Articles By Debbie Bride

Putting your life back together following treatment for a substance use disorder is comparable to a full-time job. How can you manage an actual job search simultaneously after rehab? Here, we explore the challenges and rewards of reentering the workforce while recovery remains your top priority.

All job moves involve a leap of faith, but there’s more at stake when you decide to leave your first job. Are you shortchanging yourself by quitting too soon? Or has the right time already passed? Here, we unpack the key considerations for how long you should stay at your first job.

This blog could have been produced by a chatbot instead of a Resume.io author, but it wasn’t. Content writers are among the growing number of humans that AI technology is capable of assisting or replacing altogether. Here we explore the jobs most likely at stake, for better or worse.

It’s not unheard of for disgruntled employees to vent their workplace complaints through extremely scathing and sometimes humorous resignation letters. But fortunately, this scorched earth approach to job departures is an exception to the rule. Still, scorched earth resignation letters can serve a purpose in the realm of fantasy. That’s why Resume.io has devised a unique hotness scale for matching the right tone of letter to the degree of raging revenge.

We think nothing of hiring professionals all the time for things we’d rather not do ourselves, even if we’re quite capable. So why not hire a professional to write your resume? But it’s not one for any job seeker to take lightly. Here, we look at when it makes sense to seek professional resume help, and when a DIY resume is still your best bet.

Opportunities abound for women interested in a programming career, even in the absence of any computer science background. The astonishing number of online learning options shows you’re in good company. We’ll try to decode the process for getting started as a female coder.

Of all the hard knocks we hope never to experience, homelessness is high on most people’s lists. Even harder to imagine is dealing with unemployment while homeless. We look into the unique job search challenges faced by homeless people and tips for overcoming them.

In an era of inclusive, diversity-embracing corporate cultures and relaxed dress codes that embrace self-expression, job interviews can still induce anxiety. If you have tattoos or piercings, should these embellishments be visible during the interview or not? Here, we uncover insights to help you decide.