If you’re declining a job interview, do you still have to try to impress them? Looking for a job is not fun. It requires a lot from you, and you aren’t always able to give. It requires a lot of pitching yourself at every turn, and that can take a lot out of you. If …
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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’
HR boss rejects one candidate for being 2 minutes early to the interview instead of 5 minutes, rejects another for wearing brown shoes with a black belt: ‘These people had better qualifications than our current team.’
Job interviews are a lot like dates…a lot of times, people are actively looking for a reason to reject someone instead of looking for reasons to stick with them. For dating, a lot of this comes down to that initial feeling of attraction. If you don’t feel attracted to someone in the first moments of …
Seguir leyendo HR boss rejects one candidate for being 2 minutes early to the interview instead of 5 minutes, rejects another for wearing brown shoes with a black belt: ‘These people had better qualifications than our current team.’
Job interviewer asks job candidate his favorite drink, candidate says ‘water’ and refuses to elaborate: ‘C’mon, you can do better than that’
Everybody knows that job interviews are not merely about whether you’re qualified to do a job. If that was the case, companies could just hire people based on a written test and their resume. Job interviews serve the very specific function of determining whether someone would be pleasant to be around for 8 hours a …
Seguir leyendo Job interviewer asks job candidate his favorite drink, candidate says ‘water’ and refuses to elaborate: ‘C’mon, you can do better than that’
Man named Daniel Rivera uses a fake name to apply for jobs, immediately starts getting interviews: ‘Now considering doing all future applications as Brandon Walker’
It’s no secret that we live in a society of snap judgments. One time, I had a career counselor tell me that the average recruiter looks at a resume for less than 5 seconds. They get the quickest gist possible of your whole work/life experience, and then they toss you in a pile. Sure, many …
Seguir leyendo Man named Daniel Rivera uses a fake name to apply for jobs, immediately starts getting interviews: ‘Now considering doing all future applications as Brandon Walker’
Gen Zer shows up to job interview in short shorts, refuses to go home and change when they offer for her to: ‘They decided to reschedule the interview with me for tomorrow’
It can be difficult to gauge the formality of an office environment. If you work on Wall Street, it’s pretty easy to figure out that you’re going to have to wear a suit 52 weeks out of the year, but what about the rest of us? If you have a nondescript office job, the formality …
Seguir leyendo Gen Zer shows up to job interview in short shorts, refuses to go home and change when they offer for her to: ‘They decided to reschedule the interview with me for tomorrow’
Job seeker purposefully tanks interview after recruiter tries to lowball him: ‘I was told this role would pay $Y but sure, I could put in $X amount of effort instead’
Negotiation is an art and a science. It can be very difficult to do successfully, especially if the initial offer you’ve been given is so paltry that it will take a lot of work to get up to a range that you’re comfortable with. If you’re offered so much less than you’re initially looking for, …
Seguir leyendo Job seeker purposefully tanks interview after recruiter tries to lowball him: ‘I was told this role would pay $Y but sure, I could put in $X amount of effort instead’
‘It was a test of desperation’: Employer schedules interview at 7 AM and keeps candidates waiting for 8+ hours, fed-up workers react
Almost everyone in the working world will tell you that being on time is an essential skill. In showbiz, they say, «If you’re early, you’re on time. If you’re on time, you’re late. If you’re late, you’re dead.» A bit harsh, but it’s the maxim of most employers across the globe. In fact, some would …
Seguir leyendo ‘It was a test of desperation’: Employer schedules interview at 7 AM and keeps candidates waiting for 8+ hours, fed-up workers react