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- 29 U.S.C. § 152 — NLRA § 2, Cornell Legal Information InstituteUsed in Find out where you sit in your own band
- ADP Research — Does it still pay to switch jobs?, July 2026 data, published 11 August 2026Used in Decide whether to push here or leave · Price levelling up, not just moving
- Anthropic — Candidate AI guidanceUsed in The AI rules: what's fine, what pulls an offer · The recruiter screen
- Ashby — Recruiting Operations Benchmarks, 2026 Talent Trends ReportUsed in Get a referral from someone who does your job · Help someone else break in · Keep your network warm · Warm networking without being weird · Work out where your hours are actually going
- Ashby — AI-Assisted Application Review, Ashby Knowledge BaseUsed in Get past the ATS
- Ask a Manager — Your job application was rejected by a human, not a computer, 2020Used in Fix what gets your resume filtered out
- Axios — Pay premium for job hopping narrows to record low, 2026Used in Build the case your manager can defend · Decide whether to push here or leave
- Axios — White-collar jobs are under pressure, but the labor market is fine, 2026Used in Keep going without burning out
- Bloomberg — Job Interviews Enter a Strange New World With AI That Talks Back, 2025Used in AI interviews: the formats, and your rights
- Built In — AI Resume Hacks? Recruiters Say Hidden Prompts Don't Work.Used in Fix what gets your resume filtered out
- Bureau of Labor Statistics — Table A-12, Unemployed people by duration of unemployment, 2026Used in Keep going without burning out
- Bureau of Labor Statistics — Short-term unemployed accounted for 29.8 percent of total unemployed in March 2026, 2026Used in Keep going without burning out
- Bureau of Labor Statistics — Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, April 2026Used in Keep going without burning out
- Business Insider — Google will let software engineering candidates use an AI assistant in interviews, 2026Used in The AI rules: what's fine, what pulls an offer · The explain-your-reasoning drill
- Cal. Labor Code § 432.3 — as amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 468 (SB 642), effective 1 January 2026Used in Find out where you sit in your own band
- CareerOneStop — Business Finder, U.S. Department of LaborUsed in Build your target list, and start tracking
- CIO Dive — Tracking tech salaries just got easier, 2023Used in Find out what you're actually worth
- CIPD — Employers are turning to counteroffers to retain key staff, Labour Market Outlook, 2023Used in If they say no, or there's no budget
- CNBC — Meet the 21-year-old helping coders use AI to cheat in Google and other tech job interviews, 2025Used in The AI rules: what's fine, what pulls an offer
- Colorado Department of Labor and Employment — Equal Pay for Equal Work ActUsed in Find out where you sit in your own band
- Colorado General Assembly — SB26-189 Automated Decision-Making Technology, 2026Used in AI interviews: the formats, and your rights
- Computerworld — To counter AI cheating, companies bring back in-person job interviews, 2025Used in AI interviews: the formats, and your rights · How to perform in an AI interview · The AI rules: what's fine, what pulls an offer
- Congressional Research Service — “Ghost” Job Postings, IF12977, 2025Used in Find real openings, and spot the fake ones
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-40z — P.A. 21-30, in force 1 October 2021Used in Find out where you sit in your own band
- Duke Pratt School of Engineering — Thwarting Hidden Resume Hacks Targeting AI Hiring Tools, 2026Used in The AI rules: what's fine, what pulls an offer
- Entrepreneur — Job Seekers Try to Pass AI Screening With White Text Prompts, 2025Used in Fix what gets your resume filtered out · Make every line specific · The AI rules: what's fine, what pulls an offer · Write the resume
- Entrepreneur — Google Is Testing a New Rule That Could Transform Job Interviews, 2026Used in The AI rules: what's fine, what pulls an offer
- European Parliament — AI Act: EP approves simplification measures, 2026Used in AI interviews: the formats, and your rights
- eWeek — Job seekers – some using AI – flood LinkedIn with 11,000 applications a minute, 2025Used in Use tools without getting flagged
- Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta — Wage Growth Tracker, 2026Used in Build the case your manager can defend · Decide whether to push here or leave · Keep going without burning out
- Forbes — How HireVue Uses AI To Help Employers Evaluate The Skills Of A Potential Candidate, 2026Used in AI interviews: the formats, and your rights · How to perform in an AI interview
- Fortune — Greenhouse CEO says job seekers are spamming bosses - he calls it the AI doom loop, 2026Used in Build a recruiter relationship
- Fortune — HireVue stops using facial expressions to assess job candidates, 2021Used in AI interviews: the formats, and your rights
- FOX 13 — 1 in 5 job postings aren’t real, recent study finds, 2025Used in Find real openings, and spot the fake ones · Keep going without burning out
- Gem — Key takeaways from the 2026 Recruiting Benchmarks Report, 2026Used in Apply so it actually lands · Build your target list, and start tracking · Following up, and handling a no · Get a referral from someone who does your job · Go back to companies that already know you · Help someone else break in · Keep going without burning out · Keep your network warm · Set up your next raise from day one · Use tools without getting flagged · Warm networking without being weird · Work out where your hours are actually going
