Job hunting can be traumatic at the best of times, but job hunting when you’re unemployed is far, far worse. It’s a jolting, high adrenaline ride. One week when there might be three opportunities at the same time, all progressing well and all at quality firms, the next week they may have all fallen away and you’re back to square one. The lack of decent feedback can be particularly frustrating. It’s... Read more

Editor's note: This guest comment originally appeared on our Asian sites but is applicable here as well It used to be that, during an interview process, if you did well with the grey-hairs you were (in Tony Soprano parlance) a ‘made man.’ It didn't matter if the sneering junior with a chip on his or her shoulder liked you. The senior guys had the last word. If you managed to go... Read more