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Can I ask a company what I should wear to an interview?
I have been offered an interview for a company, however I'm not sure what the dress code for the interview should be. This question stems partially from Is it appropriate to ask about a company's ...
6
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4answers
398 views
Penalty for being late to a meeting
We are using Scrum and our manager decided that if somebody lates to the daily scrum (which is in the morning) he or she have to buy a piece of chocolate (or something like that) for the others. Is it ...
4
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5answers
265 views
Is it ethical for a future employer to insist on knowing my other employment opportunities?
A future employer insists on knowing what other opportunities I am considering. Is this an ethical practice? Am I obliged to tell them?
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3answers
185 views
Can I get a software development job with an EE degree? [closed]
I am a junior at a university with a REALLY selective CS program, and because of a 3.2 in a math class, they didn't admit me. I will reapply, but this is my last shot. Being a programmer has always ...
4
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2answers
221 views
Graceful way to cancel an interivew?
Say you had an interview scheduled with a company, and during your pre-interview research you discovered dozens of reviews on, say, glassdoor.com in which nearly every employee complains about the ...
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0answers
110 views
What factors are important to take into consideration when negotiating an offer? [closed]
I'm a software engineer and I got an offer from a software company in a different country. It covers the most important things like the salary or various benefits. What more questions should I ask or ...
0
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1answer
48 views
How can I organize client communications with a business partner? [closed]
I'm in the early stages of running an Internet Marketing company with business partner. We do design, development, SEO and PPC. My partner deals with clients/sales and I take care of ...
3
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0answers
171 views
Employer giving away Personal Information [closed]
I just found out that my employer has been giving out personal information to third parties. I understand where that is acceptable in cases where a outside company is contracted to perform payroll, ...
1
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1answer
90 views
Is further education and training only my responsibility? [duplicate]
Some time ago I read an article like "Your career is your responsibility and yours alone" and I wonder if this is true.
I work as software developer but the company I work for never spend any time ...
2
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2answers
145 views
Potential risks of rescinding verbal acceptance to apply for a different position with the same company
I applied to two CO-OP positions at the same company and I have already been interviewed for the first position.
A few days later I received an offer but I realized that this is does not align with ...
0
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3answers
172 views
Leaving a contract-to-hire position that I just started [closed]
I've recently started working a contract-to-hire position that is turning out to be not so hot. I have been speaking with a potential employer that I am very excited about, and I think they are going ...
3
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2answers
230 views
Project my query code performance to manager?
I worked on a project that brought the execution time of a query to 18 seconds from 5 minutes earlier. About 100 employees use this query to generate reports and further do their jobs. I am trying to ...
9
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5answers
763 views
What benefit is there for IT professionals to develop people skills beyond those needed for their current position?
The IT field has created many positions that enable people to achieve high quality technical skill sets without ever learning the social skills necessary to be successful in non technical fields. ...
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4answers
333 views
How do I become better at Delegating work?
I am an introverted programmer who is very good at what I do. I have been suddenly pushed into a position of a team lead, due to my seniors leaving jobs/ moving to different Projects.
I have always ...
9
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5answers
452 views
How can I get co-workers to buy into some of my ideas? [duplicate]
I am very new in my workplace and would like to bring up some changes. Most of these changes would bring the environment up to industry standards for this field, software development.
How can I go ...
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0answers
81 views
Where to find a telecommute job available to employees from overseas? [closed]
There are resources such as SimplyHired, which has a "telecommute" filter built-in. However, most jobs found in such a way are in somewhat different from what I'm looking for: e.g. "we telecommute, ...
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1answer
81 views
Handling Contract Signing with a Client? [closed]
I recently began dwelling in the world of freelancing, and just finished negotiating with a client over video chat, and am currently drafting up a contract.
My question is in regards to signing the ...
11
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6answers
468 views
How to make employees stop smoking at work, in a creative way!
At work, we have a lounge for employees where they can relax and have coffee or eat something. It's quite large in size, but the company has hundreds of employees in that building (an airport) so ...
4
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1answer
223 views
As a 53 year old, recent college graduate with no experience, how can I get my foot in the door? [closed]
After working in a factory for over 13 years, last year I finally achieved a life-long dream of obtaining a college degree. It's been over a year since I graduated, and I am still unemployed. Many ...
4
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2answers
535 views
How can I communicate I am leaving a company to someone I hired who hasn't started?
Although I am enjoying my current job, I am planning to move to another company as I would like to face new challenges and learn new technology. However, I think that the problem that I am facing now ...
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2answers
125 views
How to deal with a project manager who degrades you? [closed]
I am a graduate software developer with 11 months of professional experience. I was working for another company, until three months ago and were given very challenging tasks to complete, which raised ...
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0answers
39 views
Apply for a job in a leading international coropration?? Tips and advice [closed]
All of my work experience was with local companies,
Now I want to apply for a job in a leading international corporation,
I am right now doing the research on the web about this corporation, I am ...
8
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3answers
280 views
How to accurately quantify your ability of a technical skill on a scale of 1 to 10?
During interviews for engineering / technical positions I am always asked the question:
Regarding your experience with ____, how would you rate yourself on a scale of 1 to 10?
I find this very hard ...
8
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7answers
347 views
How should interviewers give constructive feedback?
For reference, this is the opposite side of a previously answered question: How can I ask my interviewers for feedback following an interview?
I interview a large number of candidates for my ...
5
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1answer
96 views
How to get honest negative feedback from an interview? [duplicate]
I have had two recent interviews which I thought initially both went well but then was told that, while they were "impressed with my qualifications and background", it doesn't currently match their ...
