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How much should you be using AI in your job search? Recruiters and career coaches weigh in.
Since getting laid off from a big bank in March, Lamar Rogers has used AI to help him apply to nearly 200 jobs. He turns to Claude to tailor his résumé, uses an AI-powered dashboard for every interview, and recently vibe-coded a résumé-review app. Yet Rogers draws the line at letting AI apply for…
Chicken & Waffles Debut at Chick-fil-A: See New Menu Items
Chick-fil-A is entering its chicken-and-waffles era. The popular fast-food restaurant is offering a new limited-edition menu at its stores that features waffles for the first time in the restaurant’s 80-year history, aside from a limited test last year. “In this year of newstalgia-inspired…
A struggling Brooklyn bakery was months from closing. Then a Meta engineer made it go viral.
Shuayb Qureshi didn’t know many people in New York, and his work at Meta made it hard for him to find new friends. So, on a whim, the now-31-year-old software engineer started posting videos on Instagram. “I’m like, maybe I can record myself doing some sort of stuff like that, talking to…
The CEO of the unicorn AI accounting startup, Rillet, says AI is changing who consulting firms hire
For years, upgrading the software companies use for bookkeeping consumed a consultant’s entire job. “It’s no fun being a consultant implementing your third instance of Oracle Fusion and having three years of your life basically go by in a blink of an eye because you’re transforming Excel…
Genesis wants to move like a startup. Hyundai gives it the muscle to scale like an auto giant.
Genesis is, by now, a nearly 20-year-old name. When Ted Mengiste joined the Hyundai brand five years ago as an executive director of sales operations, he described the internal workings of Genesis as “ground floor.” His team was about 37 people, Mengiste told Business Insider, and along the way, he…
Kill the performance review
Is that a bear chasing you, or is it time for your annual performance review? Your body might not be able to tell the difference — both trigger a fight-or-flight response. While not as immediately dangerous as an ursine attack, almost everyone lives in fear of their annual performance review. A…
‘The Odyssey’ actor John Leguizamo says his wife helps keep his ego in check
John Leguizamo said his wife makes sure the glitz of his Hollywood career doesn’t go to his head. Speaking on the “Wild Card with Rachel Martin” podcast, Leguizamo reflected on more than two decades of marriage and the role his wife plays in supporting both his personal and creative life. “My wife…
Taiwan’s troops are training to fight China in ordinary neighborhoods as people go about their days
TAIPEI — Phone in hand, the middle-aged woman gestured to the Taipei intersection, where an infantry platoon unloaded sandbags on the pedestrian crossings. “My Uber is waiting for me just there,” she said in Mandarin, pointing behind them. The bespectacled military policeman blocking her path with…
How to Avoid Capital Gains Taxes on an Inherited House: Strategies and Examples
Inheriting a house does not mean that you automatically owe capital gains tax. In most cases, the home’s value at the owner’s death becomes the starting point for calculating your gain, which can reduce or eliminate tax on appreciation that occurred during the owner’s lifetime. Taxes may still…
I left Canada for Bangkok and now work while the city sleeps. My quality of life has never been better.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Francis Coultier, 39, who is originally from Canada but now lives in Bangkok. It’s been edited for length and clarity. The first time I learned about about digital nomadism, I was around 29 and living in Canada. I remember seeing people on the…