Nobody wants to feel condescended to. It’s a basic human want. We’re all adults who have worked hard to be here, and we don’t deserve to feel like people don’t take that seriously. We all deserve a fundamental level of respect from everyone we deal with, especially in job interview settings. It doesn’t matter if …
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40-year-old woman wears a suit to director-level job interview, HR tells them they didn’t like they wore a suit: ‘I didn’t get the job’
What should you wear to a job interview? There are all sorts of advice out there about how you should present yourself in a job setting. What you should wear, what you should say, how you should comport yourself. Every little detail gets scrutinized, so they say. You want to make sure you’re making the …
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Job seeker gets rejected 3 times for being a ‘bad culture fit’: ‘If this is your 3rd time hearing this, it’s probably you.’
What does it mean to be a bad culture fit? Have you ever been rejected from a job because you were a poor cultural fit? Sometimes, the meaning of «bad culture fit» is obvious. If you bring up your desire for work-life balance in a job interview for a startup that demands its employees work …
Seguir leyendo Job seeker gets rejected 3 times for being a ‘bad culture fit’: ‘If this is your 3rd time hearing this, it’s probably you.’
Recruiters laugh at prospective employee while interviewing them: ‘So what do you think this position actually does all day? Do you understand it?’
What would you do if an interviewer laughed in your face? Nobody wants to be dismissed. We all owe each other respect, no matter who we are and what we’re looking for. There is a baseline level of respect that we all need to treat each other with, no matter the circumstances. But we don’t …
Seguir leyendo Recruiters laugh at prospective employee while interviewing them: ‘So what do you think this position actually does all day? Do you understand it?’
Job applicant gets rejected for role, faces criticism for being try-hard in HR interview feedback: ‘Our team values authenticity’
Job seeking is exposure therapy for rejection sensitivity. Some studies suggest that it takes more than 200 applications for the average applicant to land a job, and there are plenty of people out there who have likely sent out even more copies of their resume than that. For those who cannot rely on a friend …
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‘You Wanna be on Top?’: Why Netflix’s ‘America’s Next Top Model’ Documentary Will Not Be The Exposé We Desire
They’re just going to rehash it for no good reason. For 15 years, supermodel Tyra Banks hosted the world’s most popular modeling competition. America’s Next Top Model was a reality show in which aspiring amateur models competed to see who had the most potential to work as a high-fashion model. The contestants competed in a …
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Employee leaves company after 12 years, manager tells him the company would’ve created any job he wanted if he had asked for it: ‘Why tell me now, as I’m leaving, that my dream job was supposedly in the works?’
Neither of them did a good job at communicating. There are a couple of different ways to do a job. You can do everything you’re technically «supposed to do» perfectly, and be the best at your role and nothing more. You can branch out into different departments and try new things to strengthen your department …
Seguir leyendo Employee leaves company after 12 years, manager tells him the company would’ve created any job he wanted if he had asked for it: ‘Why tell me now, as I’m leaving, that my dream job was supposedly in the works?’
Job interviewer lies that his current salary is $15K more than it is, gets the job, and earns $20K more than he made at his old job: ‘They will lie to you to pay you less whenever possible.’
He’s gaming the system, and he’ll be better off for it. How many of you were told that if you worked hard and were loyal to a company for many years, you would reap significant financial benefits? If your parents or grandparents worked for a company that gave out large pensions upon retirement or had …
Seguir leyendo Job interviewer lies that his current salary is $15K more than it is, gets the job, and earns $20K more than he made at his old job: ‘They will lie to you to pay you less whenever possible.’
Job interviewer tells job interviewee to shut up after he spent 5 minutes explaining his background and interrupted the interviewer 7 times: ‘John, you really have to shut up and listen.’
In this situation, he really needed to be told to shut up. Unfortunately, we aren’t really taught how to interview for jobs in school. There are a lot of things that you’d think would be common sense not to do in job interviews, but people make the same mistakes over and over again. One of …
Seguir leyendo Job interviewer tells job interviewee to shut up after he spent 5 minutes explaining his background and interrupted the interviewer 7 times: ‘John, you really have to shut up and listen.’
Employer schedules interview at 7 AM and keeps candidates waiting for 8+ hours, to see how they respond: ‘It was a test of desperation’
There are a few rules you simply must follow when you’re looking for a new job. Sure, it might come down to your resume, your connections, and the timing, but there are a few rules of politeness that will get you everywhere. Being on time is one of them. Especially in the early stages of …
Seguir leyendo Employer schedules interview at 7 AM and keeps candidates waiting for 8+ hours, to see how they respond: ‘It was a test of desperation’