One's past employment history, job functions, and different experiences related to the professional work environment.
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How to/should I list mentoring experience on my resume and LinkedIn?
I'm a young professional and have participated in mentoring programs offered by my university as an alumnus. Normally these programs involve mentoring students and helping them transition into ...
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2answers
326 views
Putting projects from books on resume
I've been reading a book called "Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide". In this book, you create projects under the guidance of the author such as:
GeoQuiz: In your first app, you will ...
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1answer
304 views
What if an employer gives you an impossible job? [closed]
My employer told me to research data from other companies concerning a few variables including investment dollars, type of product, collaborations. This data doesn't exist publicly. It isn't on Google....
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4answers
500 views
Recording work related experiences
While working in the software field, there could be situations where I offered a solution; sometimes it works and sometimes there could be a better one. It need not be a solution for a collapsing ...
3
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1answer
249 views
Listing many open source contributions for well known software projects on Linkedin?
I'm an avid open source contributor for few well know open - source software libraries. Besides writing code, I've written a few articles on medium.com related to these contributions.
Therefore, ...
3
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3answers
763 views
Feeling insecure about my job [closed]
I started working as a developer for a new company. I started at this company 2 months ago. I worked different companies before as a developer, but I didn't feel this insecure.
My colleagues' code is ...
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3answers
282 views
How to switch to another industry as an Engineer? [closed]
I'm a (Senior) Mechanical Engineer that has been working in the Oil & Gas Industry for around 10-11 years. I am interested in changing to a different industry (e.g. medical devices, aerospace, ...
3
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1answer
211 views
How to overcome a lack of end products when applying for creative jobs
I'm a user experience designer with 3 years of experience for a top global company and I really want to move on to do something new.
A few months ago I was fairly confident on my chances of landing ...
2
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3answers
247 views
How do I indicate on my CV that I took a semester off studying to work fulltime?
How should I include in my CV that I deferred from university for in the middle of my undergraduate degree to work-full time?
Should I leave a gap in my education years? Or should I just say the ...
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4answers
1k views
Previous employee falsely claimed my work in resume
The secretary before me left the company before I started there. However, she claims on her resume an additional two years after she was gone - this would be when I was there, and the work done during ...
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4answers
1k views
My new job is about 75% proprietary software - Should I be worried?
So this is my second job out of college. Job 1 was at a team doing embedded software, so I did a lot of C, Javascript, HTML, CSS, and some Python and Java. This new job mentioned Java during the ...
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1answer
227 views
Interview prep for a senior role after broad/deep work experience
I've worked both in the industry and in consulting in a variety of roles. As a result, I feel that the level of experience I've had is both broad and deep in my area of practice, across a multitude of ...
3
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2answers
529 views
I was hired with no experience in my field. Is it a good idea to bring up the fact that I now have a year of experience in my yearly review?
I was hired as a fresh graduate straight out of university for a mid-level position in a company last year. At the time, due to being a fresh graduate, I took a salary slightly below market rate for ...
3
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1answer
369 views
Confidentiality as a Sub-Sub-Sub-Contractor
I'm a programmer. I work for a small contracting company that indirectly does contract work for a very large company.
I was recently contacted by a recruitment company about a position at the very ...
14
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1answer
979 views
“Character 2 experience” for data entry?
I'm applying for a few data entry/administrative support roles, and the advertisements request "Character 2 experience". Usually this is followed by a request for 10 key experience.
I don't know what ...
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3answers
266 views
Do companies consider PhD education as a “work experience”? [closed]
If I am a PhD holder, and if the job that I am applying for is in the same (or similar) field as what my PhD education was about, would companies consider my PhD education as a "work experience"?
For ...
0
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1answer
187 views
Final interview without experience on responsibilities of the role
I applied for a software developer job in a big retailer company and the main responsibilities of the role is to work on an e-commerce/m-commerce mobile application.
I do not have any experience in ...
