Yelp Earns Top Marks in 2018 Corporate Equality Index
We’re so excited to announce today that, for the fourth year in a row, Yelp has received a perfect score on the Corporate Equality Index (CEI) and earned… 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
Having it All: Growing My Career & Family at Yelp
When I started at Yelp’s Phoenix office six years ago as an Account Executive, I was nervous. I was six months’ pregnant and had no idea how I was going to start a new career and a new family. But Yelp made it easy. No one thought twice about my going on maternity leave after… Read more
Building a More Inclusive Yelp
For the fifth year in a row, Yelp is publicly sharing its gender and ethnic diversity data. Like other companies, we know we still have a long way to go to get where we want to be, but we’re happy with our progress and our commitment to making Yelp more diverse, more inclusive, and yes,… Read more
A Recruiter’s Guide for Finding a New Career
Johanna K. knows a little something about searching for a new career. As a recruiter by trade and a new Yelp employee herself, she knows both sides of the spectrum with regard to making the decision to find a new career and what she looks for in candidates who are deciding to do the same…. Read more
Meet The Director Of Yelp’s Team That Wants To Help Make Businesses More Successful, Darnell Holloway
Yelp’s Director of Business Outreach, Darnell Holloway, has been working with local business leaders, marketers, and managers for nearly a decade! Every day, his team works to help make businesses more successful. They’re out in full force hosting unique events, teaching workshops, and canvassing neighborhoods to reach the great local businesses on Yelp. Connecting those… Read more
A Day in the Life of the CM Operations Team
The Community team encompasses about 150 people across the U.S. and Canada. Let that sink in, one hundred and fifty people who help us bring Yelp into their communities. They keep our small towns engaged and make our huge markets feel intimate. Behind every revving engine, are the oil and maintenance needed to run as… Read more
How One Engineer Started an ASL Class at Yelp
To celebrate Deaf Awareness Week we’re excited to highlight our biweekly American Sign Language (ASL) classes. The origin of ASL classes at Yelp remains a mystery, but Yelp folklore leads us to believe that they were started by one Yelp engineer who wanted to communicate freely with a hearing-impaired teammate. This engineer went directly to… Read more