Questions tagged [work-experience]
One's past employment history, job functions, and different experiences related to the professional work environment.
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If you have no experience, how do you say that you're capable of filling a position without appearing arrogant?
This is an extension of another more general question on job applications that I just posted. My question here isn't about applications so much as interview etiquette. I'm an engineer and trying to ...
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When trying to change job fields, how do you appear capable despite a lack of experience?
I have a degree in electrical engineering and I've been working as a test engineer with an engineering firm, but I'm interested in starting my own company and I'm looking to get experience in sales, ...
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How should I sell the self-learned skills that I have not used in my previous jobs?
Almost all positions related to Data Science are asking for skill and experience in some specific tools/software/frameworks etc (besides the relevant theoretical knowledge).
As a matter of fact, I ...
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In US federal job qualifications, can “one year of specialized experience” be spread across multiple years of work?
A lot of listings at USAJobs.gov have a section that starts like this:
Minimum Qualifications
Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes (list of tasks)
If I do ...
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What to say and what not to say to a recruiter when he or she is checking in?
I have never known what to really say or not to say to a recruiter when he is checking in after assigning me.
If everything is going well, I usually just say that and often follow it up with "does ...
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Imposter syndrome when applying to international jobs? [closed]
Its my first job as android developer and i have been working here for past eight months.
At work place i am usually on my own when creating apps, there are no mentors or senior developers above me, ...
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Removing jobs from my previous career from my resume?
I'm a mid-career professional. About 7 years ago, I changed careers. The two lines of work are both related to technology but have little in common otherwise.
Line of work "A": I was laid off ...
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Avoiding dual employment via loss-of-pay payment
To give a perspective of my problems - I started my career as a fresher engineer in October 2013 in a Global IT giant in India (Company-A) but due to location issues, on 14th of January 2014 I sent ...
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My interviewer asked me to do a coding challenge in a framework I've never used. Red flag?
As the title suggests, I did a 20-minute phone interview for a remote software developer position. One of the questions was "have you used any frameworks with X language, specifically Y framework?" My ...
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Does a career change mean I would have to take a pay cut?
I am currently a mobile developer and have been that for about 7 years now and I have been in IT for about 10. So I'm an experienced IT professional. I'm considering changing careers to either cyber ...
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Applying for a promotion and noticed I have work history missing from initial application
I am applying for a promotion. I have been with the company for 3 years. I had a background check to get the position, which I assume I passed, since I have the job. The company claims they are not ...
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Can I put on my resume the experience I got while I was in school?
For the last 2 years I have been working as developer. Coming September, I'm going back to school for ~4 years. I will be studying and working as a part-time developer. After I'm graduated, can I put ...
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Is a personal laptop worth it as a developer? [closed]
I couldn't really figure out where to ask this question so I figured I'd start here.
I'm currently a junior studying CS at Uni and I've been using my Elitebook 8570w for 3 or so years now. It's a ...
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Can my job offer be rescinded due to dates?
In December 2018, I left my most recent job at a bank. Before doing so, I had been sending out a host of resumes, all of which said 2017-Present.
I also sent a resume to a friend to be referred to ...
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Mistake in years of experience in resume?
I have 3 years 9 months of experience but since notice period for my organization is 3 months so I calculated that I will be having 4 years of experience on my last working day. I have mentioned in my ...
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Will my work experience from a company will be considered without an explicit experience letter?
I worked at a company for 1.5 years, I followed each term and condition as I was fresher that time and I hadn't more knowledge about How IT sector works regarding documentation.
I had given a proper ...
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Are online courses regarded as the equivalent of professional experience?
My background is in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
Last year I paid and attended android developer nano-degree by google course.
At the end of it I uploaded my capstone project on play ...
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Change name of work on CV
I am doing casual teaching at my University (Tutoring, marking assignments and answering student questions).
I am a data science student, and the papers that I am helping with are related to data ...
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Ex-Boss not giving me my experience letter
I am an international masters student in Germany. I started working in a company in August last year as a work student, but after 3 weeks of joining the company I went back to my home country as it ...
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Working for free vs Improving skills for a PhD wanting to go into Industry [closed]
TL;DR: As an under-qualified software engineer in Australia that came from overseas, should I offer to work for free or should I keep working on my skills before applying for a paid job after PhD?
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Sudden change of schedule to cover an other colleague [closed]
So today (Wed) I showed up to work and my boss told me (without any notice) I had to cover a coworker's shift on this Saturday because he's unable to show up for a family funeral. My workplace has ...
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Is this ordinary workplace experiences for a job in Software Engineering? [closed]
I'm currently working my first job as a Software Engineer. Prior to this position I've worked at places such as Wal Mart, Sam's Club, and Circuit City. I'm currently finishing my last two classes ...
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How to describe work experience from before the existance of the industry term?
Today I came across the term "Robotic Process Automation" (sorry if this is old news).
I realize this is something I've actually been doing for the last 8 years, although the term itself seems like ...
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Am I responsible for the work produced by coworkers since we are a team even though they excluded me?
I have been working for my current company for 7 months now and I am completing my two years in the industry in total. My company is a large enterprise, with relatively relaxed deadlines and flexible ...
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Too much for a beginner?
