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This is the interview question Deloitte’s head of talent asks candidates to find out what’s most important to them

If you can highlight only one thing on your résumé, what is it and why?

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This job interview question is dividing the internet: How to know when personal questions cross the line

The question "How do you feel life has worked out for you so far?" has hit a nerve with many people.

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Third Space’s CEO follows an 80/20 rule for eating out, competes in triathlons at 54-years-old and made startup investments he regrets

Third Space CEO’s worst investment? “A handful of startups that have gone bust…”

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Meet the Gen Z tradies who are shunning college and picking up the tools instead—they plan to be in the top 1% without being saddled with crippling student debt

Chase Gallagher was just 12 years old when he started mowing his neighbor's lawn for $35. The Gen Zer kept at it instead of going to college and now...

11.09.2025 3

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Charlie Kirk went from a college dropout to building a $92 million-a-year political movement with a direct line to President Trump by 31

Charlie Kirk dropped out of college at 18 to co-found Turning Point USA. By 31, he had built a $92 million-a-year political empire, with millions of...

11.09.2025 3

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$16 billion Twilio CEO interviews candidates for 45 minutes over dinner—and if you say ‘I’ too much you don’t get the job

EXCLUSIVE: Twilio CEO Khozema Shipchandler warns job seekers two common interview mistakes could cost them the job: skipping questions—or leaning...

10.09.2025 10

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Gen Z grad reveals how she found her dream job on Instagram—and got hired by ‘shooting her shot’

Ashleigh Spiliopoulou found her dream employer, Emerge PR, on Instagram and cold emailed the CEO.

10.09.2025 20

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Suze Orman missed out on a million-dollar book deal because she didn’t know her self-worth—then she turned down Oprah Winfrey when she did

The confident, no-nonsense, financial powerhouse wasn’t always that way.

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30-year-old banker quit $100,000 job to start a healthy fast food chain because he had no work-life balance—but being his own boss was more work and he even cut short his honeymoon

Farmer J founder Jonathan Recanati now wakes up at 5 am, never turns his out-of-office on and even cut his own honeymoon short.

10.09.2025 20

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Whop’s Gen Z founder has built a multimillion-dollar business off people who don’t want a desk job—he’s mentored by Tinder’s cofounder and backed by Peter Thiel

Peter Thiel, the PayPal cofounder, is on board as an investor and Whop Gen Z boss Steven Schwartz counts Tinder cofounder Justin Mateen as a mentor.

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Step aside, LinkedIn: Grindr CEO says he has hired workers through the dating app, as the company pitches itself as the new networking platform in town

Users checking into the dating app to see how many feet they are from a potential love interest can now expect to be poached, rather than asked out.

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IKEA’s top U.K. executive climbed the ranks from forklift driver to the C-suite—and it’s all down to a phone call he made as a student

Peter Jelkeby, Ikea's U.K. CEO also has sage advice for Boomerang workers having done it himself.

10.09.2025 10

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A 26-year-old MBA student launched a beauty business while studying—and it’s now stocked in Sephora, making $10 million a year and expanding into Europe

Most university students can be found chasing internships or partying too hard. But not Amy Roe, who was launching a beauty brand.

10.09.2025 3

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Salomon’s Gen X exec starts his day with caffeine and skiing, before heading to the office at noon: ‘A routine I’ve stuck to for over 25 years’

Despite driving innovation at a billion-dollar brand, Salomon’s chief brand officer’s day-to-day routine is surprisingly low-key: The Gen Xer...

10.09.2025 10

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Millennial investor behind Deliveroo, Scale AI and Figma made millions in his 20s—he shares how Gen Z can spot a startup that’ll make them rich too

EXCLUSIVE: Martin Mignot made his first millions before turning 30 thanks to investments in the likes of Deliveroo before it became famous. Now,...

07.09.2025 10

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CEOs really are putting a pause on hiring ‘first-timers,’ career coach to the Fortune 500 warns—here’s how Gen Z grads can still land work

Million of Gen Zers are currently unemployed. But landing an entry-level job is about the get even harder, with CEOs freezing “first-timer” hires,...

02.09.2025 20

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Gen Z are eyeing up ‘secure’ healthcare jobs to AI-proof their careers, but be warned: chiropractors, doctors and paramedics are the unhappiest workers

Healthcare workers report burnout and lower job satisfaction. In fact, Gen Z's safest bet for happiness might just be behind a counter, not a...

