I'm in the final stages of possibly landing a job at a phenomenal company out of state, in an area I'd love to move to. My SO and I would rent out there but we need to sell our house first. His job is flexible so no issue there and we don't have kids. Luckily we live in a desirable area where the houses…
Here are a things to keep in mind:
1. Doubt doesn’t make you an imposter, it makes you human.
2. You’re never going to know everything - no one does. …
Since then, I’ve been actively applying for jobs but rarely hear back. When asked why I’m looking for a new job in interviews, I haven’t always been sincere, giving different reasons. Recently, I decided to be upfront and told an interviewer that I was made redundant. But their response thre…
How do you deal with the catty "doubting Thomas" coworker?
We work in an environment where we HAVE to work closely together. There is no ignoring, avoiding or keeping my distance. Some of my guy friends in other…
I keep seeing the same job postings on Linkedin, Simplyhired, & Indeed. I need to get out of my job within the next month ASAP b/c my Supervisor is repeating the same behavior from last year where she takes extended leave EVERYTIME she has a family event that comes up & she says sh…
I need advice on an ongoing situation at my job which seems to be getting worse. Background: I am a 67 year old female working part time (30 hours) at a restaurant/gift shop. Been there 4 years.
About two months ago they hired a man…
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The vast majority of us cannot share samples of work done for other companies without violating our NDAs.
I once sanitized a document I did for a nonprofit job, but doing that means you're asking for unpaid work.
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You can redact the things that cannot be shared. It gets done all the time. Use whiteout or blacken it with a sharpie and never send anything electronically, only in print and do not leave it with the company.
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Great advice, thank you!! She was only with us for a couple of months, so I would be shocked if she even listed us as a reference and didn’t remove us from the resume eventually once she’s able to find work again
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Make sure that the phone number is a business number, not a home or cell number and verify that the number matches the company (once burned/twice shy mentality). Also verify that the email address is a company address and not personal (like Gmail, etc.) This keeps them from giving you the number/email of a friend that will lie for them. OR, you can trust them to be honest. Not everyone will go to these lengths, but I understand your skepticism. I terminated an employee once for the same reasons, and we later found out by going through her browser history that she was getting through college buying papers from someone off the internet and using the company computers to do it.
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Wow!! That is wild…I’ve never been involved in hiring someone before so it was a great learning experience about recognizing red flags on a resume and remembering that people can say yes to anything in an interview but demonstrating those things is a completely different story!