He needs to get out of there as soon as he can. It can be hard to know when you’re underpaid. A lot of people claim to be underpaid, even when their salary is pretty standard for their industry and experience level. Most employees don’t have access to their company’s books, so they have no …
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HR department admits they receive 2000 job applications for one position, and don’t look at any of them: ‘AI sorts through them, and then they just go based off intuition.’
Should recruiters have to go through 2000 job applications without using any AI tools?
Job-hopper claims that 3 months isn’t a short amount of time to stay at a job: ‘Why should staying for 3 months be a bad thing?’
That’s barely enough time to get the hang of the job! When you’re young, it’s very common to have stints of a couple of months on your resume. You’re probably not going to get rejected from working the front desk at your college’s gym because you only stayed at your previous job at Panda Express …
Seguir leyendo Job-hopper claims that 3 months isn’t a short amount of time to stay at a job: ‘Why should staying for 3 months be a bad thing?’
Job rescinds their offer to prospective employee after they inquired about time off: ‘Your request for planned time off raised concerns regarding alignment with our current expectations’
If you have a planned vacation, isn’t it the polite thing to do to tell your prospective employer? When you’re looking to get hired at a new place, there are all sorts of factors you have to consider. You have to wonder how it’s going to fit into your lifestyle, what your commute is going …
Seguir leyendo Job rescinds their offer to prospective employee after they inquired about time off: ‘Your request for planned time off raised concerns regarding alignment with our current expectations’
Employee finds out their place of work is closing via Facebook post: ‘That’s the notice I got. No discussion in person beforehand. No phone call. No text’
Imagine finding out you were out of a job… via a social media post. The thing about social media is that we’re often messing around and finding out. Who among us hasn’t found out some information that they would have rather avoided? Maybe you see a photo of your ex with someone new. Maybe you …
Seguir leyendo Employee finds out their place of work is closing via Facebook post: ‘That’s the notice I got. No discussion in person beforehand. No phone call. No text’
Prospective employee rejects job for requiring 1 week trial period with no pay: ‘A one week trial that requires office attendance and full employee level work is not a trial but unpaid labor’
Would you show up to a week of work without pay? What if that was what it took to get the job? Getting a new job is famously not easy. You have to put yourself out there again and again just to get rejected. You have to know how to pitch yourself, and constantly do …
Seguir leyendo Prospective employee rejects job for requiring 1 week trial period with no pay: ‘A one week trial that requires office attendance and full employee level work is not a trial but unpaid labor’
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’
Higher-ups refuses to give a raise to employee with 10 years of experience making $50K, hires an inexperienced employee for $80K: ‘I handed in my resignation. Boss and department head were shocked’
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 great union benefits, they probably strongly believed that loyalty and hard …
Seguir leyendo Higher-ups refuses to give a raise to employee with 10 years of experience making $50K, hires an inexperienced employee for $80K: ‘I handed in my resignation. Boss and department head were shocked’
Mom applies to be a substitute at her children’s school district, gets offered a position as a 5th grade teacher: ‘I’m not a licensed teacher! I don’t have a teaching degree.’
It’s no secret that we’re having a teacher shortage right now. They’ve been an undervalued and unappreciated profession for years, and with great teachers leaving the profession at a startling rate, some schools are getting desperate to fill teaching positions. This summer, a mom got an unexpected job offer from her children’s school. She applied …
Seguir leyendo Mom applies to be a substitute at her children’s school district, gets offered a position as a 5th grade teacher: ‘I’m not a licensed teacher! I don’t have a teaching degree.’
30+ Job Search Memes on Their Hundredth Round of Interviews
Looking for a job can be one of the most soul-sucking things you have to go through as an adult. You’re constantly setting yourself up for rejection. It’s incredibly draining, especially in the era of online applications, where most apps you send through fall into an abyss, never to be seen or heard from again. …
Seguir leyendo 30+ Job Search Memes on Their Hundredth Round of Interviews