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Writing from LifeWork on careers, hiring, verified skills and the work of matching people to roles that fit.
Engaging Interns to Drive Innovation
Interns notice things a team stops seeing after enough years doing it the same way. Mentoring them well is a skill worth building on purpose, and that same commitment is what will carry LifeWork toward mentoring transitioning soldiers through SkillBridge.
Jay Runner · September 16, 2026 · interns, mentorship, innovation, skillbridge, veteran-transition, leadership-development
The Recruiter's Plight: When Ten Candidates Look Exactly the Same
When a shortlist all clears the same bar, the skills list stops being useful. Here's what a candidate's actual timeline, training, hands-on experience, mentoring, or apprenticeship, can tell a recruiter that a checklist never will.
Jay Runner · September 9, 2026 · recruiting, candidate-evaluation, hiring-decisions, skills-vs-experience, candidate-timelines, talent-acquisition
Why Wasn't I Selected? A Walkthrough in Comparing Your Profile to the Job
Rejection without explanation is one of the hardest parts of a job search. Here's a walkthrough of how comparing an honest profile against a specific job description turns that silence into something you can actually act on.
Jay Runner · September 2, 2026 · job-search, profile-comparison, application-feedback, authentic-profile, self-discovery, career-development
Start With Truth: Why Your Profile Should Come Before Your Target Role
Most career tools start with a target role and ask you to become it. LifeWork starts with an honest accounting of who you already are — then builds forward from there. Here's why that order matters, according to the science of flourishing.
Jay Runner · August 27, 2026 · authentic-profile, harvard-flourishing-index, meaning-and-purpose, career-development, self-discovery, life-work-balance
