Questions tagged [hiring]
Questions about deciding who to employ in an organization. Hiring is about bringing in new employees generally.
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Reasonable to require specific topics in a cover letter?
I'm an IT employee at a small company (~50 employees) attempting to hire someone I will manage directly. HR is feeding me resumes from a job board posting. In writing the job description, I tried hard ...
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Ending the interview in the middle of it because of feeling offended by level of question
An interviewee decided to end the interview in the middle of it because he felt insulted by the level of some of the questions that had been asked. would you hire him?
Some background:
What happened ...
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What are the common employer worries/screeners when selecting remote developers?
In order to increase my chances to get my ideal remote job I am trying to anticipate and solve the common concerns the employer may have.
I have listed some:
Is the timezone compatible?
Does this ...
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How real is ageism in High Tech? [closed]
How real is age-ism in high tech ? If you are over 35 are you finished ?
Could people share stories, tips or advice on their experience with ageism ?
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Accepting a team member who is slated to quit on the first day?
Context
So you as a Manager are expanding your team and recently signed a new promising team member(subordinate). After few weeks of signing the potential future employee comes back saying that he ...
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It is bad to sign in a company while you are waiting to another to call you, and then leave it? [closed]
I was unemployed about 3 months, and I send my information a lot of companies.
I was interested in one in particular, here called as A company, but the never reply my emails. After a certain time I ...
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Fraudulent job applications with no discernible purpose. Have you ever seen them? Any idea of the motive? [closed]
Our company recently received two job applications into our applicant tracking system within a minute of each other.
If we had looked at either of these applications in isolation, we would have been ...
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AMA session before an interview [closed]
I got an email asking if I was interested in a better role and after replying back yes I got a calendar invite today asking me to attend an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session (in like 10 hours) by the ...
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Will I be considered for internships if I am not a student enrolled in a university?
I am currently working on a bootcamp for people with a scientific background to boost my skills for a certain type of tech career. As such, I am not really considered a student as I am not enrolled in ...
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Hiring Significant Others
I work for a very small company: 4 employees including myself. We recently let go of our warehouse person. My customer service mentioned to me her boyfriend was unemployed and still looking for work. ...
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Salary auctions - what are pros and cons? [closed]
I don't remember the book from which I've got this example. Here is the rough gist of it.
Long time ago, a man was reselling cars and making a big profit from it.
He was gathering several ...
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What will motivate management to address operations shortfall?
The business I work for is a restaurant (franchise, one of 80+.) In 3 years it has rarely operated with a full staff because attracting workers to this location is difficult.
My question is about how ...
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How to stall an internship offer?
So I've been applying for internships and I've received an offer from company_x. They've basically said, "if you're happy with it, let me know and I’ll get the paperwork raised".
Thing is, I have a ...
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Internship: Should I Ask For Relocation Compensation
I've carefully worded my request as such:
"As you know, I'm based in X and moving to Y for 3 months would entail non-trivial relocations costs. I was just wondering if I could have some information ...
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Making a job offer to a candidate while privately advising them to decline
I work at a small technology company (12 employees). This past summer I managed a bright, talented intern (a rising college senior) who did great work.
My boss (the CEO) and others in the company ...
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Answering The Question: How Many People Work Here?
As a small business owner, you might have anywhere from 1-3 people working for you. Sometimes, it's just yourself. When someone comes into the office for an interview, it's usually just the business ...
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Job Offer Switch [closed]
I have completed 2 interviews for a position selling furniture. The second interview was with the person doing the hiring and she seemed really positive about me getting the job. Today I was called ...
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Can embarassing sex video hamper job prospects? [closed]
I work as a software developer. This is an embarassing situation. I recently made a blunder of visiting an erotic massage parlour. I had got intimate with the female therapist. However, later on I ...
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How do hiring managers view someone auditing a course? [closed]
I'm a graduate student who is taking a full load and I am considering formally auditing another course in addition. The audited course will show on my transcript but wont have a grade assigned to it.
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Employer hiring only non-smokers [closed]
This summer I started working in a small size company. It employs around 25 people. The owner of the company who is also my boss has a rule that he doesn't employ people who smoke.
I'm a smoker. ...
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Is it likely to get a job in Europe as a front end software developer with no bachelor? [closed]
So, I figure that this question may have been asked a few times in the past (or maybe with some different details) but basically I was measuring the odds of being hired in the EU, preferably Germany ...
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What is the rationale of not offering an existing employee a salary as large as the one offered to a new one?
The following happened several years ago when working in another company, but same policy is also used where I work.
One of the managers had to fill up one position for some kind of technical support ...
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Reasoning not to hire based on pregnancy or other medical condition
Legalities aside. I've always wondered why a business would employ someone who is pregnant just to give them maternity leave for three months when they wouldn't even have completed their probation.
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How to better format resume. [duplicate]
I'm looking for better ways to format my resume. As a "typical millennial" I've done a bit of job hopping and I'm looking for my next opportunity.
As it is currently, I have my 1st contract job ...
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Should I ask what the starting pay is for a friend?
The company I work for is a start-up and is a fairly lax, scrappy environment. I have a friend in mind for a job opening here, but the shift is for 3pm-midnight. Our hiring team hasn't had much luck ...