- Gem — 2026 Recruiting Benchmarks Report, 2026Used in Keep going without burning out · Work out where your hours are actually going
- Greenhouse — The Hire Standard benchmark report, March 2026Used in Build your target list, and start tracking · Fix what gets your resume filtered out · Get past the ATS · Go back to companies that already know you · Make every line specific
- Greenhouse — Hiring benchmarks 2026: recruiting metrics and trends, 2026Used in Fix what gets your resume filtered out · Get past the ATS · Go back to companies that already know you
- Greenhouse — Auto-reject, Greenhouse SupportUsed in Fix what gets your resume filtered out · Get past the ATS
- Greenhouse — Our AI principlesUsed in Fix what gets your resume filtered out
- Greenhouse — Talent Matching Data Processing FAQUsed in Fix what gets your resume filtered out · Get past the ATS · Write the resume
- Greenhouse — Greenhouse launches new AI capabilities, June 2026Used in Fix what gets your resume filtered out · Make every line specific · Make your claims verifiable
- Greenhouse — Search candidates using Boolean queries, Greenhouse SupportUsed in Write the resume
- Greenhouse — Supported formats for resumes, cover letters and other candidate uploadsUsed in Write the resume
- Greenhouse — Fraud detection, Greenhouse SupportUsed in Apply so it actually lands · Use tools without getting flagged
- Greenhouse — 63% of job seekers have faced an AI interview, May 2026, 2026Used in AI interviews: the formats, and your rights · Behavioural questions and STAR · The recruiter screen
- Greenhouse — 2026 Candidate AI Interview Report, 2026Used in The recruiter screen
- Harvard Business Review — 20% of White Employees Have Sponsors. Only 5% of Black Employees Do., 2022Used in Get seen by the room that decides · If they say yes
- HiredScore — How Does HiredScore Assign Grades to Candidates?, HiredScore Help CenterUsed in Fix what gets your resume filtered out · Get past the ATS
- HireVue — AI Explainability Statement, 2024Used in Behavioural questions and STAR
- HR Dive — By 2028, 1 in 4 candidate profiles will be fake, Gartner predicts, 2025Used in Use tools without getting flagged
- iCIMS — iCIMS Coalesce AI recruiting softwareUsed in Fix what gets your resume filtered out
- Illinois Department of Labor — Equal Pay Act Pay Transparency FAQ, effective 1 January 2025Used in Find out where you sit in your own band
- Illinois General Assembly — Artificial Intelligence Video Interview Act, 820 ILCS 42Used in AI interviews: the formats, and your rights
- Illinois General Assembly — Public Act 103-0804, amending the Illinois Human Rights Act, 2024Used in AI interviews: the formats, and your rights
- Indeed Hiring Lab — Salary transparency growth slows but momentum continues, 2024Used in Talking about money
- Jackson Lewis — Navigating 2026 Pay Transparency Laws and Employer Obligations, 2026Used in Build your target list, and start tracking
- LinkedIn — Let recruiters know you're Open to Work, LinkedIn HelpUsed in Get found by recruiters · Keep your materials current
- LinkedIn — LinkedIn Recruiter, hiring product pageUsed in Get found by recruiters · Set up your LinkedIn profile
- LinkedIn — Use Boolean to filter search results in Recruiter and Recruiter Lite, Recruiter HelpUsed in Set up your LinkedIn profile
- LinkedIn — Why It's Important to List Skills on Your LinkedIn Profile, 2024Used in Make your claims verifiable · Set up your LinkedIn profile
- LinkedIn — Personalize invitations to connect, LinkedIn HelpUsed in Warm networking without being weird
- LinkedIn — Types of restrictions for sending invitations, LinkedIn HelpUsed in Warm networking without being weird
- LinkedIn — User Agreement, Do’s and Don’tsUsed in Use tools without getting flagged
- Littler — Canada: New Ontario Job Posting Requirements in Force January 1, 2026, 2025Used in Find real openings, and spot the fake ones
- Maine Legislature — LD 54, An Act to Require Employers to Disclose Pay Ranges and Maintain Records of Employees' Pay Histories, Public Law Chapter 771, 2026Used in Talking about money
- Massachusetts Attorney General's Office — Pay Transparency in Massachusetts, M.G.L. c. 149 § 105F, effective 29 October 2025Used in Find out where you sit in your own band
- Matthew Bidwell — Paying More to Get Less: The Effects of External Hiring versus Internal Mobility, Administrative Science Quarterly 56(3), 2011Used in Price levelling up, not just moving
- Mercer — Projected increase budgets for 2026, 2026Used in Decide whether to push here or leave
- Mercer — Projected 2026 annual merit increases, 2026Used in Decide whether to push here or leave
- Mercer — Most US employers plan to keep 2026 salary increases flat, 2025Used in Decide whether to push here or leave · Find out when your comp cycle actually runs · Have the conversation · Negotiate everything that isn't base salary
- Mercor — AI Interview, Mercor candidate documentationUsed in AI interviews: the formats, and your rights
- MIT Sloan — Job seekers with AI-boosted resumes more likely to be hired, 2023Used in Make every line specific
- National Conference of State Legislatures — At-Will Employment - OverviewUsed in Read the offer properly
