We’re building Ox to make it easy for you to get the skills you need to get started in a tech job. The skills you need for so many jobs have changed and now the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated that shift overnight. There couldn’t be a better time to prepare for how jobs are changing by acquiring the skills you need to get started in technology. Nearly every kind of job in the future will require technology skills in some way. By expanding the skills you have quickly, you can position yourself for new kinds of jobs that emerge.

Reducing the exponential spread of the virus will help the economy restabilize and keep companies from having to lay off workers to get by….That being said, it’s not unlikely that companies of all types in many sectors might have to trim down and lay off workers to get through this uncertain time. We’re already seeing businesses having to take strong measures by closing their doors and reducing their workforce to stay alive.

Starting a job search sucks and everyone is doing it wrong. Not doing it wrong on purpose, but doing things that aren’t actually effective, like applying to hundreds of jobs online at once. There’s a ton of bad advice out there so we put together the Job Search Crash Course to help you figure out how to fix your job search and get into a job that is growing and pays well for your job skills.

Kenji is the Head of Customer Support at Front and he shares how to get started in Support and some of the skills he looks for when he’s hiring for his team. Kenji has navigated the in's and out's of Customer Support and the teams he’s built from the ground up have won awards for their out-of-this-world level of care.

There’s no question that work is changing. Workers in every industry including retail, healthcare and manufacturing will experience the need for new job skills to be productive as automation becomes a more integrated part of work. We sat down to talk about some of these shifts and here are a few of the must have job skills that are popping up across industries as the future of work changes.

It takes a lot of effort to write a great cover letter and many job seekers wonder how to make it worth the time. In this post we’ll share 11 ways to improve your cover letter, without spending too much time on it, and increase the odds that you’ll get noticed and get a great job.

It takes a lot of effort to write a great cover letter and many job seekers wonder how to make it worth the time. In this post we’ll share 11 ways to improve your cover letter, without spending too much time on it, and increase the odds that you’ll get noticed and get a great job.

Josh and Kristen cover how to think about interviewing, tips and tricks help you prepare for interviews, including how to overcome anxiety, and a few things to remember and a few things to try and avoid.

Learn how to judge a job by the job description, how companies make job descriptions and what they’re looking for when they review resumes that match against a job description. Josh shows you how to search for a job you’re looking for and then analyze the descriptions that pop up.

Finding a job that’s a good fit for you is harder than it should be and it’s time for a better way. Start your job search by making a list of companies near you where you would like to work. To make the list, think about the companies you know of near you. Which you do like and why?

Something you start right away to make progress towards getting the job you want is practicing asking for help in your everyday conversations. If you ask someone for help in person, they are 34 times more likely to help you than if you ask them through email or some other way.