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.
CVS pay in 2026, both worlds: the $15 floor and $19-to-$23 pharmacy tech averages on the store side, and the $114k-to-$185k median posted bands we found analyzing 136 real CVS Health listings on the corporate side.
You’ve heard the number. Accept a counteroffer and there’s an 80% chance you’ll be gone within a year. Recruiters recite it like scripture. Career blogs treat it as settled science. Here’s the problem: nobody can find where it came from. A 20+ year recruiter named Ken Davies spent years hunting for the study behind it…
Most career changers start with a resume rewrite. That’s backwards. You can’t reposition yourself for a field you haven’t mapped yet, and guessing costs you months. Perplexity is built for exactly this stage. Every query searches the live web with citations, so you get current salary ranges, real hiring trends, and the certifications that actually…
ChatGPT is the fastest writing partner you’ll ever have for a job search. It drafts, tailors, and rehearses at a speed no human friend can match, and it never gets tired of your fourth revision. Here’s what most people get wrong: they type “write me a cover letter” and paste whatever comes out. Hiring managers…
How Amazon warehouse hiring actually works: no resume, no interview, a first-come shift selection with pay shown up front, the pre-hire appointment, the real drug-test and background rules, and the 18 and 21 age gates.
Landing a restaurant server position requires more than just experience carrying plates and taking orders. With managers interviewing dozens of candidates for each opening, your ability to stand out in the interview can make the difference between getting hired and walking away empty-handed. The restaurant industry moves fast, and hiring decisions happen quickly. Managers aren’t…
You keep hearing that Python is the skill that separates spreadsheet jockeys from real data analysts, and you are not wrong. The problem is figuring out which course actually teaches it well instead of just slapping a famous logo on a thin syllabus. That is where the Google Data Analysis with Python specialization comes in….
Most people walk into a salary conversation underprepared and hope charm carries them. It doesn’t. The person who researched the range, rehearsed the pushback, and knows their number cold wins almost every time. That’s where ChatGPT earns its keep. It won’t hand you a magic number, but it’s genuinely good at the craft: turning your…
What Amazon drivers actually make in 2026: DSP drivers at $18 to $22 an hour as employees, Flex’s $18 to $25 headline against the vehicle costs that shrink it, the CDL lane above both, and how to pick.
Your LinkedIn profile is doing one of two things right now: pulling recruiters toward you or quietly getting scrolled past. Most profiles do the second thing, and the owner has no idea. ChatGPT is genuinely good at fixing this. It takes your clunky, jargon-stuffed copy and turns it into clear, confident prose that reads like…
