Hello- I am the recruiting manager of a firm. Within my company recruiting and HR are separate departments. I have a recruiting coordinator who is my direct report. My RC has been working with the company for almost a year and a half, and I've worked with her in terms of playing…

So I was terminated for failing to pass licensing exams after multiple attempts. I want to know if anyone else has been in this position before? I am currently applying to similar positions at other firms to see if they would be willing to sponsor retakes but have had no solid…

Need your advice, please. I work for the town (local Gov.) for more than 1 year as a part-time employee. Since May 2021, I have been working more than 7hrs per day because they have a short staff, always as a part-time employee. Now the office has 2 new additional employees,…

Promotion Tips and Success Stories? I work for a fairly large biotech since 7 years and had been promoted once. I changed departments in 2021 and have steadily taken on additional responsibilities with a purpose of helping me with my professional development. I want to very…

Prepared for and even created a presentation for my dream company only to find out during the interview that the recruiter provided the wrong details about the position. The hiring manager started the interview requesting that I tell her about myself. I did so with tie-in…

Email to let them know I'm still interested Hello ladies, I have a tricky question for you and hope you can help me. I scheduled an interview with a company two weeks ago, but in the same days I got an offer from another company I interviewed before. I accepted, and I contacted…

Need to get away from a bad situation and ask for a transfer The team I'm on has taken a toxic turn for the worst. I'm now working under someone who is micromanaging all of my work and I feel like I have a few months before she creates and paper trail on me pushes me out. She's…

I will retire this year at age 60 from middle school teaching, although I need/want to keep working until at least 65. I only taught for 18 years, but education right now is dragging me down too much to stay longer. Before teaching I worked as a writer for a few companies and,…

How quickly should you follow up with a recruiter after a screening? The screening was Wednesday, I'm thinking of waiting until Monday to follow up, or is that too soon?

When requesting an accommodation for a disability, should I speak with HR first or my manager? I am formally diagnosed and treated for ADHD which (as you might imagine) has a strong impact on my work performance. Working remotely the past almost-three years has been so enormously…

Another contractor is lying about me to my agency and the client. I'm not sure what to do. I (a contractor) report to a project manager with a different agency. She is WAY over her head, and the entire project has been in absolute chaos. I've spoken with my agency several times,…

I've been at my current company for almost 2 years. I have a heavy sales background and I never intended to get into sales but I sorta fell into it after getting my first degree, now 3 degrees later and I started my own business on the side and it was a hit during the pandemic…

am I the only one that feels nervous on my first day at work. started my first day at my dream job. Seams like everyone else is so over qualified. am i wrong for feelling this way?

Today, my director-level boss in the fin tech sector told us that all WFH is terminated and we should come to work even if we are sick, and enforce this with our team members. I’m a single parent of a kiddo who goes to a zero-covid policy daycare. If I leave I’ll be probationary…

Shamed for saying "sorry"? I grew up in a culture where people say sorry a lot. In fact, I am even prone to apologizing to a chair when I bump it because "sorry" just comes out. I am also older -- 45 -- so I feel like the word is hardcoded into my brain a bit. At work, a younger…

Job offer from somewhere I don’t like i applied for a legal billing coordinator position and I really really want it but it’s been almost 2 weeks since the interview and 2 days after my follow up email-still no reply. I have had other interviews since then and now have a job…

Am I wrong to have a work/life boundary as a part of the executive leadership team at my company? I am on the executive leadership team at my job and I report to the executive director. I have two colleagues who are on the same level as me and we’ve been told that when the ED…

Receuitment agents and their responsibility to job seekers I wanted to find out what is best practice for recruitment agents? The reason being is that I got a job through an agent, a fixed job contract. However, from what I have gathered from my colleagues at the company is that…

A company's recruiter contacted me before the holidays requesting an interview. I missed the call as I was with family. I returned the call later that afternoon and reached her voicemail. I left a message and then didn't hear back. I wanted until the following week, called and…

Should I reexpress my interest in a position that I really want while waiting to hear a final decision, or just wait until the decision comes? This is for an opportunity I really, really want. Thank you!