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Shred Your Resume: How To Get a Job at a Startup

January 22, 2013

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Send to Kindle Lots of people want to work at startups these days. And for good reason. When I left my former positions at big companies like Microsoft and Amazon, I caught the startup bug and got hooked on the challenge and opportunity they provided. But the thing that we all love about startups – [...]

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Why You Shouldn’t Put Perks in a Job Description, and How to Prove Me Wrong

August 14, 2012

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Send to Kindle Previously I posted about “How to Write Good Job Descriptions” but it seems like that post needs another installment: what you shouldn’t do, and how to figure it out. Recently someone forwarded me a job posting (the company shall remain nameless) below. At first, I was just appalled at one line in [...]

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