Employee refuses to refer sister for a job, sister puts employee’s name on her application anyway, only for HR to reject her for lying: ‘I blacklisted her’

Referring someone you know for a job at your workplace is great… until it’s someone you don’t actually want to refer. It makes sense that many workplaces would rely on their current employees when they search for new hires. If a company is hiring people they trust and have seen success from, that will develop …
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Company Discovers Employee is Interviewing With Competitor, Tells Competitor to Reject Him, and They Oblige, Even Though They Were Going to Offer Him The Job

This guy must be a really good hire if the higher-ups at his company are willing to go to this length to keep him.  One of the most stressful parts of finding a new job is trying to keep your current workplace from finding out you’re looking. It’s not always easy to do that, especially …
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Why Employees Won’t Recommend People For Jobs in Their Companies

What is it that makes a person truly unemployable? There is an argument to be made that getting a job comes down to attitude and making the right impression on the interviewer, irrespective of how many relevant skills you have on your resume. However, this is only one piece of the puzzle when it comes …
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Older sister refuses to give music graduate referral for corporate job experience: ‘She’s never taken a single business class’

Should we be obliged to give a good reference to someone just because they’re family? Mixing the professional and personal is often a risky business, and that includes when you decide to work with your relatives. Even if your family members present themselves as responsible people who would be a credit to any company, the …
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Reader realizes eBook published in 2006 has been edited to include a TikTok reference: ‘This is why physical books are important’

In one way or another, most pieces of media are a product of their time. No matter how hard their creator tries, they will always be influenced by the period they live in. There are examples of this that are charming, and others that are more problematic. The debate on how we should consume dated …
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Workers Discuss The Benefits of Lying on Your Resume

There’s only so much you can do to get a job when your resume is not up to par. You can change the verbiage you use to describe your job-hopping as much as you’d like, but employers are just going to see the same thing: an unreliable person who can’t be trusted to stay at …
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Creep Gets Fired For Harassing Female Co-workers, Still Asks For Reference

Audacity can get people very far in life, even in times when they don’t deserve it. A confident demeanour will always open a lot of doors, but unfortunately, it’s also a trait that is easily abused. Charm often allows certain individuals to get away with some seriously unacceptable things, so it makes a refreshing change …
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