I would love to work with a guy who is interested in olive oil. When you’re applying for jobs, you have to do something to stand out. Recruiters are getting hundreds of applications per job posting that are functionally identical to your resume. Some job seekers try to stand out by using a funky resume …
Seguir leyendo Recruiter rejects job applicant after he lists ‘olive oil’ as one of his interests: ‘That is not an interest. I cannot stop thinking about it. There will not be an interview.’
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Manager discovers that the new hire is an employee from his previous company whom he fired for lying on his resume: ‘The higher-ups are aware of the situation and don’t seem too concerned about it.’
Well, this is awkward. We’ve all had a former coworker that we hope we never see again. I’m not talking about a guy who chews his gum too loudly or is a little too into the office Christmas party. I’m talking about the coworker who was incompetent in every conceivable way, and you knew from …
Seguir leyendo Manager discovers that the new hire is an employee from his previous company whom he fired for lying on his resume: ‘The higher-ups are aware of the situation and don’t seem too concerned about it.’
Mom convinced son is unemployed because he works remotely while taking care of her, she forces him to send out resumes, resulting in him taking a job abroad: ‘I’m excited to get out of this family’
We all know how frustrating it can be when parents think they own you just because they raised you, and dealing with meddling parents is something no kid ever wants to deal with. When one does deal with a meddling parent, the most important thing to do is to put down clear boundaries, while knowing …
Seguir leyendo Mom convinced son is unemployed because he works remotely while taking care of her, she forces him to send out resumes, resulting in him taking a job abroad: ‘I’m excited to get out of this family’
The Best Relatable Work Memes This Week (November 20, 2023)
Like a lot of people, I can find it hard to get motivated when there is the prospect of some much-needed time off on the horizon. My fingers may be on the keyboard, but my mind is yearning for that precious four day weekend. Also, this is coming from somebody who often enjoys their job. …
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Boastful Male Job Applicant Shares Medical Stats on Resume, Splits Opinion of the Internet
The structure of a resume is a very personal thing. It’s not surprising, seeing as it’s basically an attempt to distill your entire professional personality onto one side of A4. The experienced hiring manager can find all kinds of hints based on this one document, and it presents us almost vulnerably — if you really …
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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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‘Cut my salary in half? Kiss your business goodbye’: Boss gives hardworking employee’s salary to new worker, employees band together to tank the company
«Red flags start appearing from the very first minute I arrive,» this employee wrote in one jaw-dropping workplace story. This is a long story, but it’s totally worth the read. U/technicalviking wrote about the time they got suckered into taking on a massive job, only to be really overworked and barely appreciated. As they wrote, …
Seguir leyendo ‘Cut my salary in half? Kiss your business goodbye’: Boss gives hardworking employee’s salary to new worker, employees band together to tank the company
People Debate the Dubious Usefulness of Cover Letters
It takes a very specific breed of person to enjoy the process of a job search, and by this I mean somebody who is either a complete psychopath, or has an automatic leg up thanks to all of their dad’s rich and powerful friends (better still, maybe they are part of both categories!). The action …
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People Debate The Usefulness of Cover Letters
It takes a very specific breed of person to enjoy the process of a job search, and by this I mean somebody who is either a complete psychopath, or has an automatic leg up thanks to all of their dad’s rich and powerful friends (better still, maybe they are part of both categories!). The action …
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Amusing Thread Recounts Awkward Typos That Happened at Exactly the Wrong Time
There are many, many different ways to combine the twenty six letters of the alphabet and make up a new word. Why is it, then, that so many parts of our vocabulary look and sound so similar, while meaning completely different things? It’s bad enough when we trip over ourselves when talking, but it’s even …
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