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Why do some job application statuses remain submitted but not rejected for so long? [closed]
Some of my job applications are still in "submitted" status but not rejected or the typical "no longer being considered" status -- some of these applications were submitted over a month ago.
What ...
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How much do potential employers for an entry level engineering job (requiring a bachelors) care about Solidworks Professional certification? [closed]
How much do potential employers care about whether you have Solidworks Professional certification (or rather how much of an advantage does it give you) if you are applying for your first job in ...
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Why would a recruiter who rejected me now be interested in me?
I was urgently looking for a job in the past 3-4 months, and during an interview, and, from the first question thrown by HR lady, my gut told me I didn't get the job.
I received a rejection email a ...
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How to transition from a mid-level back end developer to front end developer [closed]
I'm currently a mid level Back-End developer Java / SQL / XML looking to transition into a Front-End role (React). I'm self taught in HTML/CSS/JS and currently learning off of Udemy (and other online ...
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How to convince management to hire less software developers? [closed]
I work at a bank, and we hire both software engineers and finance graduates to work on model building and implementation, together.
However, I have come to realize that many of these finance ...
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Clarifying the details of a new QA role that I will hire a person for
Background
The owner of the company asked me to hire a "Tester" (we were not originally a tech company, but I was hired to help build a development team and produce a new tech product for our ...
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What would be a good reason to employ a non-experienced student?
My brother is a student in his second year of university, studying electrical engineering. For him, web development is a hobby which he excels at, so he thought of officially working remotely as a web ...
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How to quickly assess prospectiveness of a candidate based on his CV? [closed]
I am working on a project for a dashboard and from UX perspective I would like a feature where HR managers could make a quick and rough estimate of a new candidate by giving him "marks" in certain ...
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Got an offer from HR, replied and never heard back
TL;DR: Got a job offer from higher-ups, HR invited for a call and never responded, even to the reminders.
For the past four years, I have been working remotly part-time as an independent contractor ...
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Is there any research on so-called whiteboard interviews [closed]
Probably, every software engineer encountered whiteboard interview. For the sake of question let's say that, whiteboard interview is the interview, where candidate is given a problem to solve on a ...
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Conditional job offer but references not checked yet
I hope to get some insight for my dilemma. So I was interviewed with a national level firm in Canada. The whole interview process was smooth and fast. HR lady always informed me the time line and ...
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I am a Co-Op offered a full-time job, want to wait for offers from other companies before accepting/denying the offer. How should I respond? [duplicate]
I am currently finishing up my third co-op rotation at a company and will begin my full-time job search. I am a Chemical Engineering student entering my senior year. The company I am currently working ...
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What should I do about discriminatory notes on candidates' resumes made by my boss?
I work for a small mechanical engineering company's IT department, which currently consists of my boss and me. I like my job as my boss gives me a lot of freedom and autonomy and I get to do a lot of ...
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Answer for an application for an unadvertised job [closed]
I applied via a form to a company for an unadvertised job. In this form, you have to write a cover letter about what can you bring in the company what is your idea. So I applied and I wrote a cover ...
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Interview question - how you measure success and efficiency in what you do? [duplicate]
Job revolving around programming, community outreach, developer evangelism - getting more people to use the platform.
http://www.dummies.com/business/business-strategy/how-to-measure-your-strategic-...
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Irresponsible Hiring manager [closed]
An employer who wasn't sure to hire me for the next step or not got me to read alot of articles, like 10?, all about their company (how they were founded, what they do, life story of the founder etc), ...
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Should I encourage my workplace to hire someone I know is ill?
I am part of a small team, so unlike big companies, one person can make a massive difference, whether for good or bad.
My work is considering rehiring someone who handed in their notice last year and ...
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Graduation and Job Search
I am currently a master's student in the US and I am in my final semester.
I have been a full-time student every semester and I have only a few weeks left in my program.
I am a US citizen, but I ...
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Are expired certifications still considered useful?
In my space of software engineering, particularly in processes, methods, and project management, there are plenty of certifications that expire yet I see frequently listed on job descriptions. Some ...
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Will not replying to a recruiter's reachout message on Linkedin affect chance in the future? [duplicate]
Suppose a recruiter in a big company (such as Google, Amazon) sends out a message to a candidate on Linkedin about a job opportunity (such as a software engineer).
The candidate
either feels not ...
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Dealing With Illegal Hiring [closed]
For background I am Detention Supervisor In a small max security detention center. This means I am not part of the hiring process but am in charge of whoever is hired. Recently our administrator ...
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Can I convince an employer to hire me by demanding lower salary in resume? [duplicate]
I want to a get visa sponsored job and that's the reason why the amount of salary doesn't matter to me for now. So can I use it to convince the employer to hire me? And I want to write it in my resume ...
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Is it okay to ask for an update after offer with another company? [duplicate]
So I had an interview more or less three weeks ago with a company that I really like. Of course, I've gone to other interviews with other companies. The thing is, I've gotten two offers already with ...
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Starting a new job knowing you will quit after few months [closed]
Following graduation, I was looking for my first ever real job few months ago. I had two great interviews with my dream company (A) and this other company on my radar (B).
First offer came from ...
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How to handle salary+benefits negotiations? [duplicate]
I just checked my emails this morning and to my delight I have been offered my first job out of university.
It is not in writing yet but I have essentially been offered the job. The salary has been ...