- National Labor Relations Board — Your Right to Discuss Wages, Office of the General CounselUsed in Find out where you sit in your own band
- NBER — Algorithmic Writing Assistance on Jobseekers' Resumes Increases Hires, 2023Used in Make every line specific · The AI rules: what's fine, what pulls an offer · Use tools without getting flagged
- Network World — AI's dark side shows in Gartner's top predictions for IT orgs, 2025Used in The AI rules: what's fine, what pulls an offer
- NRS 613.133 — Nevada Legislature, S.B. 293 (2021), in force 1 October 2021Used in Find out where you sit in your own band
- NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection — Automated Employment Decision Tools, Local Law 144Used in AI interviews: the formats, and your rights
- Office of the New York State Comptroller — Enforcement of Local Law 144 - Automated Employment Decision Tools, 2025Used in AI interviews: the formats, and your rights
- Oracle — Candidate Search, Taleo Enterprise: Using Fluid RecruitingUsed in Get past the ATS
- Payscale — 2026 Compensation Best Practices Report, 2026Used in Find out where you sit in your own band
- Payscale — Pay compression: definition, causes, and solutionsUsed in Price levelling up, not just moving
- Payscale — 2026 Compensation Best Practices Report, 2026Used in Decide whether to push here or leave · Have the conversation
- Pearl Meyer — Your Promotion Doesn't Come With a Raise. Should You Take It?, 2024Used in Get seen by the room that decides · If they say yes
- Quarterly Journal of Economics — Burks, Cowgill, Hoffman & Housman, The Value of Hiring through Employee Referrals, 2015Used in Build your target list, and start tracking · Help someone else break in
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-6-22 — Rhode Island General Assembly, effective 1 January 2023Used in Find out where you sit in your own band
- Ravio — 2026 Compensation Trends Report, European tech sample, promotion defined as a level change with a 15%+ increaseUsed in Price levelling up, not just moving
- RCW 49.58.110 — Washington State LegislatureUsed in Find out where you sit in your own band
- Reworked — Glassdoor Folds Into Indeed, 2026Used in Find out what you're actually worth
- Robert Half — Robert Half Releases 2026 Salary Guide, 2025Used in Negotiate everything that isn't base salary
- TechCrunch — Columbia student suspended over interview cheating tool raises $5.3M, 2025Used in The AI rules: what's fine, what pulls an offer
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, Table 6: private industry workers by establishment size, December 2025Used in Build your target list, and start tracking
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Employee Benefits in the United States, March 2025Used in Build your target list, and start tracking
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage StatisticsUsed in Find out what you're actually worth
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Number of Jobs, Labor Market Experience, Marital Status, and Health for those Born 1957-1964, 2025Used in Keep going without burning out
- U.S. Department of Labor — Fact Sheet #17A: Exemption for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Computer and Outside Sales Employees Under the FLSAUsed in Read the offer properly
- UCLA Health — Employee Referral ProgramUsed in Get a referral from someone who does your job
- University of Wisconsin-Madison — Referral Bonus Program, 2025Used in Get a referral from someone who does your job
- Vermont Attorney General — Guidance on Act 155 (H.704), Civil Rights Unit, 2024Used in Find out where you sit in your own band
- Virginia Law — Code of Virginia § 40.1-28.7:12, Seeking wage or salary history of prospective employees prohibited, 2026Used in Apply so it actually lands · Talking about money
- Workday — Workday Completes Acquisition of Paradox, 2025Used in AI interviews: the formats, and your rights
- WorldatWork — Mercer Forecasts 3.5% Total Salary Increase Budgets for 2026, 2025Used in Build the case your manager can defend · Decide whether to push here or leave · Find out when your comp cycle actually runs · Find out where you sit in your own band · Have the conversation · Help someone else break in · If they say no, or there's no budget · Price levelling up, not just moving
- WorldatWork — Salary Structure Survey Results & Trends in 2023Used in Pick the role and level you're going after
- WorldatWork — Your Employee Referral Program Is Likely Underperforming, 2025Used in Get a referral from someone who does your job
- WorldatWork — New Report Outlines How U.S. Organizations Use Bonuses as a TR ToolUsed in Negotiate everything that isn't base salary
- WorldatWork and Deloitte Consulting LLP — Survey of Salary Structure Policies and Practices, 2019Used in Find out where you sit in your own band · Price levelling up, not just moving
- WTW — Salary budgets have stabilised as employers focus on pay strategy for 2026, 2026Used in Find out when your comp cycle actually runs · Have the conversation · If they say no, or there's no budget
- ZipRecruiter — New Hires Survey, Q2 2026, 2026Used in Apply so it actually lands · Help someone else break in · Keep going without burning out
- ZipRecruiter — AI-Powered Job Seekers Are Twice as Likely to Land an Offer, 2026Used in Use tools without getting flagged