Articles By Lotte van Rijswijk

Applying for jobs happens all around the globe, of course. But how do job seekers in different countries apply for a job? Does a Dutch cover letter look different than it does in another country? To shed light on the differences, resume.io analyzed over 350,000 cover letters from 19 countries.

When you’re applying for a job online, being able to see how many applicants you’re up against can be a helpful (if slightly intimidating) insight. Resume.io has utilized this feature on LinkedIn to discover the most and least competitive American companies for job hunters across key industries and Big Tech.

There has been a home working revolution in the last three years. A perfect storm of emerging workplace technology, a global pandemic and a shift in attitude has transformed the perception of remote work.

Are you more likely to become a business leader if you attend a particular university? Resume.io recorded the number of graduates listed on the university’s LinkedIn pages and analyzed alum profiles with CEO or similar in their job titles to reveal which universities produce the most business leaders.

Resume.io created a Chrome extension that highlights corporate jargon phrases and buzzwords in your unsent email and suggests replacing them with strong, plain-English alternatives, helping you to communicate with colleagues in a way that is clear, concise and more accessible.

Entry-level jobs can be the best way to get your foot on the career ladder, but is the pay always bottom rung? We analyzed entry-level job listings all over the United States to find out where in the country you’ll find the best and worst salaries for junior roles.

Employees around the world have quit their jobs in droves over recent years. Still, employers are struggling to find people to fill their vacancies. Resume.io analyzed current LinkedIn job listings to see which industries are currently most in need of talent around the world and in the major cities of the U.S., Canada, the UK and Australia.

Each year, millions of U.S. students take up intern positions to gain work experience in their field of choice or at a company they admire. Lots of those interns will have a positive experience, but inevitably, others are left unimpressed. So which are the best and worst U.S. companies to intern for, according to interns themselves? We explored thousands of reviews on Glassdoor to find out.

The daily commute might be a chance to catch up on podcasts and reading for some but for others it’s a sluggish and stressful time that they’d rather spend doing something else. Enter remote working. Resume.io analyzed U.S. Census Bureau data to uncover the cities and states where remote workers save the most travel time by working from home.

The Great Resignation has stirred a whole new generation to consider the benefits of job-hopping - quitting several roles in a row after a period of around a year or less. Resume.io set out to discover in which parts of the U.S. and other key markets job-hopping is currently most common.