• #Careers

It’s not hard to find a plethora of career fair prep advice, and much of it touches on important aspects. However, there are often significant details and perspectives that are left out. While this post will skim through some of the more common advice, we’ll focus on a Yelp perspective. Discover what we’re looking for… Read more

CA State Senator Scott Wiener Visits Yelp

• #Careers, #Diversity at Yelp

This week, OUTburst, our LGBT+ Employee Resource Group invited California State Senator Scott Wiener to Yelp HQ to meet employees and discuss legislation he is proposing. Senator Scott Wiener was elected this past November to the California State Senate, representing District 11, which includes San Francisco, Colma, Daly City, and portions of South San Francisco…. Read more

• #Community, #Careers

At Yelp, we are always looking for new ways to serve our communities across America. From supporting local business owners with free Yelp tools to employee groups that give back through service projects and the Yelp Foundation’s nonprofit grant program, Yelp actively works to better the community. That’s why we were thrilled to be honored… Read more

• #Careers, #Day In The Life

At Yelp, sales and engineering are our two largest departments, but many other folks are working hard behind the scenes to make Yelp the best it can be and look out for our users. Kostas Rossoglou is one of those people. As part of Yelp’s small but mighty Public Policy team, Kostas works to protect… Read more

• #Careers, #Diversity at Yelp

At Yelp, we are proud to have nine employee resource groups with chapters across our global offices. The employee resource group for our Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersexual and Ally community is OUTburst. While preparing for Pride celebrations at our San Francisco HQ, I was lucky enough to catch up with Ed Jajeh,… Read more

• #Careers

While most college students know internships are a great way to gain experience, what you might not think about is the opportunity for that internship to turn into a full-time job. At Yelp, we love it when we can offer a job to an intern who has shown great potential. Why intern at Yelp? We… Read more

• #Careers, #Day In The Life

Ever wonder what it’s like to work on Yelp’s engineering team? Today, we talk to Dorothy, a Software Engineer on Yelp’s Ad Backend team. Her team focuses on making real-time data available for our advertisers and sales operations teams, as well as providing tools and controls for our advertisers to manage their ad campaigns. Dorothy’s… Read more

• #Careers, #Sales

Working in sales isn’t easy. You hear “no” more often than “yes,” and that can be tough to swallow. But the upside is a career in which your performance and compensation is largely determined by you, and — especially at Yelp — you have the opportunity to work alongside teammates who are rooting for each… Read more

• #Community, #Careers, #Sales

So you landed the job and are making a big move. First off, that’s exciting! Second, you might be terrified. What if something happens to your stuff during the move? What if your cat freaks out and bails? What if your “cozy garden apartment” is more “dingy basement cave”? Rest assured, you’re not the first person to… Read more