Questions tagged [recruitment]
The process of finding potential new employees.
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Will recruiters skip Mechatronics engineers because they “wont know what it is”?
Im sorry if this is not the right exchange for this, but I couldn't think of a more fitting one.
Me and my friend are about to finish our Bachelors of engineering in Mechatronics. We both have good ...
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How to approach recruiters when on garden leave
I work in Japan and I've been put on garden leave 3 months ago so company gan get rid of me. This might continue for an extra 6 months (I shall decide), then I will be actually jobless (and maybe ...
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Headhunted for a role in a Competing Company [on hold]
I have recently been contacted about a role from a company which my current company is in major competition with. My contract states that I cannot work for competing companies for 6 months upon ...
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How can I accommodate an uncertain budget when planning for new hiring in cybersecurity? [on hold]
I was recently promoted to team lead role on the Security Operations team where I work, and will be qualified to have direct reports. Today, I was meeting with my manager to review / discuss the ...
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Can I use the same recruiter that I previously worked with?
There is this recruiter who I was impressed of the way he operates. The job he represented, benefits, salary and how he actually made it true that I got hired was really impressing. He is professional ...
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Should I disclose to company if the interviewer for a job is close friend?
I have a campus recruitment drive at my college next week. One of the company's panel/interviewer is my close friend. Before the process should I disclose this to anyone in the company or at college? ...
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Suddenly ghosted by recruiter after interview process, verbal offer, and continuous email
Disclaimer: Throwaway account, to not alert my current workplace, as well as potential future workplace.
My story started a couple of months ago, and it goes like this:
I see a very interesting job ...
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How much bargaining power do I have for an entry-level position?
I've read quite a few posts about how to cleverly negotiate salary and compensation package after securing an offer. However, as an entry-level job seeker (master degree plus 1.5-year experience), how ...
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Recruiter not disclosing where he got my phone number and resume from
Background
Normally when I am open for changes in my career I update my CV on some carrier or professional networking portals like LinkedIn, Indeed.com etc.
If something interesting comes up through ...
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How to respond when a recruiter asked me how I feel about the interview and told me they couldn't make a decision right now?
I just had my second interview about 10 days ago. Today I finally (the follow-up was expected to come up in 7 days actually) got an email from the recruiter in which the recruiter started by asking me ...
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How to persuade recruiters to send me the Job Description?
I know this will likely hurt my chances and I am willing to live with that. I would like to enforce a personal policy: I will not engage a recruiter if I do not see the job description (JD).
By doing ...
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How to answer: What will you try to accomplish in your first few months? [closed]
What will you try to accomplish in your first few months? I was surprised with this on a preliminary phone screening interview for a technical position and my answer was, to be honest, not good. ...
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How long to wait before contacting company [duplicate]
A recruitment agency forwarded me to a SP100 company, me and the company worked through 15 hours of interviews over 2 months; they really liked me for various roles in the department. In the end I was ...
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Bypassing recruiter after talking to company employee?
I'm having a bit of a moral dilemma with a job application:
A friend sent me a role advertised by a recruitment agency, who I then contacted and met with to discuss said role. Following from this ...
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Is it OK to send a thank you email to only one interview panel member?
I had an interview this morning with a panel of 5. One of the members of the panel, I'll call Bob, is the would-be superior for the position, and gave me a tour after the interview. With this, I ...
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Should I not go forward with internship interview process if I don't have the time to prepare properly?
I'm going into my last year and a half of school at Georgia Tech as a Computer Science major and I was recently approached by a Big Tech Silicon Valley company about pursuing a software internship ...
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Should I ask the recruiting agency to cover/help cost of flight for my software engineering interviews?
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I am a mid level software engineer in California. I was contacted by a recruiter at an East Coast branch of a nationwide recruiting agency (not going to be more specific than that). Just ...
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How can I prevent my current low salary from affecting future salary negotiations? [closed]
In a few more months, I will be reaching the 2nd year mark of having been in the workforce after leaving university with a BSc. Most would consider my academic credentials to be above the norm. Yet, ...
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Missed and returned two calls with HR so far - Should I apologize?
I have missed, and promptly returned, two calls from the HR recruiter. One to schedule a phone interview, and the second to schedule an in-person interview.
Both return calls were about 20 minutes ...
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Should I tell a recruiter that I'm actively interviewing?
Let me know if this is a duplicate. The answers I found focused more on agency recruiters, so there isn't a double-application issue here, and they have an incentive to withhold information if it ...
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How do I poach a Manager, after I step into their store?
I own a fashion store in Hong Kong. In my experience, I need just 2 other employees if they have (Assistant) Manager experience. 1 year ago, they quit and decided to leave HK. Now only I'm left. I'm ...
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Recruiter is asking when I'll be sending application, should I tell him I'm happy to start the process whenever?
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I will be finishing university next year. I was contacted by a recruiter for a large firm specifically to establish early contact regarding "2020 opportunities", as part of an apparent ...
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Should I give the recruiter my SSN?
I've read other posts on the same question, this instance is a little more specific.
I live in San Francisco and was contacted by an Associate Account Manager at Collabera for a role in San ...
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Recruiter wants to represent me for a role that I've already applied to
Bit of an odd situation here.
I had a chat with a recruiter who told me of opening.
Liked the role he was describing etc.
Got the company name, and realised it was a role that I've already applied ...