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$16 billion Twilio CEO has been waking up and working from 4:30 a.m. since college—he says it’s why he was CFO of a multi-billion-dollar brand by 31

EXCLUSIVE: Running a $16 billion company looks like 4:30 a.m. starts, working on Sundays and running laps around the house to blow off steam—and...

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Stop calling for ‘ambitious’ or ‘self-reliant’ workers in job ads—they’re on the list of words that’ll attract narcissists, research suggests

Job ads hunting for “ambitious” and “self-reliant” employees may be doing more harm than good. In offices already riddled with backstabbing...

22.08.2025 2

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This Gen Zer washed his college basketball team’s dirty clothes to prove his passion—now he’s one of the youngest interns ever at the NBA

Mocked as ‘mop boy,’ Daniel Sung turned a year of college basketball grunt work into a dream NBA internship, LinkedIn fame, and multiple startup...

21.08.2025 10

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This millennial gut health scientist and founder juggles 5 jobs and 2 kids—she has a ‘strict’ coffee routine and swears by $20-a-day fresh fruit habit

Dr. Megan Rossi, the 36-year-old award-winning gut health scientist and TV expert swears by a 20-minute Peloton bike ride for when it all gets too...

20.08.2025 20

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Canada Goose’s ‘nepo baby’ boss avoided printing CEO on business cards for 10 years after taking over his grandfather’s business at 27

When Dani Reiss was promoted to Canada Goose's top job at 27 years old, he couldn’t bring himself to proudly print his shiny new CEO title on paper

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A Gen Xer sold his company for $1.6 billion. He kept less than $100 million and gave the rest away because he doesn’t ‘believe in billionaires’

EXCLUSIVE: Brian O’Kelley says he’s capped his wealth to $100 million. The tech founder tells Fortune, billionaires are wasteful, out of touch,...

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Bosses are making their staff return to the office or quit—but they’re notably absent themselves

Just 7% of CEOs say they go into the office full-time, despite a quarter believing a return to the office full-time is a priority.

12.08.2025 10

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Self-made multimillionaire behind $4 billion Skims empire says she was ‘using AI like a 42-year-old woman’—until Mark Cuban gave her a wake-up call

EXCLUSIVE: Self-made multimillionaire Emma Grede—cofounder of Skims and Obama Foundation board member—is known for building billion-dollar brands....

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Trump’s threatened 40% tariff on ‘transshipped’ goods tries to target China and its manufacturing strength

Analysts say Washington likely wants to develop supply chains that are less reliant on China.

06.08.2025 10

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Gen Z dropouts could be your future boss: 20-something year olds without degrees are leading the charge in side gigs

The Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk’s of tomorrow could be Gen Z dropouts—new research shows they’re most likely to be working on their own side hustle...

06.08.2025 10

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Gen Z is ditching college and taking up ‘secure’ trade jobs—but new data shows office admin jobs are still safer, more stable, and less deadly

New research has revealed the safest jobs that the millions of unemployed non-grad Gen Z can apply for—and office admin roles have come out on top...

05.08.2025 6

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The first African and Arab woman to go to space reveals her brutal routine to get the job: 4:30 a.m. training, while juggling a full-time tech gig

From Cairo to the cosmos: Inside the ruthless schedule that took Sara Sabry to space—she says it’s a reality check for Gen Z.

03.08.2025 10

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Sheryl Sandberg, Bill Gates and the world’s top CEOs swear by the same daily habit—this career coach says Gen Z can easily steal it for success

Bill Gates blocks off a week to read in a cabin. Sheryl Sandberg calls it being ‘CEO of you.’ The 1% invest in themselves—here's how you can too.

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Billionaire philanthropist Melinda French Gates says one role model impacts a woman’s future career the most: dads

Forget good grades. Billionaire philanthropist Melinda French Gates and tennis legend Billie Jean King say, dads who believe their daughters can do...

29.07.2025 6

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As corporate America declares war on remote work, nearly 50% of jobs in the UK still let you log on from home

While U.S. bosses drag workers back to their desks—even monitoring badge swipes to do it—Londoners are quietly winning the work-life balance war.

23.07.2025 6

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The most successful people are not the smartest—instead, they’re both ambitious and lazy, career coach to the Fortune 500 says

Forget grinding 24/7 or having the highest IQ in the room. The most powerful billionaires and CEOs know exactly when to cut corners, Bill Hoogterp...