0
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0answers
123 views
Is it professional to seek new employment after just receiving a job? [duplicate]
I was contacted by a recruiter for a contract position in IT. It wasn't in the particular field I planned on pursuing, but it paid twice as much as my current job at the time. It was stated as a 12 ...
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3answers
2k views
While evaluating a person for a role, they seemed competent, but were unaware of one of the most popular tools in the field. Is that a red flag?
Another team in my department recently hired a data scientist.
I am the only one with any real data science training in our department and my manager asked me to have an informal chat with him to ...
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1answer
141 views
How to claim past experience for a startup portfolio?
I am working on my startup becoming self-employed and I have a page on my site that I would like to display my experience. The problem is, I did not get this experience with my start-up, but with past ...
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9answers
18k views
Personal and legal liability with respect to inexperience?
I am a recent Bachelor's graduate in computer science - I have been employed in the field for less than a year.
My current employer is asking me to design and implement a relatively advanced ...
2
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0answers
186 views
How to be an honest and good project coordinator in a corrupt and dishonest work environment? [closed]
The project I am working on is given by the government organization to two private companies (A1 and A2) through a bidding process. The government is their client and the companies are vendors. I am ...
3
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1answer
127 views
Job application question
I have a little bit of a unique and awkward situation I need help with.
Last year I was working two part time jobs as a walk on coach at two schools at the same time. I was working probably 6 hours ...
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3answers
658 views
How to politely tell your boss that they're overreaching on what you're capable of
So let me preface this by saying that it's not that I don't want to do the work my boss is asking me to do, but that they don't seem to understand my limits and constraints.
I was hired and have the ...
3
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1answer
416 views
Forced to do tedious review of files I'm not qualified to review [closed]
I'm a software developer who (because of historical reasons that probably aren't relevant) is forced spend at least 30 minutes every day reviewing files with financial data in them. I'm not an actuary ...
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3answers
395 views
Should I share all the companies I worked with on resume? [closed]
I am in United states. I worked unpaid for a small company A for 3 weeks at the beginning of my OPT visa period. I did voluntary unpaid work in company A. It is not exactly relevant to the skill set I ...
2
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1answer
191 views
List or not a bad experience in a resume
I would like to get more help on my question where I cannot get a clear view.
I worked for company A (very good and large company) on a project for 2 years (with a 2-year contract, until Dec 2016). ...
3
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1answer
170 views
How to list a possible gap
I hope you can give me some inputs, I need some external view on my situation.
I worked for company A (very good and large company) on a project for 2 years (with a 2-year contract, until Dec 2016).
...
146
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18answers
35k views
How to respond to “You should have skipped college” in an interview?
In seeking my first full time position related to my college major, I was at a "cattle call" type job fair. One of the managers I was sent to looked at my resume and commented that I didn't have any ...
7
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2answers
876 views
Former employer is still advertising my name, photo, biography on their website even after 2 months since I left [closed]
I didn't leave on good terms. I was fired due to not being a "good fit" or not fitting in with the culture of the practice. They had hired someone else to replace me and even had that person work ...
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1answer
250 views
Gaining knowledge and experience at work [closed]
I completed the free online CS50 course and immediately got an internship as a junior developer 10 months ago. I was working on a legacy project, started using Java 5, Oracle, UIX and after about 3 ...
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2answers
349 views
Can I join without release letter as I was sick to serve notice period?
I resigned from my job recently after working for 3 years, prior to that I worked for nearly 3 years but in that span I worked for 4 companies.
In this company I had to resign due to my bad health ...
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1answer
436 views
Remove fake experience from resume [duplicate]
I completed my Btech in 2009. I tried for a government job for 3 years but did not succeed. Then I put a fake experience of 3 years on my resume and got a job in a software multinational.
Now my ...
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1answer
267 views
Will taking over my Dad's company harm future job prospects? (CEO Position) [closed]
There was a question on here recently about somebody being worried about having taken a job at his dad's company. Somebody replied he should not worry if he does not have a C-Position. I am in a ...
