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Independent Singapore
16-07-2025
- Business
- Independent Singapore
'How do people manage multiple offers when I can't get one?' frustrated worker asks
Photo: Depositphotos/ tuaindeed (for illustration purposes only) SINGAPORE: In the highly competitive tech world, where securing one job can feel like one is climbing Mt. Everest, a recent Reddit thread resonated with many when a developer with three years of experience candidly opened up: 'I've been seeing posts in this community where folks are successfully managing multiple software engineering jobs at once. Hats off to you all! Honestly, I've found it challenging enough to secure one solid job, especially in this market.' The comments and responses poured in, and what followed was an unbridled, sometimes ruthless, but astute view of what it takes to not only endure but succeed in today's tech job market. Skill attracts more opportunities One commenter spoke of a rather dull, yet strangely precise, analogy: 'It's like attracting women—once you're attractive enough to attract one, you're attractive to a lot. Bottom line: be experienced and highly skilled.' It may sound frivolous, but it clinched the point. Once you've honed your skill set to the point where you're a strong standout, impetus builds. Swiftly, you're not chasing jobs anymore, because they're coming to you. The interview is a performance; master it! Another user gave a more thoughtful viewpoint, disclosing that their advancement came not through luck, but by way of genuine transformation. 'I mastered the performative art of interviewing… (I've stopped overthinking it), and it's made me more confident and likeable. I crack jokes, ask questions. I used to sweat bullets and tank interviews.' Their story isn't just about appeal or personality; it's about resilience. This netizen had been through it all — dismissals, refusals, performance upgrading plans. But with time, they figured out how to convert interviews into chances where they could sell their value, instead of just surviving cross-examination. Talent alone isn't enough—you need strategy Many comments mirrored a similar theme — being theoretically gifted or capable is just a chunk of the equation. 'It's largely skill and network… You've got to be top 10% in your field and a top 10% job hunter. Those are different skills.' And then there's the network—or lack thereof. Engineers who keep their heads down, especially in remote roles, often miss out on the casual channels where real prospects lie. 'People with strong networks don't even need to apply. They just say, 'I'm available,' and the offers come in.' Takeaway If you're stressed and couldn't land that first job, or if you are speculating about how others juggle two or more, understand that it isn't magic. It's a strategy. Here are common insights from those who've done it: Be good at your core craft—enough to stand out. Learn to connect, market yourself, and remain cool, especially under pressure. Treat job hunting as a distinct ability. It's a game, and you need to learn the rules. Build a network, even if you're reclusive. The Reddit poster who initiated the thread wasn't alone in feeling the burden. But if the remarks were anything to go by, the path from 'struggling to land one job' to 'balancing three paychecks' is flagged with constant upgrading, resilience, and a readiness to adapt, not just code. So, do you need side projects? Possibly. But more significantly, you need a plan. () => { const trigger = if ('IntersectionObserver' in window && trigger) { const observer = new IntersectionObserver((entries, observer) => { => { if ( { lazyLoader(); // You should define lazyLoader() elsewhere or inline here // Run once } }); }, { rootMargin: '800px', threshold: 0.1 }); } else { // Fallback setTimeout(lazyLoader, 3000); } });
Zawya
07-07-2025
- Business
- Zawya
Teammates.ai launches Sara, the AI interviewer — Hire in a few days and cut screening costs by 85%
DUBAI, UAE – the company building an AI workforce of Autonomous AI Teammates, today introduced Sara, its latest AI Teammate and the first AI Interviewer fluent in 50+ languages, including Arabic in 20+ dialects. Companies can activate Sara in under 10 minutes and immediately interview thousands of candidates per hour—removing endless technical configuration, prompt engineering, coding, or lengthy onboarding requirements. Sara joins growing AI workforce, following Raya for Customer Service and Rashed for Sales. 'Sara brings fully autonomous screening to talent acquisition in any role or skill, from engineering to sales. Just upload a job description, and Sara handles the rest—interviewing candidates in their native language and scoring them objectively using 100+ technical and behavioral signals. Seamless ATS integrations and shareable reports make hiring faster, fairer, and data-driven,' said Kareem Ayyad, Founder and CEO 'Sara is our next leap toward giving every business an AI Teammate, not just an automation layer, fundamentally reshaping how companies approach growth and productivity. Recruiters used to lose weeks on first-round screens. Now, they can screen every applicant, hire in days, cut costs tremendously while surfacing more high-performers, while candidates enjoy a fair, bias-free experience in their own language,' Ayyad added. With 92% rating the experience at 10/10, early results of Sara enterprise pilots across the GCC report an 85% reduction in screening spend, 10X faster time-to-hire, and a 5X lift in high-performer identification. 'Each new Teammate expands our AI workforce,' added Emad Ayyad, Co-Founder and CTO. 