You need money to go to the job interview, and the only way to get money is to have a job. It’s no fun that literally everything in life costs money. The bare necessities like food, shelter, utilities, and transportation usually account for more than half of our money spent every month, if not more. …
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Job seeker lies about having kids so she can leave the office whenever she wants ‘like everyone else with kids’
Is this a brilliant idea, or a recipe for disaster? Even though we are many years out of preschool, we still can cry and pout about things not being fair. We’re much more able to accept that someone got a slightly larger slice of cake than we were when we were in diapers, but when …
Seguir leyendo Job seeker lies about having kids so she can leave the office whenever she wants ‘like everyone else with kids’
Recruiter rejects job seeker because she left her old job due to a toxic work environment: ‘It shows she’s not loyal or responsible.’
A «toxic work environment» could mean anything from «my boss screamed at me every day» to «I felt uncomfortable that I was expected to work,» and it’s impossible to tell which is true if you weren’t there. Have you ever been on a first date where the person kept talking about their «crazy ex.» If …
Seguir leyendo Recruiter rejects job seeker because she left her old job due to a toxic work environment: ‘It shows she’s not loyal or responsible.’
Job seeker loses out on $92K job offer because an executive thought his LinkedIn Profile Picture looked unprofessional: ‘I’ve had the same photo up there for like 3 years. Got other jobs with it.’
It’s wild that they would tell him that the picture was the reason for his rejection. They could’ve just said, «We decided to go in a different direction.» Maybe they thought they were helping him by telling him his picture cost him the job, but it could be risky if he decided to pursue legal …
Seguir leyendo Job seeker loses out on $92K job offer because an executive thought his LinkedIn Profile Picture looked unprofessional: ‘I’ve had the same photo up there for like 3 years. Got other jobs with it.’
Job seeker flawlessly redesigns company’s app for job interview, company uses their design but refuses to hire them: ‘It was 85% my work. I got a generic rejection email.’
No good deed goes unpunished. There is a growing group of professionals who go online to proclaim that they don’t do any free labor, not even for a job interview. It might sound like a strict rule, especially if the «labor» in question is a test assessing whether they have the skills to do the …
Seguir leyendo Job seeker flawlessly redesigns company’s app for job interview, company uses their design but refuses to hire them: ‘It was 85% my work. I got a generic rejection email.’
25+ Job Search Memes Avoiding Writing Cover Letters
Looking for a job is one of the hardest things that most of us have to go through. There’s the obvious element: it’s annoying to have to continually sell yourself, to put so much effort into something that will likely get looked at for 15 seconds, and to feel the mounting pressure of money lost …
Seguir leyendo 25+ Job Search Memes Avoiding Writing Cover Letters
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’