New hire shows up to his first day at the office, only one employee notices he’s not the person they interviewed : ‘No one else seems to notice that it’s a completely different guy’

Interviewing is so different when it’s done over Zoom. As an interviewee, you can have a Google Doc open with all of your stock interview answers (and the answers specific to this job) written down so you can read them right off the page. It will be obvious you’re doing this if you’re an amateur, …
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‘You have almost 100 applicants that met your minimum qualifications’: Pushy hiring manager insists recruitment agency send her all candidates, faces malicious compliance

Many of us have plenty of experience in how difficult it can be to be a job seeker, but far fewer of us realize what it feels like to be at the other end of the deal. Hiring somebody is a big responsibility to both the company and the job applicant, and you pay for …
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‘No one wants to work’: Boomer small businessowner complains that they can’t find employees, pays $15 an hour with no benefits

You should always be suspicious of someone who says, «Nobody wants to work anymore.» If you’ve been around ambitious, motivated young professionals, you know that this is certainly not the case. Many people value working hard, and someone rarely wants to be unemployed for an indefinite amount of time out of laziness. Even people who …
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Satirical Video About the ‘Personality Hire’ Sparks Dialogue About Roles in the Workplace

While my employment history is a checkered one, I have noticed that some trends reoccur no matter what job I am doing. The most prominent of these are the different types of coworker that I come across at work. It seems like every workplace has the joker, who can’t go five minutes without trying to …
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Company Cancels Job Interview Mid-Interview Because of Sudden ‘Hiring Freeze,’ Asks Interviewee to do Free Labor

Anybody who has been on the job hunt knows how much work you have to put into it. You have to tailor your resume to each specific company, write cover letters and personal statements, and do it quickly so you’re one of the first names they see on their big pile of resumes. You do …
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‘Why should we hire you?’: Relatable Interview Memes for Resume Peddlers Wondering If Unemployment is Really All That Bad

When you’re reaching the second and third interview in the hiring process, you start to question all of the unpaid labor you’ve already dumped into this prospective employment. Not only have you slaved over your resume, you applied directly on some website portal that asked you all the same questions that you already provided information …
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Retail Store Faces Backlash For Implementing “Boomers Only” Hiring Policy

If the older generations are anything to go by, there are a lot of things that make Gen Z an age group to look down on. They can’t spend more than mere minutes away from their screens, half of them use neopronouns, and the main way they communicate is through obscure memes. Oh, and don’t …
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Honest Job Application Answers That Somehow (Sometimes) Got People Hired

In a life full of boring necessities, one of the most boring of all is looking for a job. From excruciating interview questions to navigating industry politics, it can often seem like the whole thing is one big minefield. There’s also nothing worse than falling at the first hurdle: the resume is frequently what makes …
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Financial Advisor Reveals All The Phrases In Job Listings That Show A Workplace Is Toxic

Anyone who has done their fair share of job hopping knows that when it comes to looking for a new role, you don’t always have to look very hard to see the red flags pop up. Nobody is more well-versed in writing in clichés than hiring managers, and there are numerous examples of these which …
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Retail Store Faces Backlash After Implementing “Boomers Only” Hiring Policy

If the older generations are anything to go by, there are a lot of things that make Gen Z an age group to look down on. They can’t spend more than mere minutes away from their screens, half of them use neopronouns, and the main way they communicate is through obscure memes. Oh, and don’t …
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