'With Sara live and additional Teammates on the roadmap, companies can assemble a 24/7 AI team that speaks the world's languages and executes workflows end-to-end and interacting with software, alongside humans, exactly as we do.' The launch follows recent rebrand from and previously announced investment from Hustle Fund, Access Bridge Ventures, Oraseya Capital, Beyond Capital, and notable angels (amount undisclosed). The company has also previously partnered with leading enterprises, five government entities, delivered the world's largest Prompt Engineering Championship with Dubai Future Foundation, received awards from the UAE's Minister of AI, First Abu Dhabi Bank, Mastercard, and was named a UAE Future100 company by the Ministry of Economy. Visit to start your free trial and experience Sara's interviewing capabilities firsthand. About enables businesses to deploy Autonomous AI Teammates – full-stack, domain-specific AI entities that own entire business functions. Built on a proprietary multi-agent architecture with real-time reasoning, enterprise-grade guardrails, 50+ languages and world-leading Arabic dialectal performance, helps organizations achieve superhuman results at one-tenth the cost. Learn more at Media Contact press@
Daily Mail
24-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Nat Barr opens up about her behind the scenes struggle: 'It's so hard'
Sunrise co-host Natalie Barr has opened up about a behind-the-scenes challenge in her television career: the difficulty of receiving genuine, constructive feedback. Barr, who has been a familiar face on Australian morning television since 2008, told The Nightly that despite her ongoing efforts to improve, honest critiques are hard to come by in the industry. 'It's so hard to get feedback in this business, very few people will tell you that. 'In my experience, very few people will tell you the truth,' she said. 'If you ask most people, "How was that?", they'll say, "Yeah, it was great". That's not what you need. 'Maybe I'm too harsh (on myself), maybe that's just my personality but I find there's hardly anyone who will give me honest feedback.' Barr also reflected on a formative moment early in her career, when a former boss gave her a blunt but valuable critique. She was told her interviewing style came across as too aggressive - and while it was hard to hear at the time, she said that she learned from it. Barr has since gone on to be a prominent voice on Australia's screens with many calling her the 'Queen of breakfast TV'. Barr starts her day at 3.30am, preparing for nearly four hours of live television. Her mornings are packed with high-pressure interviews, including grilling politicians -often with just minutes to prepare. 'If you give politicians the chance to spin, obfuscate and distract, they will, so being able to get them to focus and give a straight answer is crucial,' she said. After 35 years in journalism, Barr says she's gained the confidence needed to handle even the toughest interviews. 'I've had to go with my gut many, many times. I don't think I could've done this years ago because I would've been too scared. If you second guess yourself, then you've lost the moment.' Earlier this year the 56-year-old, opened up about feeling heartbroken after both her sons Lachlan, 23, and Hunter, 19, moved out of home. She is now an empty nester and lives in Mosman with her film editor husband Andrew Thompson. 'It sort of sneaks up on you because you spend all these years where your main focus is those kids,' she told The Daily Telegraph. 'Some days you barely remember how you got through and then suddenly somehow overnight, it ends. 'I was shocked about how sad it was. I spent all last year being sad.'
Vogue
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Vogue
What We Lost With Barbara Walters
At her best, Barbara Walters was a singular television talent and a sharp interviewer. She was persistent in a sexist industry that often spurned her and she didn't shy away from asking overtly personal questions, prying into the lives of the wealthy and powerful. When interviewing the Kardashian family in 2011, she posited her impressions—in that unforgettable voice: part Boston accent, part lisp—quite plainly: 'You don't really act. You don't sing. You don't dance. You don't have any, forgive me, talent.' Her demand for nothing short of the full story from her interviewees projected the cool confidence of a woman in charge. But privately, Walters had her struggles and insecurities. She lacked confidence in her looks. An unrivaled focus on her career led to a strained relationship with her daughter, Jackie. Meanwhile, many of the relationships she nurtured were transactional in nature. And according to the editor of her biography, 'she did not have the strongest moral compass.' Walters's achievements and shortcomings are given equal airtime in the new documentary Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything, which premiered at this year's Tribeca Film Festival and lands on Hulu today. Made in partnership with ABC News Studios, the film incorporates archival interview tape, so that much of Walters's posthumously produced story is told in her own words. And then there are the former subjects of her interviews, including Oprah Winfrey, Monica Lewinsky, and Bette Midler, who reflect decades later on what it was like to be in Walters's hot seat. She had an exceptional knack for getting her interviewees to open up emotionally; it was with Walters that Winfrey first spoke publicly about being sexually abused as a child, and Walters's exclusive with Lewinsky drew in an estimated 70 million viewers. Jackie Jesko, the director of Tell Me Everything, spent the first six years of her career as a producer at ABC. She was an obvious choice when the search for a director of this movie began; she has been immersed in the world of broadcast journalism and cares deeply about its roots. Vogue spoke to Jesko about her preconceptions of Walters, what it was like sourcing interviews for the film, and what she makes of Walters's legacy. This interview has been condensed for clarity. Vogue: Barbara Walters is a news personality from largely before your time. What was your perception of her before embarking on this project?
