Authors and editors

Each section of JobQuix has one editor who maintains it. Bylines are pen names of the JobQuix editorial team, so a name tells you which part of the site a page belongs to and who keeps it current. Any "Reviewed by" credit names a real, independent professional who checked that page. Read the editorial policy for how this works.

  • Portrait of Nadia Ferrante, Pay and Tax Editor at JobQuix
    Nadia Ferrante, Pay and Tax Editor (pen name)
    Nadia writes and maintains JobQuix's paycheck, salary and tax guides. She checks every federal, state and local figure against IRS, Social Security Administration and state revenue department publications before it goes live, and updates the whole set each November and January.
  • Portrait of Desmond Hale, Wages and Payroll Writer at JobQuix
    Desmond Hale, Wages and Payroll Writer (pen name)
    Desmond covers wages, hours and pay schedules on JobQuix: state minimum wage pages, overtime and PTO calculators, and what large US employers say they pay. He works from Department of Labor and state labor agency notices and dated company announcements, and rechecks every company pay page at least twice a year.
  • Portrait of Priya Raghunath, Resume and Interview Editor at JobQuix
    Priya Raghunath, Resume and Interview Editor (pen name)
    Priya edits JobQuix's resume examples, job description bullet points and interview answer guides, and writes the explanation behind every quiz answer. Her examples use fictional people and companies, and the duties and pay figures on her pages come from O*NET and Bureau of Labor Statistics occupation data.
  • Portrait of Owen Castellano, Letters and HR Templates Editor at JobQuix
    Owen Castellano, Letters and HR Templates Editor (pen name)
    Owen writes JobQuix's letter and email templates: resignation letters, cover letters, follow-up and offer emails, and the HR and business letters employers and employees send each other. Each template is written to be copied and sent as is, and anything that touches employment law is checked against Department of Labor and EEOC guidance.
  • Portrait of Lena Okafor, Careers Writer at JobQuix
    Lena Okafor, Careers Writer (pen name)
    Lena writes JobQuix's career guides: the free Holland code test and its six RIASEC types, career change guides for your thirties, forties and fifties, job idea lists and step-by-step how-to-become guides. Pay and outlook figures on her pages come from BLS and O*NET, with the data year shown.