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The Simplest Free Scheduling Setup for Job Seekers

Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Scheduling Setup

Scheduling should not become another job during your job search.

A recruiter asks when you are free. A former colleague offers to introduce you to someone. A hiring manager wants to talk next week. You send a few times, they reply later, one of those slots is gone, and now you are back to negotiating calendar availability over email.

A booking link solves a lot of that.

You do not need a complicated scheduling system. For most job seekers, the best setup is simple:

How to Import Gmail Filters to Forward Email to Another Account

Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

There are plenty of reasons to forward email from one Gmail account to another.

Maybe you want to keep newsletters out of your main inbox. Maybe you still receive important alerts at an older address. Maybe you want a dedicated inbox for job-search activity, receipts, or notifications so your primary account stays cleaner.

That is the general use case.

One very practical version of it is Fitcheck.

If you do not want to connect your primary mailbox, you can forward only your job-alert emails into a separate Gmail account and connect that account to Fitcheck instead. That gives you a cleaner boundary: your main inbox stays separate, while Fitcheck only needs read-only access to the dedicated inbox that receives approved job-alert messages.

How to Use Washington WARN Notices Before a Layoff Hits

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Most workers do not hear about layoffs until they are directly affected. In Washington state, there is one public source that can sometimes give workers and job seekers an earlier signal: WARN notices.

WARN notices are public layoff notifications filed by employers before certain large layoffs or business closings. They are not perfect, and they do not cover every layoff, but they can help you understand where job cuts are happening, which companies may be under pressure, and when more candidates may be entering the job market.