Employment Situation Summary: February 11, 2026 By US Bureau of Labor Statistics Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 130,000 in January, and the unemployment rate changed little at 4.3 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in health care, social assistance, and construction, while federal government and financial activities lost...Continue Reading
Why Are You Connecting on LinkedIn? By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter It is bizarre to me what people do on LinkedIn. Should I Apply to One Job at a Time and Go Through The Process or Multiple Jobs? This is a show where I want to do dealing with the goofy things that...Continue Reading
A recruiter told me that they have 3 finalists and asked for more details to decide the final one. Why would any recruiter reveal the number of finalists? They could have just asked me the details, right?Continue Reading
How do I email the recruiter? I attended an interview starting of last week and got selected but I couldn't pick their calls nor respond to their email as my grandma passed awayContinue Reading
Interviews: Shift the Focus #shorts By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter Click here if the video does not play properly. It’s important to shift the focus in your #interviews Shift the focus of your interviews from a history lesson, a trip in a time machine back in time, and switch the focus to showing...Continue Reading
No BS Career Advice: February 8, 2026 By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter “There is no passion to be found playing small…” ~Nelson Mandela As we enter February and winter doldrums affect people in the Northern Hemisphere, it is a common phenomenon to start to feel a little depressed. Get out of...Continue Reading
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