Questions tagged [first-job]
Questions about someone's initial working experience. May be about discovering how things work for a new person in an organization or about internships that can also be the first role someone works.
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My manager wants regular one-on-one meetings: is this bad?
I'm a recent computer science graduate and have been working at my first developer position for about a month.
Today I got an email calendar request for weekly one-on-one meetings with my manager. I'...
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What should I know when applying for my first job?
I am entering the workplace for the first time. What do I need to know before getting started?
This post is a community wiki meant to help answer questions that would otherwise be considered 'too ...
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How can I accept a job offer after rejecting it?
I am graduating with an industrial engineering degree in May, and I got a job offer from a military branch up in Maine. The military flew me up to the base, and I just felt at home and like I could ...
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Fired from job - left my Gmail, Stack Exchange, LinkedIn, and other personally owned accounts logged in. How do I proceed?
I left my company on bad terms yesterday. I was ordered to leave immediately, take my documents, never come back to the company, and even to never meet my boss in life outside work.
The problem is ...
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Responding to social invitations with autism
So I have been told that there will be a Christmas Party happening at my work. I have autism I really do not like this sort of thing.
This is my first ever job and I am really enjoying it. I have ...
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Junior developer struggles: how to communicate with management?
I learnt programming at home and was a brilliant bootcamp graduate (that is, by the standards of that bootcamp, which is certainly not as good as top US bootcamps*), I found a job fairly easily ...
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The boss of my boss invited me for lunch, should I let my boss and colleagues know?
Yesterday I received an email inviting me to lunch with my boss's boss, via his secretary.
He is in the second highest position for IT in our company. I believe I know what this is about, but have ...
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How to turn down interview offers when there are too many of them?
I'm currently in the situation where I'm about to graduate, and I'm constantly getting contacted by recruiters and companies alike reaching out to me offering me an interview.
At this point I've ...
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Having to constantly redo everything because I don't know how to do it
I obtained a biostatistics/pharmaceuticals job without any further education than college, so I think this is the cause of that.
I don't have some supervisor. Lack of experience and education. I'm ...
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General Manager avoids signing agreement and is never present
I’m young and inexperienced, I’m not familiar with worker laws or how common things are within the workplace. I just turned 18 this year and for my uni course I need 5 weeks work placement to be ...
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Is it normal to not have to show any code in an interview for an entry level developer position?
Long story short, I'm an English Graduate working in marketing looking to switch to a developer role. I've been learning code for around 2 years now, and do quite a bit of HTML/CSS/JavaScript in my ...
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Train very young colleague on professional skills
Someone has joined my team recently to run social, community, user research, etc. They have done this in the past for their family business and are very good with it.
But they seem to be quite ...
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Got my first job. How do I politely turn down the call for an interview by another employer?
I recently got my first job and I have accepted the offer. Another employer who had previously put my application on hold wants to interview me now. How can I politely turn down the call for interview?...
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Do hiring managers expect candidates to have side projects or work related hobbies in IT?
I will soon have my masters degree in Computer Science and will start applying for jobs.
Recently I read an answer to a question about what companies expect from a fresh graduate, where someone said ...
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As a beginner developer, how can I overcome not meeting the requirements of any job? [duplicate]
I started learning web development by myself, over the internet. So far I've learned HTML, CSS, Javascript, JQuery, React including Hooks & Redux, Node, Express, MongoDB & Mongoose and ...
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What do I put on my resume to make the company I'm applying to think I'm mature enough to handle a job?
I just turned 14 this past fall, which means I can legally work a job.
I've applied to several places, fluffing up my resume with everything I think could possibly help me, things showing i'm ...
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How do I get references when still in my first job?
This is my first job since graduating, I've been in the role for 10 months.
The job isn't quite what I'm looking for for my career development. I'm looking to move into a software company with more ...
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HR just asked for my degree. I don't have it yet. What do I do?
A bit of background on this - I had this job interview in the fall of my senior year of college (on-campus interview). At the time, my expected graduation was spring 2019, and I had that on my resume. ...
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Unofficial meeting during house hunting trip
I will start a new job in a month. I just came to the city yesterday (where I will work) for house-hunting, and I am staying at a hotel very close to my office location. I will be here for three days ...
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Quitting a job after a few days?
I just started my first retail job and I don't like it. Even before going to the orientation, I was very hesitant. I am studying to be in the fashion industry and although this job is in retail, it is ...
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My job duties do not match the job title/description. How do I approach my boss about changing this?
I graduated with a BS in CS in late 2013. I began working my first job as a 'programmer' almost three months ago. Since hire I have not seen or worked with code, and my impression is this won't ...
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Should you negotiate your starting salary on your first job out of school?
I was recently offered a position as a software engineer in a company in the NYC area. The salary they are offering is good, but I've heard others online say that
You should always negotiate your ...
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First day at work in Canada
I just came to Vancouver (BC, Canada) from Europe and tomorrow is my first day at work in a small IT company (~15-20 people).
So I have a few questions about common manners at work in Canada.
When ...
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Been at a company 9 months, never received training
I was brought on at a company 9 months ago as part of a work study program in France (industrial automation). This is my first job, so I wasn't sure what was normal in terms of being totally lost and ...
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Can you negotiate a salary after accepting an offer as an entry-level grad?
