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Your resume may not need a full rewrite. It may need five focused fixes. This Thursday, @Bogdan Zlatkov is leading a live resume speed round built for the job market candidates are navigating right now. The session will cover: → How to surface the experience recruiters need to see first → How to find relevant keywords faster → What to cut when your resume feels too long → A live walkthrough of how an ATS reads a resume Live attendees will also receive the resume template Bogdan used to land 23 interviews and three offers. If your resume explains everything but makes your strongest evidence hard to find, this session is worth an hour. 📅 Thursday, October 22 🕑 2:00–3:00 PM ET 🎟️ Save your spot → https://lnkd.in/gFKb8wdy

For anyone searching while employed, this is one of the simplest LinkedIn settings to check: recruiter-only Open to Work can help you appear in recruiter searches without adding the green banner to your public profile. Pair it with clear target roles and an updated headline so the right recruiters can quickly understand where you fit.

A better job search keeps moving even when you are not refreshing another tab. → This week's newsletter breaks down: → How Saved Searches and alerts bring relevant roles to you → A final reminder for Thursday's live resume session with Bogdan Zlatkov → How Job Tracker keeps every promising opportunity moving → Why 46% of job seekers said long gaps with no updates would make them walk away The goal is not to spend more time searching. It is to make the time you already have count.

Three fresh openings. Three different career paths. Every role includes transparent base pay. This week's Hot Jobs roundup spans product, privacy, and data: Figma — Early Career Associate Product Manager → $140,000 base → Full-time hybrid role based in San Francisco → Early-career rotation across product areas → Applications close Wednesday, October 21 at 5:00 PM PT https://lnkd.in/gGMkVswE Coinbase — Analyst, Privacy (Privacy Assessments) → 3+ years in technology risk management with a privacy or security focus → $135,320–$159,200 base, plus potential equity and bonus → Remote U.S.; Coinbase expects quarterly in-person working sessions → Own privacy assessments and remediation across Legal, Product, and Engineering https://lnkd.in/gZBpEDrG Reddit — Analytics Engineer → 3+ years working with large-scale ETL systems → $164,200–$229,990 base, plus equity and benefits → Remote U.S. → Build trusted data pipelines and tools used across product, ads, and marketing https://lnkd.in/gc59-RMX The company name may catch your attention. The details should decide whether the role deserves your time. Compare salary, experience, work setup, and application deadlines before you apply. Explore more roles in Teal's Job Search → https://lnkd.in/gfbCkycg Which role would you open first? #HotJobs #JobSearch #ProductManagement #PrivacyJobs #DataCareers

A long hiring process does not just test patience. It changes whether a role still feels worth pursuing. In our final LinkedIn poll of 252 people, 46% said long gaps with no updates were most likely to make them walk away. Unpaid take-home tasks followed at 29%, then too many interview rounds at 23%. Repeating the same information came in at 3%. Silence creates its own answer. If a company cannot share what is happening, when you will hear back, or whether the process has changed, you are left spending time and energy on uncertainty. Protect your momentum while you wait: → Ask for the expected timeline and next decision point before the interview ends. → Send one concise follow-up after the stated date passes. → Keep applying until you have a written offer—not just positive signals. → Track dates, contacts, and follow-ups so one slow process does not stall your whole search. Keep every application and follow-up organized in Teal's Job Tracker → https://tealhq.co/tracker How long would you wait without an update before walking away?

Two bots got stuck saying goodbye in a job interview. The joke is the least important part. In a creator-led experiment posted this week, comedian Graham Dot Zip let an AI agent represent him in an interview with an AI recruiter. His agent misstated his experience, offered a salary far below what he wanted, agreed to another interview without him, and then got stuck in a goodbye loop. It is a stunt—not proof of a real employer’s hiring process. But it makes a real candidate-trust problem visible. An interview is supposed to help both sides evaluate fit. Candidates need a chance to ask questions, correct the record, understand how they are being assessed, and reach a human when something goes wrong. Before completing an AI interview, ask: → What will be recorded, scored, or stored? → Will a human review the result before a decision is made? → Can I request a human alternative or accommodation? And do not hand salary negotiation or factual claims about your experience to an agent you cannot actively correct. AI can help you prepare. It should not make career decisions on your behalf—or remove you from the process entirely. Watch the original experiment by Graham Dot Zip → https://lnkd.in/ddpCcie6 Would you complete an AI interview if no human were available? #JobSearch #AIHiring #InterviewTips #CandidateExperience

Getting the offer isn’t the only decision point in a job search. The hiring process itself can change whether a role still feels worth pursuing. Extra rounds, take-home work, repeated questions, and long stretches without updates all ask candidates for more time before they know where they stand. When does the process become too much? Vote below, then share what made you walk away from a role.

Five minutes can change what a recruiter sees first. This week's newsletter breaks down: → A free live speed round of five resume improvements for today's market → How Resume Analyzer helps you find the fixes that matter most → Why 61% of job seekers said a missing salary would keep them from applying The goal is not to rewrite everything. It is to make the strongest proof easier to find before the next opportunity opens.

Roblox is hiring a full-time Influencer Marketing Specialist in San Mateo. This is a hybrid role with required in-office work Tuesday through Thursday. The role sits between creators, campaigns, and live events. This is not only about finding influencers and sending briefs. It is the coordination work that keeps creator partnerships moving: • Support campaigns from briefing and content review through posting and performance reporting • Manage timelines, deliverables, and cross-functional approvals • Serve as an on-the-ground contact for creators at live events • Help onboard creators and maintain the relationship history in the influencer CRM • Monitor creator content, community sentiment, and platform activity Roblox is looking for someone with 3–4 years in influencer marketing, creator relations, talent management, social media, or a related field. Experience with live events, gaming, entertainment, or UGC creator communities is a plus. 📍 San Mateo, CA — full-time hybrid role; in office Tuesday–Thursday 💰 $151,890–$191,340 base + equity and benefits Who should take a closer look? Marketers who enjoy both sides of creator work: building trusted relationships and managing the operational details that make campaigns happen. The strongest proof won’t be a creator’s follower count or one viral post. It will be the campaign, roster, or live activation you helped keep on track—and what improved because you were there. View the role on Teal → https://lnkd.in/gww6SGyE What part of creator marketing would you be most excited to own?

A fast way to do this: paste the job description into Teal, identify the top two problems the role owns, then pull only the bullets that prove you have solved them. Save that as a role-specific resume so the next edit starts from evidence, not a blank page.