Professionalism refers to how you come across to others in a work environment.
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How to ask for support?
I'm a working student in a software department and currently working on a project, which is a final paper. The given requirements are hard for me to implement because of poor documentation and code. ...
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Management are demanding a commitment I cannot give. How can I handle it? [closed]
I have been working for an Indian outsourcing organization for more than 5 years. My aspiration is to work in the USA. I have valid work permit to work in USA which will expire after 6 months. I have ...
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In an interview how can I explain the short duration of my last job? [closed]
I was at my first job after graduating from university for 6 months. It was close to my dream job, but I met with issues that made me really confused in the workplace and found it difficult to work ...
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How can I know when to accept a not ideal job opportunity, or turn it down and keep looking? [closed]
I recently switched careers (into IT from a non-IT job) and completed a certification/internship program. I live in Tampa and I've been actively interviewing for roughly a month, with a couple of ...
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Is it ok to strictly separate professional life and personal life? [closed]
I strongly believe in separating my business life and my personal life. For example I would not become friends or socialise with a co-worker until after I left the job (not to mention fraternising ...
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Manager lied during the interview that he would be my manager [closed]
The following situation has happened to me more than once.
I go to a job interview, a manager says "I will be your manager". I start working and guess what? After just a little while, he installs ...
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Doing a presentation to look more professional
I don't know if this is the best place to ask this question, but I couldn't find another stackexchange site to ask it.
I am a computer engineering student that doesn't work anywhere, and I don't have ...
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Handle a manager who is prejudiced, untrusting? [closed]
I am working for an offshore services company but doing a role as an Onsite coordinator and Analyst for a 12 member team but being onsite. The offshore project manager was an ex-QA for the same ...
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Should I inform my manager that a colleague is looking for another job if I was told that in confidence?
I'm in a situation in which a colleague informed me that he/she was looking for a new job and has a couple of good prospects. I am concerned for the team if this person leaves and I'd like to give my ...
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How does a non team player answer questions about team playing [closed]
I am asking a question for my friend; he is searching for a position in the corporate world.
Let's call him "Joe". This Joe guy does not think working in a team necessarily means the best product ...
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Should I care about the coworker next to me while he dozes off and our boss doesn't care?
Actually he falls asleep very frequently almost everyday and our boss have never concerned or been mad about him. There was only one time that he snored quite loud and our boss patted him so he woke ...
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Boss never talks with me [closed]
My boss talks all the project related things to my colleague. He ignores me. What should I do in this case? He asks only project updates and what am I doing.
Actually, the colleague is not my senior, ...
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How to deal with a colleague who mocks me?
A member of the team I work with is guy, who considers himself "super-smart". The guy makes snide remarks to me for no specific reason. I have not previously had such problems with others, so I can't ...
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How to handle existing work and poor management? [closed]
I'm in a situation where I'm one of the in house developers for a company that works in the engineering industry. The director of IT is an older guy - he seems to be nice, however, it seems that he ...
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What are my responsibilities with regards to reporting suspected Fraud?
I work in a school in the UK. I work as part of a 3 man in house I.T. team employed directly by the school. There is my boss me and another tech. We are all contracted to work 37 hours and overtime ...
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Peer tasks me, then complains about push-back. Strategies? [duplicate]
Similar to this question, I have a colleague who gives me tasks/projects on a semi-regular basis. They are usually tasks someone has asked him to do, but he doesn't have the technical expertise to ...
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Out of Scope Supervisory Duties
I started my job a while ago like what I do. During my interview I was told I was going to help other people who do indirect work for our department. Recently my boss told me I am to be aware of ...
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Protocol for interviewing own replacement
I've been with my current company for slightly over a year. I've never been reprimanded, written up, or heard any displeasure with my work. Yet a couple weeks ago, I started hearing rumors of my being ...
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Professional arguments taken personally
I recently had an argument with my Team Lead over the correct and plausible solution to one of the technical problems . Ever since he has taken that argument personally and doesn't interact with me, ...
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Ex-employee / founder misrepresenting role in software company [closed]
In 2007 I began writing a small piece of software, at the start of 2008 I packaged the software up as a product and started selling it. For the next 9 months it grew slowly and I asked a friend to ...
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Is it unprofessional to attempt to negotiate for less than two weeks when announcing resignation?
When announcing resignation, is it unprofessional for me to ask my boss if it would cause an inconvenience for me to work only another 5 to 8 days instead of a full two weeks? I am able to work for ...
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Are there potential consequences of letting your employer know about your personal projects?
Yesterday, while talking with my boss, I mentioned I am working on a personal project in my free time at home. A senior was sitting nearby and he advised me not to tell the boss such things.
What ...
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How can I stop my colleague from copying my work?
I have a problem with my colleague. The problem is, he just copies my code and uses it on Stack Overflow and his own blogs. It hurts me a lot. I can complain to my boss directly, but that could create ...
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Is it unprofessional to leave Post-it notes on somebody's monitor?
Is it unprofessional to leave Post-it notes on the monitor of people who you need to get ahold of at work?
In my specific situation:
My coworker is extremely busy
They spend most of their workday ...
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Inquire about allowance increment?
The company I intern at supports my higher education and at the same time pays me an allowance every month.
