The contemporary working world is one that is full of contradictions. One of the biggest of these is that working hard at your job and fulfilling all the requirements of the role doesn’t necessarily mean that you will get rewarded for it. You would think that businesses would have every incentive to pay attention to …
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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, …
Seguir leyendo 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’
Employees debate the usefulness of the exit interview: ‘If they were interested in feeback, they would have improved things while you were still there’
Just like everything else that happens in the corporate rigamarole, leaving a job is rarely an easy process. First of all, you have to figure out what you are going to do after you leave, and then you have to give notice, and then it’s highly likely that your company will make you jump through …
Seguir leyendo Employees debate the usefulness of the exit interview: ‘If they were interested in feeback, they would have improved things while you were still there’
Employees debate the usefulness of the exit interview: ‘If they were interested in feedback, they would have improved things while you were still there’
Just like everything else that happens in the corporate rigamarole, leaving a job is rarely an easy process. First of all, you have to figure out what you are going to do after you leave, and then you have to give notice, and then it’s highly likely that your company will make you jump through …
Seguir leyendo Employees debate the usefulness of the exit interview: ‘If they were interested in feedback, they would have improved things while you were still there’
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’
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.’
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’
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. …
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‘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
Bored government worker complains they were given a $20k salary increase to do ‘literally nothing,’ while some claim it’s a dream job: ‘Use the facilities, use the benefits’
All the rage this spring… high paying low effort dumb email jobs. Those who have them are the envy of their friends. Everyone’s selling their soul to try to get one. But for real, sometimes the highest-paying jobs are the ones that require the least amount of effort. It’s one of the dirty little secrets of the corporate …
Seguir leyendo Bored government worker complains they were given a $20k salary increase to do ‘literally nothing,’ while some claim it’s a dream job: ‘Use the facilities, use the benefits’