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How should I address a non-violent criminal record when applying for jobs?

I have cleared interview of a major tech company and right now background checks are going on through third party company. I had a small issue of being charged with a misdemeanor that is a reduced ...
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Removing fake experience from my resume

I was searching for jobs for 6 months after I graduated. I signed a contract with a consulting company for 12 months. But after joining, the company faked my resume and submitted me to clients. Now ...
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Being interviewed by someone who you previously interviewed and rejected [closed]

I had an interview today for a job at a different company. It's the first round of interviewing, I have yet to actually meet the hiring manager, but I will have 5 interviews with individuals that ...
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Should I write my biography in the first or third person?

On many different professional profiles (Linked-In, personal website, StackExchange sites etc) I see some users writing their biographies in first person and others in third person. I feel like third ...
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How to handle a very Googleable event in my past while applying to jobs [duplicate]

So, I'm bipolar. Been stable for a while, but in my past, had a manic episode that ended badly. Got picked up by tons of major news outlets. I'm currently employed, but looking for other work in the ...
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Is it a bad sign that a rejection email does not include an invitation to apply again in the future?

So after a couple of interview rounds with this company, the hiring manager sent me a rather standard rejection email saying that they found a candidate who is more suitable for the job. The email ...
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What should you say when you don't want to go back for a 2nd interview with an Employer?

I have a friend who had a job interview. She did really well and the company invited her back for a second interview in a voice mail she got. However, the salary range they told her was lower than ...
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How to ask for a job referral from a person you don't know?

I work in the software engineering industry. I want to work for company X. This company is a big company, and receives many CVs per day. Looking online, it seems that it would be better to ask for a ...
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Should I list LGBT clubs on my application

I am a member of and actively participate in several LGBT organizations. Should I list those organizations on my job application? I am concerned that it will cause me discrimination lowering my ...
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Should I let reviews on Glassdoor influence my decision about accepting a job offer? [closed]

I am interested in applying for a couple of roles, but after looking at the company reviews on Glassdoor, they are extremely negative...Bad work/life balance, non supporting management etc These ...
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When negotiating salary, does it matter who sought who out at onset?

I'm wondering if a candidate's salary negotiation leverage diminishes if the company was not the one to reach out to the candidate, but the candidate applied for the job independently. In my case, I ...
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How to explain why I don't have a degree

I've been applying to software engineering jobs recently. I am a college dropout. I dropped out of college after one semester because I really didn't like the experience. I was able to get a job ...
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Does it hurt me to use smiley faces in correspondence with potential employers?

I find myself constantly using text smiley faces when typing messages to other people. It doesn't matter if I am writing something casual like a facebook message, or something serious like replying to ...
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Is mass distribution of your resume effective in getting you interviews?

I've seen several job applicants who sends generic resumes to a bunch of companies (apparent from the to-field in the email). It is apparent that they're doing the mass distribution approach of their ...
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What is the best protocol for courteously declining a job offer?

According to this site, if you decide to decline a job offer: do so courteously, in writing, after making a phone call I'm curious, though. What if I signed up already for a 2nd round of ...
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Promising job offer at seemingly good company, with a terrible online (Glassdoor) presence

Location is the Netherlands, if that's relevant. I am searching for jobs as a junior software developer currently, about 2 or so months into the job search. This is going to be my first job as a ...
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How can I sell a blue-collar technical background when applying for white-collar technical jobs?

I am currently an automotive technician getting a degree in computer science and applying for internships. Despite sending off dozens of resumes, I haven't gotten any offers at all, partially because ...
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Is it considered acceptable to take vacation time for job searching?

I'm currently changing my job. In order to focus on my job search, I've found it helpful to take an entire day of the week. In general, I find it hard to focus on my job search during the weekend. I'...
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Career consequences for becoming a whistleblower?

I have worked at my current company for about five years now and work has been getting worse. Especially, it is known that the higher ups are doing some unethical business activities and general ...
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What are career options for big-picture thinkers with no experience? [closed]

I would rather talk about the best place to put a new restaurant than manage a kitchen or grill burgers. I would rather examine construction processes & costs, and value delivery to the client ...
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Should I tell potential employers I'm job searching because I'm engaged?

I have a pending engagement to a man who lives 8 hours away. I'm a recent college graduate and I was hired by my recruiter last December; I've only been working about 3 months. If I had known then ...
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Etiquette for replying to eager HR acting as intermediary

I found a job I am interested in and I have some deal-breaker questions I want to ask before applying (example: if they offer relocation, remote work, visas). I tried to find the answers on their site/...
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Should I ask the recruiter for more details if part of job posting is unclear to me?

A recruiter contacted me with a job opening. I gave him my resume. He then said he wouldn't be submitting it because I didn't indicate on the resume that I had experience "Migrating to Windows 11&...
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How to handle accidentally meeting my coachee from work at a job fair

I career coach and mentor some colleagues that work at the same company as I do. A few weeks ago I was at a job fair and bumped into one of my coachees. We're yet to have one of our scheduled sessions ...
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Do software industry employeers care that you failed a subject or two in university?