According to my contract with the company, my allowance would be incremented slightly every ...
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How To Deal With a Whistler [duplicate]
There is this guy in the office that constantly walks around whistling loudly all day long. He doesn't seem to realize that it's distracting and that others including myself find it to be incredibly ...
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How can a conference handle harassment outside the conference? [closed]
In the past a conference I've been involved with had a problem with one presenter calling another presenter a gendered slur on Twitter preceding the conference. At the time we had no code of conduct ...
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Is it considered unprofessional to use a bookbag?
I am starting a new job tomorrow, and got to thinking - should I bring my bookbag with my things? ie. Laptop, notebook, pens
Never really thought about it at my previous job, since I knew my manager ...
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How should someone respond to sudden small gifts after a promotion?
After a promotion or reorganization, people invariably try to curry favor with the new management.
But how should the newly promoted respond to sudden small gifts? [Small gifts might include: a box ...
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How can I fire an incompetent friend?
I've seen similar questions to this, but I feel this has sufficient and subtle differences that warrant a separate discussion.
As part of a University Project, myself and two other Software ...
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How should I professionally handle a job offer when the potential employer is pushy?
The situation: I had been unemployed a few months. Unfortunately, my financial reserves were low. I was receiving unemployment benefits, but those would be stopped if I turned down an employment ...
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How do I respond to an apology?
In a meeting yesterday, one coworker was unproductive and, for lack of a better word, sulky. The issue did not get resolved. Today, he sent an email to the team apologizing for his unprofessional ...
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How to handle time off for surgery?
I've got a major surgery coming up, and my company is just as aware of it as I am, and I'm covered for the time off, but what I'm wondering is how is a longer term leave like this typically handled?
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How can I achieve and excel in a civilian job where the leadership essentially refuses to allow growth?
Tl;dr: I am not getting the tools and knowledge required in order to complete my job effectively, despite repeated requests and attempts to do so. I want to keep the job and be good at it.
How can I ...
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Disagreeing with boss over personal topics when socializing
Is it bad practice to disagree with a boss on personal opinions, in the context of talking about things for fun? For example, if a boss is talking about how much corruption is in the Catholic Church ...
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How to deal with a person who perceives a culture problem on our team?
I know that a lot of you will be able to relate to the sort of work environment that we
are running here.
We make edgy jokes, the sort of jokes that a lot of people would find offensive. We shoot ...
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Boss does not answer questions [closed]
I am still in training and sometimes my boss does not answer my questions. Other times he tells me to think about it. For example I was setting up a new machine and asked him to confirm I should ...
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How can I improve communication with my superiors?
I'm Egyptian and currently working in Austria under a work permit which is restricted for 4 months, the length of the contract. If they are happy with me, my employers will prolong it. I started 2 ...
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request for information already sent
I have sent someone an e-mail containing information (link, document, etc.), but they ask for it again as though I had never sent it to them.
Is it unprofessional to forward them the original e-mail ...
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How should I approach a 'One on One' with my boss's manager when there are issues with the project?
Here is my problem. I have recently shifted job and I am mainly into computer programming. We work in a framework which is almost 75-80% complete. And I have been given a task to add something more to ...
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How to deal with a team lead direct report that acts unprofessionally?
I am a team leader. I have a team member who directly reports to me and who came from a small company and who had strong programming skills and very very poor communication skills and poor corporate ...
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Accepted offer for an internship - would rather have a different position in the same company now - should I just forget about it?
I accepted an offer for an internship in a company I am really excited to work for. However, I have come to realize that I am much more interested in a different internship position in the company.
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How do I get a coworker to stop chit chatting?
I am a software developer and I have an older coworker (60+ years old) that comes to me every time he has a question about anything involved with computers. Most of the time I am busy and I have no ...
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Is okay to spend time learning at work?
New (6 months) junior software developer in a .net shop.
Haven't finished college yet.
Only briefly touched on .net during the degree (Java degree).
There are many parts of the .net framework ...
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What to say about my goals with a company when the honest answer is “leave”
It's time for annual evaluations and setting goals for the new year. The boss wants to talk about the career path I'd like to take. The problem is, I don't think I have a future here, as my title ...
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How do I overcome my nervousness while facing an interview?
Recently I faced an interview and it was VERY bad from my perspective. I started well but at later stage (and that was too early :( ) I was unable to answer few questions that I really dont know and ...
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Where do I place my open source project heading in my resume?
This kind of structure/template my resume is following this time. Resume
I just wanted to know which one is a better place in my resume to mention about my open source projects.
One option - Below ...
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As a team lead how can I bring changes into the team without resistance from team?
I have been joined to new team and new project as a Team lead. This position is first time for me. I am leading 3 modules. I am above the 3 module leaders. I have identified few areas where ...
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How to politely ask a coworker to “Google it” instead of coming to me all the time with basic questions?
I'm working in a team of 8 consultants just like me. I'm the youngest member of the team and also the one with the least experience (on resume at least). But 4 of the 8 members of the team will often ...
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automatically publishing blog to LinkedIn
Is it considered professional to publish new blog entries to LinkedIn?
The content of the blog is technical in nature and relevant to my field. It is not questionable nor objectionable.
Typical ...