Yahoo
21-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
A Jobseeker Says Reddit Paints A Bleak Job Market. But Then Admits People Are Still Getting 'Hired Every Single Day. That's A Fact'
After spending time in multiple career-related subreddits, one Reddit user had a realization that registered with people: Reddit sometimes makes the job market look worse than it really is. 'I've been trying to switch careers recently and joined a bunch of subreddits — tech, healthcare, education, engineering, etc.,' the original poster wrote. 'And in every single one, it's the same thing: 'No jobs' 'The market is dead' 'Everything's saturated' 'You should've started 10 years ago'.' But they pushed back on the despair. 'People get hired every single day. That's a fact,' they said. 'The people who are getting jobs aren't posting here. The ones who are stuck are the ones who are venting.' Don't Miss: Maker of the $60,000 foldable home has 3 factory buildings, 600+ houses built, and big plans to solve housing — Peter Thiel turned $1,700 into $5 billion—now accredited investors are eyeing this software company with similar breakout potential. Learn how you can Their perspective resonated, especially as others chimed in with their experiences. 'I got laid off at the beginning of the year and was terrified because I'm here lurking a lot,' one person commented. 'Luckily, I'm pretty good at interviewing and landed a [work-from-home] job maybe two weeks after. I never posted about how fast I was able to find work, so what you say is true.' Others said the negativity isn't universal across fields. 'Tech jobs in education, medical, and finance are booming right now. I moved companies earlier this year and did not have any trouble finding another fully remote position for a significant raise,' one person added. Still, the thread also highlighted the brutal side of the market. Many shared long stretches of unemployment and feelings of defeat. One mid-level developer said they'd sent out over 100 applications in four weeks and heard back from only five. 'I'm not the best interviewee and am a poster child for, 'if it wasn't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all.'' Trending: Invest early in CancerVax's breakthrough tech aiming to disrupt a $231B market. New graduates, in particular, seemed to bear the brunt of the pain. 'Some have literally been unemployed for 2-3 years now,' another person said of recent tech grads. 'One of [my friends] is a camp counselor at a coding camp. The other, working IT at a warehousing startup.' He described them as 'Smart kids, high 90's in HS and 3.8 and above GPA in university.' The nursing and teaching sectors drew mixed responses. Many users acknowledged that these fields continue to experience high demand due to staffing shortages, burnout, and high turnover. However, some pointed out that employers often prefer experienced workers, leaving recent graduates without opportunities to gain that very experience. Others emphasized how working conditions and pay in these sectors contribute to why positions remain unfilled, with some describing the workload and pressure as overwhelming despite the steady demand for workers. Reddit's tendency to skew toward doom and gloom was a recurring point. 'Reddit as a collective has the mentality of a depressed 16-year-old. It definitely shouldn't be used as a barometer for anything,' one person joked. Another added, 'It's like reading reviews on Amazon. People only post something negative, while positive is rarely posted.'In the end, the original poster urged job seekers to stay the course. 'Don't let [Reddit] convince you that nothing is working anywhere for anyone. That's just not true. If you're feeling discouraged, I get it. But keep going. You're probably doing better than you think.' Recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics paints a mixed yet still functional employment picture. In May, employers added 139,000 nonfarm payroll jobs, keeping the unemployment rate steady at 4.2%. Job gains were led by health care, leisure and hospitality and social assistance. While federal government payrolls declined, private-sector hiring continued. Though slower than prior months, growth continues, supporting the idea that 'people get hired every single day.' Read Next: Many are using retirement income calculators to check if they're on pace —Up Next: Transform your trading with Benzinga Edge's one-of-a-kind market trade ideas and tools. Click now to access unique insights that can set you ahead in today's competitive market. Get the latest stock analysis from Benzinga? APPLE (AAPL): Free Stock Analysis Report TESLA (TSLA): Free Stock Analysis Report This article A Jobseeker Says Reddit Paints A Bleak Job Market. But Then Admits People Are Still Getting 'Hired Every Single Day. That's A Fact' originally appeared on © 2025 Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.