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I went from side-hustling to running a $27 million-a-year marketing agency that works with MrBeast: Here’s my most important investment 

The millennial CEO's best advice for his 20-year-old self? “Don’t try to start a business with just interns.”

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Skip the plane food. Get a massage. Antler exec lives out of a suitcase and swears by this jet lag routine

The U.K. boss of luxury luggage brand Antler, spends nearly two months a year abroad for work. Her best hack? Never arrive at your destination in the...

17.07.2025 9

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Forget quiet quitting—4 in 10 millennials are taking ‘quiet vacations’ and checking out of work (and the country) on company dime instead

4 in 10 millennials take a quiet vacation—here’s how to tell if your worker is one of them

16.07.2025 3

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The Gen Z glossary for Gen X managers: Here’s what your workers mean by ‘menty B’ and ‘cozzie livs’

It won’t be long until Gen X managers feel left out of watercooler chats with their twentysomething-year-old workers. 

10.07.2025 5

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Gen Z’s ‘overemployed’ solution for a broken economy: 5 jobs and $3k per day. It’s totally legal

Even if being "overemployed" is technically legal, that doesn’t mean there won’t be consequences. Experts say your LinkedIn activity, Zoom invites...

09.07.2025 5

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$100,000+ to install elevators — these six-figure trade jobs don’t require college degrees

With AI threatening to steal corporate jobs and recent graduates finding themselves “unemployable,” trade jobs are becoming increasingly...

09.07.2025 7

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Melinda French Gates reveals she’s refusing to fund her Gen Z daughter’s new startup—despite being worth nearly $31 billion

Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates has long warned that his kids won’t be coasting off his fortune—and Melinda French Gates is making sure that...

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Millions of Gen Z are jobless yet they’re ghosting employers—experts say voice notes are the cure to their phone anxiety

Telephobia could cost Gen Z their dream job. Just ask the bosses at Amazon, GHD and Disney. Experts say voice notes are the training wheels the next...

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Amazon AI exec’s top career advice is always pick up your phone—it’s a disaster for Gen Z who have telephobia

Ignoring unknown callers could be costing millions of unemployed Gen Z their big break. Take it from Amazon’s AI exec Rohit Prasad.

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Airbnb exec quit her job to take a gap year with her husband and 3 kids—she credits the reset for propelling her to CEO of TaskRabbit

If you’re debating a career break, take note: Ania Smith’s year off in Argentina reshaped her life—paving the way to her current CEO role at...

03.07.2025 8

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Gen Z is ditching college for ‘more secure’ trade jobs—but building inspectors, electricians and plumbers actually have the worst unemployment

Trade jobs have been rebranded as a shortcut to six-figure salaries, without student debt, and immunity from automation. But Gen Z could be walking...

02.07.2025 40

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Like Gen Z, Billie Jean King says manifesting really works: ‘If you think you’re a failure, you’ll fail. If you think you’re a winner, you’ll win’

The former world No. 1 women’s tennis player, BJK, says our thoughts make all the difference for success—but there's a strategy behind it.

29.06.2025 10

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Melinda French Gates shares the #1 skill that Gen Alpha girls can learn in high school that will determine if they become a CEO later in life

Forget grades—Melinda French Gates and Billie Jean King say sports are the strongest predictor of female leadership. The stats agree.

27.06.2025 20

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Scale AI’s 30-year-old billionaire cofounder has a warning for anyone who craves work-life balance: ‘maybe you’re not in the right work’

What if instead of walking out on jobs that don’t provide work-life balance, Gen Z and millennial workers should leave the jobs that make them crave...

22.06.2025 10

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25-year-old who delivered donuts to Silicon Valley bosses with his resume hidden inside is going viral as Gen Z is desperate for job-hunting hacks

With millions of Gen Zers unemployed and AI killing entry-level jobs, one creative resume hack from 2016 is going viral again.

20.06.2025 7

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Amazon’s AI boss reveals the make-or-break trait that decides whether you get hired—and it can’t be faked, rehearsed, or tested for

“If you're not genuine, you won't do well in an Amazon interview,” the tech giant’s AI chief warns—and both Jeff Bezos and Andy Jassy have...

18.06.2025 4

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Merck exec says Chernobyl changed the course of her life after her father begged her to leave nuclear physics on his deathbed—now she’s running the $235 billion pharma giant’s U.K. healthcare arm

Gen Z grads are slamming degrees as worthless—but Fortune 500 boss, Doina Ionescu, says her MBA was the best investment because ‘it has...

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