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How to assess candidate's learning aptitude for red team in Cybersecurity? [closed]
Our company has grown to the size that we are looking to specialize in the roles within the cybersecurity function. At a high level, we are diving into offensive security employees- colloquially also ...
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Should I update my recruiter on my other opportunities?
I am applying for positions in a country to which I am moving to soon and one of the positions I am excited about has gotten to the stage where they would have extended me an offer but they have a ...
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How to reason two company changes within few months to a recruiter from dream company?
I joined a company which was a very good tech company A, 9 months back and after a month got another opportunity B, overseas giving me double after tax and expenses savings. I wanted to have ...
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No Tuition Assistance Program benefit on offer letter
I got an offer letter today and what I want most is not on the offer letter - Tuition Assistance Benefit. I have accepted the offer before realising this (my bad). I am going to call the recruiter ...
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Annoying Recruiters
I am looking for a job, so I apply for jobs in one jobs websites in Australia.
What I have realized is that I get many calls from recruiting agents, asking me many questions (it takes around 15 min ...
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Is it okay to interview with other companies after accepting a signed job offer?
I recently received an offer of employment from a potential employer. It was a straight forward (no confusion). I received my offer letter via email and I sent my response back via email accepting it. ...
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I have accepted an internship offer. Should I inform companies I have applied to that have not gotten back to me yet?
Over the last weeks, I have applied for internships in various companies. A few days ago, Company A got back to me with an offer I like, which I accepted.
I had 2 interviews scheduled with Company B ...
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How to prepare for a “technical” software engineer phone interview based on CV?
I had an initial phone chat with recruiter and they informed me their hiring process goes something as follows:
initial recruiter chat (done)
more technical phone call with a software engineer to dig ...
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Is it rude to tell recruiters I would only change jobs for a better salary?
I am happy with my current job. However, recruiters message me from time to time with career opportunities.
Is it rude to tell the recruiter that given my satisfaction with the current job, I would ...
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Can a recruiter tell my company I am looking for a new position?
I am in a small city of France and I fear that there are not that many recruiters out there.
One of the recruiters is the one who found me my current company. I am not ready to let my company know I ...
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Diplomatically withdraw candidacy because of recruiter
I had an initial phone interview with a HR guy (a recruiter from that company; let's call him "Bob") from a company that I was interested in. It went well, so Bob and I agreed that he'd send me a few ...
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How can I effectively communicate to recruiters that a phone call is not possible?
I am a software developer in the UK, I am currently searching for a new job. Among the various methods I'm using are recruiters.
I understand that the normal workflow of a typical recruiter will ...
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Approached for Interview | Currently employed & Have a Personal Enterprise [closed]
Recently, I have been approached by a company to interview for a position very similar to what I am currently doing (albeit wider in scope). This is for a much smaller company (approx 35 total ...
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Recruiter or the company's application webpage?
I was recently contacted by a recruiter who asked for a phone conversation to see if I'm interested in working for a company as a xyz.
Afterward, I looked at the company's website and found a ...
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Multiple recruiters advertising the same company
I got approached by multiple recruiters/headhunters. I am currently actively looking for a new position so nothing wrong with that. They know that I am working with multiple recruiters. They asked to ...
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Amazon Without Algorithm/Data Structure Interview?
I am a self-taught senior developer in a fly-over state. I always wanted to work in a FAANG and now an Amazon recruiter found me on linked in and invited me to send him my resume for a West-coast ...
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Strange interview/application process - bait and switch?
I started an interview process (software) with large corporation and I told the recruiter that I am primarily interested in leadership positions. He said great, but the interview panel will consider ...
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Asking Job Recruiter To Contact A Reference?
After asking a former professor about receiving a letter of recommendation, they told me they would write me a letter upon being requested.
Seeing that I have several references on my job application,...
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An external consultant working on an internal project tried recruiting me. Should I tell my manager?
I am currently employed at company X. For a big project, I asked my manager if we could get some external consulting to provide some help and best-practices. Management agreed, and now we have an ...
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What to do if I mistakenly accept two incompatible offers
I got offers from two companies and mistakenly accepted both offers. Can I now choose whichever job of those two that I want?
Are there any legal issues regarding this situation?
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Pass on medical information about a job new applicant?
I'm working in a small team at a (growing) startup,
and have been asked about a developer applying who worked at my previous company. He started after I left, so I didn't get to know him personally. ...
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What is the difference between company direct hiring and through consultancy involvement hiring?
I got selected in an American multinational corporation through consultancy involvement that means consultancy arrange interviews with them and they released offer letter to me.
Is this a secure job?...
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Should I slow down the counter at the online psychometric test in order to get more time and give more correct answers? [closed]
As part of a selection before an interview for a position in a bank, I need to undergo a psychometric test.
Of course, the aim of the company is to select a single candidate which will fit the best ...
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Both me and the employer are interested in my taking a job, but paperwork has an arbitration agreement; how can I negotiate to remove it?
I recently interviewed at a fairly large company for a position I was interested in. The recruiter said that I "far and away bested" the other candidates, and that they were really interested in ...
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Should I mention on my CV I'm happy to learn a native language of the country?
I'm looking for a job abroad (Netherlands) and I expect my English skills to be enough for a successful application into positions I'm looking for (Data Science/Software Engineering). I'm planning to ...
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Is it okay to strike off expenses in bank statement?
My first employer was a startup and not very keen on documentation. And so I did not receive any salary receipts. My new employer is demanding the salary receipts from the previous employer and said I ...