I'm a new grad and got an offer from a tech giant as my first job. It is amazing that I will be working for them.
I now got another offer from a top contract and the pay is way higher. ($15k more)
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First job - what to expect in probation period?
I just received my first job offer from a well reputed company in Germany. Its a "Software Engineer" position focusing on software development processes (SDLC) and C++. During the two rounds of ...
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About to get fired. What should I do? [closed]
So I just had my year end review and got a 2 (the Boss takes this review, since were
a small team). I joined this company about
6 months ago straight out of college. It was kinda a rollercoaster ride....
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Applying For New Jobs after Fired, Amount of Detail When Explaining
I am a 27 year old male in the US. I was with an actuarial consulting firm, my first job out of college, for approximately two years until I was fired. I am starting to apply for new jobs in the ...
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Insomnia, first shift. Should I quit without two weeks?
So a little backstory to this (little personal but I'll spare most of the details). I just graduated high school and I work at McDonalds (This is my first job). At home, it's just me, my dad, and my ...
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Can I recover from quitting a horrible first job after a month and a half?
Due to extreme pressure from my parents, I foolishly accepted the first job I was offered, even though it has nothing to do with my strengths or interests.
I might have stuck with it for a while for ...
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How to approach my future manager to get more details about the project?
I recently interviewed with a big software company (USA) and got an offer. This is my first job after my master studies. During my interview, the manager provided a high level description of the ...
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When should graduates start applying for jobs?
I'm a Master's student in Computer Science, hopefully graduating in October (3 months from now). I'm currently living in Ireland, and I'd like to take advantage of this opportunity to start looking ...
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Rectify asked salary for first job
I am currently finishing my internship for the last year of my engineering Master's degree.
Many recruiters/companies have already contacted me and I started the recruiting process with a few of them....
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Can 1 year of work experience be good on a resume, even if you work only part time on the weekends?
As my first job, I have been working at a respected restaurant company as a busboy since July of 2015. The employer, when I went to the interview, asked if I could work weekends, which would be ...
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Finding a remote trainee a job [closed]
About a month ago I was contacted by an individual who reached out to me because I offered people from a war zone free coding help. The individual was not from the war zone but from an African country ...
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I’m a decent coder but not a native English speaker, can I get a job without having job experience nor being fluent?
Is it possible for me to get a job in web development while I’m a decent coder (by decent go read notes on Update) even though my English is not perfect (Is not my native language), and there so much ...
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How to represent being fired from first two jobs
So I got a retail job as soon as I turned 16, and was employed there for over a year and a half. I loved it there but took advantage of the system and stole a few clothing items.
While it isn't an ...
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Perception of a long tenure at the same company [closed]
I've been working, in a variety of capacities, with the same company for almost five years now. As I approach graduation from a post-graduate degree, one possible employment option is to keep going ...
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What to do when you're told that you are both "too qualified" and "under-qualified"?
I graduated this May from a bachelors degree program at a reputable university with honors in physics and mathematics. I have four years of experience conducting research in high energy physics (...
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Have the company dropped the ball with me as a junior developer?
I've recently started my first job as a programmer (I'm currently one month in) at quite a small company and for my first assignment I got paired with a senior developer to work on a minor project, ...
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Leaving first career job before acquiring two years experience
After graduating from university in the UK, I have heard multiple careers advisors say that it is inadvisable to leave your first career role before you have gained at least two years experience.
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Format for writing an email accepting the job offered by the company? [closed]
I have received an e-mail from a company that is offering me a job. I need to accept that letter in order to confirm the job. Since this is the first time I am writing such an e-mail I am really ...
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Company refuses to give written offer letter
I had one in-person interview yesterday at a small law firm. An hour after the interview, they called to tell me that I got the job. After I negotiated my salary, they told me that I should start ...
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First job - how to ask to postpone starting date?
I am a university student and I just received my very first job offer as a software developer in Germany. I wish to take a break (vacation) before I start my professional career so that I start all ...
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As an early-career software developer, how important is first employer "brand recognition" to my resume? [closed]
I am a Computer Science Master's student in the US, and I am in the good position of having choices of jobs to take after graduation.
On the one hand, I have interviewed with a few local companies. I ...
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First job likely to be remote due to COVID-19: tips needed
I am starting my carrer just now (currently applying for my first job after finishing my MSc degree), and the jobs I applied to are 100%, mostly or at least partly remote (I am applying for ...
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Received a warm welcome letter along with job contract. How to respond?
I received my job contract by post and also a warm welcoming letter. I have to send back the signed contract by post. Just want to know should I also include a warm thank you note? Is it professional? ...
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Stuck in a toxic environment, Co-worker unjustly fired and don't know what to do [closed]
I've been working a job at a startup for almost two months now, and I've been getting more and more uncomfortable with my work situation. My boss is often difficult to work with, and recently he had ...
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How to take the full advantage of a job I will (most probably) not be fond of? [closed]
I hopefully will be joining a big multinational bank as a technical analyst (fancy term for a software developer profile) by the end of this year. It pays better than what most of the developers in my ...
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I'm a software engineer with no marketable skills [closed]
I graduated in ECE (Electric-computer engineering) with an emphasis in logic design and digital design. Straight out of undergrad I took an EDA (Electronic design automation) software job for a ...
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