So I started working at a job soon after I finished my college studies. Currently, I am assigned a task to rectify some calculations in some fields of an application, of which I was given bare minimum ...
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How to apply for positions when one isn't exactly what employers have in mind?
I'm in my late thirties, and have been out of full-time employment for almost 10 years.
Prior to that, I worked for six years in software development and systems engineering (fields in which I had ...
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How should I interpret a comment made by a member of management at my new job?
I am almost a month into a job and the CTO says,
"It's important to realize that we don't expect you to know everything
perfectly. Based on our levels of conversation with you throughout
the ...
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Communicate to boss that the task I was assigned feels way to big/complicated
Like about a week ago my boss assigned me to a task, which to me feels way to big/complicated for me considering my minimal skills and lack of experience so far (I just graduated my bachelors degree ...
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My employer asked me to documented my IT Administration works, is that right?
I set up a network in the HQ and the site branch in IPSEC and set up Windows Server 2012 and 2016. I finished my IT work. Now my employer has asked me to document what I did. Do I have to write the ...
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How to ask the future employer to not inform my current employer about our negotiations?
I have just joined an IT company since 2 month ago, meanwhile my previous employer sent a negative feedback about me to my current employer.
I wish to leave this company because, it seems that my ...
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How to determine if a job is relevant work experience?
I’m looking at a job application and says “it is important to list all relevant work experiences.” This seems very subjective to me. Would I be able to determine what is relevant or not? What would be ...
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I am finally hired as a programmer. But I know “nothing” [closed]
I've finally got my first opportunity as a PHP web developer. The thing is: I know very, very little PHP. I studied programming logic while I was in college, I've always worked with IT infrastructure, ...
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Junior Developer Left to Own Devices [duplicate]
EDIT
Thanks for all the comments and answers! Also, thanks for pointing out the other question – I've read all the answers to it and took away (hopefully) as much as is relevant to my situation. I ...
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Low work demand at multiple companies over multiple years
I have been working as a professional software developer for 12 years and I have a B.S. in Computer Science. I've primarily been a full stack web developer. I have read multiple accounts of ...
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I have been in charge of a non-registered “organisation”, should I put this on my CV/linked in?
In 2015 I started an esports team, that later bridged into me doing a lot of web-development, marketing, graphic design and some other minor work. I never registered the team as an organisation, as we ...
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Research Assistantship as Work Experience? [closed]
Let's say I got a Master's degree in Computer Science with a thesis in machine learning (focused on molecular modeling). If I was later accepted into a paid Research Assistantship (not as a student) ...
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Mobile application I developed during internship never got published; should I mention this experience when applying for a job?
Basically, as part of my courses, there was a time when I worked as an iOS Developer Intern for a few months in a small company several years ago. We were less than 10 people, though I was the only ...
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What does “5 years of experience” mean? [duplicate]
Whenever I see job postings that tell you to have 5 years of experience in a programming language, what does that exactly mean? For example, I have used Python for 5 years but the other day I had to ...
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Started a new job and already feel like quitting, but I have a 6 month probation period [duplicate]
So I've been working for this interior design company for a week and a half, under the impression that I would be sourcing clients in sales rather than being a interior designer-in-training. And now ...
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What, exactly, is required to become a construction manager? [closed]
Does one need experience as a laborer, such as a carpenter, to become a construction manager in addition to a bachelor's degree in construction management, or is the bachelor's degree, along with some ...
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As a grad, does leaving at the end of probation have negative impact on CV?
My first-ever employer made a serious mistake in assessing how much they could offer. My salary offer got reduced significantly right after starting at the company, and I don't intend on accepting it. ...
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Is it appropriate that my boss asks my teammate to validate my data work, and CC's me on the email instead of addressing it verbally?
My supervisor requested that my teammate does a quick validation on my work. He didn't ask me to explain my logic or even talk to me verbally about my teammate and I validating it together. Instead, ...
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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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Is an experience certificate from an unregistered company valid?
I am working in an Indian IT company which is not a registered company.
Would an experience certificate from such a company be valid or not?
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I am being sent to work on something I have no experience in [closed]
I am currently working as a SharePoint consultant/web developer guy. I have been doing my job for 5 years now and I am starting to gain ground on frameworks and technologies. My boss, however, doesn't ...
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How to stay sharp and not sleepy at work [closed]
I am a programmer and every morning after having breakfast at work I always feeling tired and sleepy. During breakfast I am just eating breads and scrambled egg also had 6 hours of sleep at night. I ...
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I chose the wrong job and the wrong place to work at [closed]
I feel like I might have chosen the wrong job. I love research, coming up with solutions, and creating things, and my field is in technology. However, after getting my phd I was burned out and a bit ...
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How do I tell another HR manger that I emailed them due to the old HR manager retiring?
Edit: Thank you all for your answers and comments. As a result I have decided per your recommendations not to email the new HR manager, but I will mention this work experience if I am lucky enough ...
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New hire after internship, no task given by management [duplicate]
So I've been doing an internship at this company, I've tried to do my best and learn the maximum as possible so that they would hire me in the end of the sixth months internship, and they did.
I've ...
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Transition from almost 6 years of QA to Software Development [closed]
My journey into the IT industry is no different than many. I have learnt my part of Quality assurance and testing, but somehow my interests align more with constructing software than testing them. I ...
