The box at the top of your resume is the first thing a hiring manager reads, and often the only thing they read before deciding to keep going or move on. For a server job, they are scanning for three things fast: can you handle a rush, do you know their POS, and are you…
The box at the top of your resume is the first thing a warehouse supervisor reads, and often the last if you get it wrong. They are skimming a stack of resumes between shifts, looking for a reason to keep going. Your summary is that reason. Most warehouse candidates fill that space with “hard worker,…
The summary is the first thing a hiring manager reads, and often the only thing they finish. If those two to four sentences do not signal GAAP fluency, real software, and clean numbers, your resume gets skimmed and set aside. Most accountants blow it here. They write something vague like ‘detail-oriented professional seeking a challenging…
The box at the top of your resume decides whether a recruiter reads line two or moves on. On a project manager resume, that block has about seven seconds to prove you deliver, not just coordinate. Most candidates blow it. They write “results-driven professional with a passion for excellence” and call it a day. That…