5
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1answer
136 views
Is there a process for selecting a career path?
I sometimes get asked by younger people for career guidance/advice on how to pick a career path. They themselves are typically uncertain of what career to pursue and struggling to decide. Sometimes ...
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5answers
751 views
how to handle the “tell me a joke” interview question
How does one handle this question in a typical software firm interview scenario ? I think something off the hook from Bill Hicks (love him to death) or Mitch hedberg would be a very humorous ice ...
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0answers
68 views
What is the best (and quickest) way to change my career strategy from linguistics into IT/software development? [closed]
I'm living in NW Russia and have my university background in theoretical and applied linguistics.
My strongest point is my talent for languages; I speak Russian and a bunch of other languages, ...
15
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3answers
714 views
How can I un-burn a bridge?
I worked in a company more than 2 years ago which I still want to work, after this time. But when I left I did not leave under the best terms. Now when I tried to come back the HR told me that I from ...
15
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8answers
1k views
How to act in a meeting when everyone is a manager except me?
Sometimes I join some meetings where everyone is a manager, like department managers to discuss a problem or a situation which needs the joined effort of multiple departments. Anyway I am no manager ...
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1answer
228 views
What factors should I look at to evaluate whether or not a job is “good for humanity”? [closed]
I'm just beginning another job hunt session. I was discussing with others in travel.stackexchange.com's chat room about which jobs are against humanity (for example, working for a tobacco giant is ...
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2answers
151 views
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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7answers
755 views
How to encourage people to visit conferences or do anything else to improve skills?
We're a small team of around 15-20 people. Around 70% of them is really passionated in what they're doing, visit conferences, spend even their weekends on hackathons and have a big progress in their ...
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1answer
84 views
What information about public-sector jobs are legally part of the publc domain? [closed]
At many public universities in the US, the position and salaries of some but not all employees are made publicly available.
Is this a federally mandated practice, or is it done on a state-by-state ...
13
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3answers
383 views
What are the career risks of taking a job related to adult entertainment?
I'm looking for a job and I have an offer I am considering. The company seems like a nice place to work, I like the team, I can make a contribution and also learn something. The unusual feature is ...
3
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6answers
552 views
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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2answers
65 views
Coop working in field unrelated to my interests looking to make the most of my experience [closed]
I am a college student on a cooperative internship, and I have had quite a rough time. I got a job I applied for without intending to take because the pay was good. The job was in a more mathematical ...
6
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5answers
320 views
How can I convince management to allow employees to purchase vacation?
In writing this answer to this question it occurred to me, within the United States at least, a lot of people probably work for companies where vacation is fairly rigid yet people would like more of ...
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0answers
175 views
I made a commitment I'm not able to fulfill. How can I avoid making commitments I can't keep? [closed]
I have been working for a company where I have a VISA and my management was not able to utilize that VISA and was not willing to allow me to transfer to a position I really wanted within the company. ...
9
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3answers
464 views
Is it a good idea to use a group exercise for potential new hires to see how they will work together?
Not entirely certain this is the right place to ask this however looking through StackExchange I couldn't find an alternative.
In a couple of days I will be running through 10 developer interviews ...
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3answers
206 views
How can I work with a client who gives ambiguous directions but refuses to clarify--and is just more adamant that I follow his instructions?
I'm working on an assignment that my client thinks should have taken me twenty minutes... for one day and counting.
He gave me ambiguous instructions, and when I said, "What do you mean by saying ...
3
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5answers
230 views
Should an email group include the manager?
We have an "email group" set up for our department whose intended purpose is to provide a way to share information that everyone should know. However, because the manager is included on the list, it ...
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0answers
49 views
Planning for the future with least amount of headache in future to update new skill and achieve new skills [closed]
I am interested in mobile but have not worked on it.
Should I plan to change jobs in another field (other than PHP/HTML/SQL/JAVASCRIPT to JAVA or should I learn HTML5) as I want to keep myself ...
40
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2answers
2k views
boss smokes and colleagues who smoke get insider info
I recently started a new job and my boss is a smoker, so she frequently has smoke breaks together with my other colleagues who are also smokers. During these smoke breaks, they often discuss important ...
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3answers
1k views
My ex-employer wants me back. How should I evaluate?
My previous employer recently reached out to explore possibility of getting me back on board.
I worked with them for 6+ years before moving on three years ago, basically to check out grass on the ...
9
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4answers
365 views
What action should be taken by a manager when subordinates become racist?
In our office people are from different backgrounds, races, caste and culture. Yesterday I heard heated argument among a group of coworkers. The discussion was about terrorism, and one of the group ...
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1answer
100 views
What would be the most appropriate time to ask for a raise for my summer job? Or would it not be appropriate at all?
I am a 20-year old college student and I'm just about to finish up my third year before going home for the summer. I worked as an intern last summer and during my winter break as a programmer. As ...
2
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7answers
651 views
How to tell my boss that I do not want to do a task that is too simple for my experience
I have an advanced degree in electronics and a number of years of directly relevant industry experience. Our engineering company has been recently acquired by a larger corporation and my new direct ...
15
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2answers
439 views
What to do with a completely unprepared interviewer?
I just had one of the funniest interviews I have ever had:
The "hiring manager" called me after a very professional phone screen that took place a few days earlier at a large well known rapidly ...
6
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3answers
705 views
Quitting job in order to prepare for my career move
OK, so I have been in the tech industry in the Silicon Valley in the US for over 6 years. I want to move into a different kind of roles which requires some skills and knowledge that I currently do not ...