I failed two subjects in uni in my first year, one computer science and one maths (they were first year courses). My GPA is fine. Will this affect my employment opportunities down the track? I am a ...
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Do employers care where you went to school? [closed]

As a soon-to-be university grad from a less than 'prestigious' school. After reading this article. I have asked this question to a wide variety of people I have met. In general, they respondedthat ...
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My boss knows that I had a phone interview with another company. How should I go about this?

So my boss and a coworker saw an email notification on my computer regarding a phone interview for another job. While I closed the notification really fast, I am fairly certain they saw. I do not have ...
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How to politely inquire about your job application status?

I've applied to a software development company for a programming position. I'm communicating directly with an employee, specifically a project manager, not a recruiter. I made it through a phone ...
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Major differences between direct hire and contract to hire?

I have been getting a lot of recruiters calling me since I went on the job market and many of them have been pointing me towards contract to hire positions. Each recruiter assures me that if I get ...
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If I delay the interview process with a company due to vacation, do I increase the probability that they hire someone else?

I have a vacation coming up and I am in the process of interviewing with a company. I told them that I will be going on vacation and they said that it's fine, that I can continue the interview process ...
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Unusually long Interview time; is this a red flag?

I am currently a senior dev and data scientist within industry sector A. I have applied to a Data Science role (non-senior) within industry sector B. This company has already required a Telephone ...
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Could my name be misinterpreted? [closed]

I'm starting my job hunt now and I've realized I might have a problem on my hands. In my country my name is strictly given to males. But in the UK (where I'm searching) my name is mostly given to ...
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Just laid off, 54 year old web designer & SEO/SEM Analyst, What to do now? [closed]

I wast just laid off from a job of 6 years. New manger came in, new company direction, no more need for my skill set. He’s moving away from Drupal/WordPress to the .NET framework and does not really ...
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How much work experience is equivalent to a Computer Science degree? [closed]

A lot of software developer jobs list "a CS degree or equivalent work experience" as a requirement. I have a degree in a somewhat related field but only about 6 months of on-the-job experience as an ...
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Can my lack of credit history harm my chances for getting a job?

I have no credit card, no credit history, and no debt. My resume is not lacking for my life stage (young adult). However, this answer to a personal finance question claims that employers check credit. ...
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Entering the professional workforce with a criminal record

When I was younger, I made some very serious mistakes and hurt people who should have been able to trust me. Without going into details, I was convicted of a serious crime. Since then, I graduated ...
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Should I mention in a job interview that my family owns a competing firm?

First some background: My parents are managing (CEO and CFO) a company of 400 employees. They have started it ages ago and they are its owners. It is not a huge multinational corporation, but it is ...
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Should I reach out for an opportunity via personal contacts or a recruiter?

If a recruiter contacts me about an opportunity at Company X but I find out that I have second or third-degree connections with people there (through personal and professional friends), should I ...
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How to answer vague "tell me about x" questions from recruiter

I had a job interview today. It was with an internal recruiter who reached out to me over LinkedIn. I feel that I did a bad job at answering most of her questions and was sort of caught off guard. In ...
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How do I show employers that a long commute won't hinder my ability to perform my assigned duties?

The Situation I have recently applied for a position in a physician's office, and I like the feel of the office as I think I would do very well there. I have had three encounters with the staff ...
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Former employer told me they will not look at my job application

I was an entry level worker when I started working with a company in my town. I got laid off because my performance was not up to expectations. After 4 years of success outside that company, I ...
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Ask "So, what's the job?"... in a more refined way

I've come across several job descriptions in vacancy advertisements relevant to my field that are vague and unclear to say the least. What's a good approach to ask what exactly the job is before going ...
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Should I cancel 2nd interviews if I plan on taking a different job?

I have two follow-up interviews scheduled for next week, and had originally planned on accepting one of the two positions if they were offered (which I think both would make an offer). I went to a ...
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Been in my job for 10 years. Is it hurting my future career?

I've recently had my 10 years anniversary at work. Often when I mention it I hear that 10 years is way too long to stay at one place these days, and that I may find it hard to look for a job in the ...
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Is it professional and acceptable to ask questions related job security and company sustainability in Job Interview?

I am looking for Job change and attending Job Interviews. But I am concerned about job security. I have framed the following questions where the answers from prospect employers would helpful in ...
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Moving - when should I start looking for a new job?

I live in one of the EU countries and in about 6 months me and my girlfriend are planning on moving to London. I am a software developer. I was planning on getting a job before we actually move there, ...
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Is it appropriate to apply for a job requesting experience in a programming language I have only personal experience in?

Background: I'm a college student with almost 4 years at my first full-time job as a software developer. I'm pursuing a bachelor's degree, but since I started this job in my sophomore year, my ...
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All the code I've written over the last 20 years is proprietary [duplicate]

I'm on the job market for the first time in ~20 years, and find that I can't show to prospective employers any of the code I've written professionally, because it's all proprietary. I imagine this is ...
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How do I provide hyperlinks on my resume?

I am a new graduate and starting to apply for jobs. While designing my resume, I decided to include links for the code samples that I have worked on (I have pushed them on GitHub, for example). I have ...
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Is a prospective boss with a history of quick hirings and firings a "proceed with caution" or "do not proceed"?

I have been contacted about a position in which the boss hired a recent college grad at a mid-range salary, fired him as unacceptable, increased the salary a bit and hired then fired someone else, and ...
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