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2answers
234 views
Describing a job experience in my CV that's not directly related to the position I'm applying for?
TL;DR: How should I go about describing a job experience in my CV, which takes half of my overall working experience, but was not focused on the job I'd like to apply for?
My first job was as a ...
24
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4answers
5k views
Dealing with age when applying for jobs
I am 17 years old and will be graduating from university this academic year with a bachelor's degree in computer science, and I am applying to a variety of software engineering jobs. I am fairly ...
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1answer
194 views
Is this a promotion or a test? [closed]
I'm a newly employed Frontend developer on six months of probation as a consultant, now I'm reaching 3 months, my manager recommended me to another project of same company I work where he sees me in a ...
0
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2answers
546 views
Co-workers don't know about my previous experience
I'm a software engineer working in the games industry. I recently started a conversation with my manager about moving to senior. He mentioned that I probably don't yet have enough experience to be ...
3
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3answers
572 views
Can I omit certain work experience while searching for jobs?
I have been working in a software product development company for the past seven years. And prior to that I had 9 months experience in another company.
Now I am looking for a job, but my experience ...
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3answers
448 views
What does it mean to go into industry? [closed]
What does it mean to:
Go into industry
I have met dubious amounts of people throughout my career and at one point or another they have said they left industry or are going into industry. What is ...
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1answer
315 views
Fluff work: What is your strategy? [closed]
Fluff work
All 3 positions I have done had a form of fluff work
1- Virtually unending “Jiras” or bugs due to crappy code on legacy systems
2- Operational burdens of owning online services
3- ...
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1answer
502 views
How to present Intern positions in LinkedIn Work Experience? [closed]
I have gained many intern positions (> 10) last years, but now, working in positions which those intern positions prepared for.
I merged my work experience like the following in my many CVs and ...
6
votes
4answers
627 views
Is it acceptable to ask a colleague to conduct their speaking practice elsewhere?
I'm a PhD student who likes to work in the lab on weekends because I'm more focused and can work longer at my desk which is nicely set up.
We've had two new Asian PhD students (I'm Asian as well) who ...
27
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4answers
7k views
Should I list my 3-years PhD in 'Education' or 'Experience' on LinkedIn?
I've been PhD candidate for the past 3 years, and recently (successfully) defended my thesis. I now want to apply to companies outside academia (and maybe not directly related to my field of study) in ...
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2answers
2k views
I'm still on my probation period, but I don't feel that the job is right for me. Can I quit? [duplicate]
My job is in the field I want to work in but not the actual job. I took it because of the pay, but realized it's not something I want to do. I'm still on probation but can't bring myself to tell ...
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2answers
198 views
How to write about websites/softwares created on resume [closed]
After speaking with a technical recruiter, they mentioned that skills and experience are more important than education on a resume, and it's better to put those at the top of the resume, and keep ...
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3answers
397 views
How should I deal with executives who lie to investors? [closed]
I have a friend who started working two months ago in a small startup company that raised a nice seed investment. He works there as a senior programmer.
Two weeks ago, he was present at a meeting ...
4
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1answer
275 views
Does Ph.D. research count as “academic projects” and/or “professional work experience”
I think the title says it all. I'm filling out a job application that asks
How many years of experience do you have in an engineering related field, including: academic projects, internships, or ...
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2answers
407 views
How to answer “I’m sorry but we’re looking for someone with more experience than you for this position” in the software industry? [duplicate]
My question would essentially be encountering the following in an interview, as I've read it as something people encounter in a blog post about software jobs.
“I’m sorry but we’re looking for someone ...
2
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3answers
478 views
How to approach boss making me work a position completely different to the one I applied for?
I applied for a job somewhere as a 'software engineering' apprentice. Having had previous experience in doing front-end development and knowing the fundamentals of programming from college, I was very ...
