Yelp Celebrates Black History Month
For Black History Month this year, we wanted to celebrate, educate, and spark discussions across Yelp. From highlighting employees to featuring local Black-owned businesses to honoring the impact African Americans have made in history, we planned events and made materials to spread the celebration to all our offices. Yelp’s Engagement, Diversity and Belonging team strives… Read more
Career Fair 101 from a Yelp University Recruiter
Spring campus recruiting season is right around the corner! Several of our university recruiters from both our sales and engineering departments will hit the road soon to attend recruiting events on campuses across the country. We decided to interview one of them to learn more about what types of roles our technical teams are hiring… Read more
New Year, New Job: 4 Ways to Make the Transition a Smooth One
You did it! You found a new job with a company that you believe in, and you can’t wait to take this next step in your career. But now that your start date is approaching, how are you planning to handle the adjustment? After joining Yelp and making my own adjustments only a few months… Read more
The Best Ways to Give Back this Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is just around the corner, and here at Yelp, we like to think of this as a day of service rather than a day off work. MLK Day is an opportunity to do better and be better by honoring one of Dr. King’s pillars — serving others. Since the passage… Read more
Five Easy Ways to Incorporate Gratitude into your Workday
A little over three years ago I decided to embark on an 8-week mindfulness and meditation course. I wanted to find a way to be happier, calmer, and more present in my personal life, but for some reason I still wasn’t feeling completely content with life. Around the beginning of this year it hit me:… Read more
Volunteer Fair at Yelp
In the spirit of giving back this #GivingTuesday, Yelp hosted its first ever Volunteer Fair in two of its offices, San Francisco, CA and Scottsdale, AZ. Both Volunteer Fairs focused on giving a platform to a diverse range of nonprofit organizations in each city, and gave our employees a chance to learn more about serving… Read more
10 Lessons I’ve Learned in Sales
There are specific pieces of advice we get that shape our entire life. The best piece of advice I ever received was to pursue a career in sales before committing to law school. I had wanted a career in law since middle school because I wanted a life where I’m being constantly challenged and pushed… Read more
Yelp Celebrates Latinx Heritage Month
This year to celebrate Latinx Heritage Month, our offices and community managers came together to highlight Yelpers, local businesses, events, and contributions from leaders in the Latinx/Hispanic community. As someone who was born and raised in the beautiful island of Puerto Rico, having a front row seat to all the leaders and departments invested in… Read more
The Key to Being Coachable – How to Succeed in Any Role
Jennifer Buzzard and Kristine Sullivan (or Buzz and Sully as they’re known in the office) worked their way through the ranks from Account Executives to sales managers to now running Training and Development for Yelp’s Phoenix office. After over six years of both being coached and coaching others, they’ve become resident experts in giving and… Read more
A Recruiter’s Guide to Virtual Interviews – 4 Skills to Nail and 4 Pitfalls to Avoid
Nathaniel S. is a Sales Recruiter in Yelp’s Phoenix office. He’s been recruiting top talent for our sales team since March 2017, and combining his experience at Yelp with years of additional recruiting experience so he knows a thing or two about acing a virtual interview. Nathaniel, tell us a little about yourself. How… Read more