I have a question i want to ask, but im not entirely sure if it fits with the specifications for a good question, you guys mind if i run it by you here first?
Recently, my company received an unsolicited email from a recruiter with information about a potential candidate.
We don't normally work with recruiters and our job ads all say 'No recruiters'.
This recruiter provided the potential candidate's first name and current employer and that was more t...
@Chad i wanted to ask a question about how one could go about interviewing someone, for the role of an interviewer / internal recruiter. but i fear it might be a little too localised / off topic, the type of answers i am expecting are ones that will allow for his skills to be assessed acurately
@Chad i dislike the top answer because they did use the recruiters services, and wouldnt have found out about the guy otherwise, and they are asking how to rip him off basically, and everyone is siding with him and against the recruiter whose doing his job!
Consider the situation where you've applied for a technical position (i.e. in Software Engineering) and on a phone interview you were asked a technical question. Regardless of the reason, you respond to the question with either an "I don't know" or an answer that isn't what the interviewer is tr...
@RhysW I think it would be fine so long as you keep it general asking what qualities to look for and questions to ask, rather than focusing on your specific circumstances.
I have a colleague (non-native speaker) who joined recently.
Ours is an IT firm where we need to communicate on a regular basis with folks around the globe.
His technical skills are pretty decent, but when it comes to communication it is miserable. Mainly he has an issue with verbs.
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I dont like that question about soul sucking, hes basically saying, i hate everyone and everything, tell me how to make it better, also im going to swear about everything and blame other people for being intolerable
People think im too nice and they walk all over me at work, to get revenge i put cat in all their food, now i might get written up and fired. How does this affect my career?
How would you test a software developer in 30 minutes or less ? I like the idea of asking him to do several tasks while watching what he's actually doing.
What tasks would you ask him to do? (I realise it depends on the job, however would be interested in widely applicable cases)
Explain a bus...
@Chad i wish, i dont get why so many people agree he should be allowed to screw the recruiter over like that just for saying 'no recruiters' they are still using his damn services!
Its like putting a sign in the office that says no microsoft products then installing windows and office on the computers but refusing to buy licences because you have a sign
He has already "used" the recruiters service for as far as advice goes.... throw this candidate out or go through the recruiter... but that is not the question
I'd go with cautious honesty. :)
Always state your reasons for leaving in positive terms - "I want a new challenge, I work hard at my job, and I'm looking for opportunities for advancement. I'd really like (this big advanced work that you're not currently doing but would like to do) and there's...
This answer is really "No you should disguise your real feeling with canned positive answers"
I am facing this situation.
A few days back, I got an offer from CompanyA and I verbally accepted it. Yesterday I got another offer from CompanyB, which is paying a higher salary (about 12%more). After much thought and deliberation, I have decided to go with CompanyA.
My specific Question is ...
I've been offered a position at another company for $50K more than what I am getting paid now. However, this other company doesn't completely interest me and I feel I might get bored with the work in a few months. I have a review at my current job soon. I enjoy my current job, yet there are a han...
I am blessed to find myself in a fortunate situation. I am gainfully employed by a large fortune 500 company, but have been approached by a small company in the private sector with a very compelling offer that I would like to accept.
I notified my employer of my intent to leave, and they asked ...
The problem is people do not know how much to ask for in the first place so when they get a offer that feels reasonable they do not know if it is good or not. My opinion is tell them what you want and accept nothing less.
@Chad really? I find that hard to believe. You can easily come back if an offer is too low and say "I was rather hoping for something in the range of $xxxxx" (or other tactics, don't actually say that lol)
I give my number and I am firm on it. But I am near the top of my field with increidble references in a high demand field. Its easier to do that from on high than at entry-mid level
The goal of an interview in in some sense is to make hiring managers want you - regardless of salary - and so when you ask for more, they are already "sold"
I never disputed the first offer i was given, because it was for an apprenticeship with a company about to double in size, they were offering to pay for everything and give me a wage XD i was sold :L
shrug. it's easier for me, because I LOVE negotiation
@Chad Ah. See, I absolutely love the process of negotiation (when I was younger I did this on a small scale all the time) - so a job interview process is basically a more professional version of this for me
@RhysW No, they just put an offer out there which was 15k higher than everyone else I knew who worked there was at. I was told to hope for a number 10k less than the offer I got lol ;)
@Chad Cars are annoying because of the sunk cost problems
My family, myself included, are all dead-set against leasing though, so car negotiations are always very simple...they never give much leeway with cars bought outright, because they want to screw you on the financing
@BenBrocka When I bought my Edge I first found one I liked at Sexton... I walked away over 100 dollars just because he wanted to be able to tell his manager he got me up. Bought it for my price in Peoria
As one example we took a look at one car and checked the price online. In person the car was a complete wreck, whole paint job was ruined, cracked windshield, that car deserved better. They gave the whole "What if we brought it down a few thousand?", went "back to talk it over", came back with the exact price from the website
@BenBrocka Oh, yeah, I think this is how literally every dealership does for people who "walk in" - give a "sale price" or discount/etc off an inflated sticker, people think they get a great deal, and the dealer probably just laughs
I was selling old games for 3 quid a piece, some guy wasnt sure about some of them so i offered him a 'deal' of three for 10 quid, he was so happy with his deal he didnt even realise XD
@BenBrocka Well it depends - most people let that happen (b/c they don't LIKE it, and, let's be real, car salesmen/managers have like 1000x more experience at this)
@BenBrocka I think I had something like $70 in dealer fees/charges total - and ended up getting a rebate from them because they apparently overcharged me XD
@BenBrocka I was mainly annoyed because they kept trying to show me the cost/month after I specifically requested the purchase cost of the car.... after I showed the salesman an ammortization table on his computer in Excel they stopped doing this LOL.
The sad thing is the list of math tricks are actually pretty short. If you took people through a short trip through the pitfalls you could de-stupid a lot of people and save them a lot of money
I never know how to deal with the situation, and I could use some professional pointers. We are a small company and a tight-knit team. Generally, our team is full of soft-spoken, kind-hearted folks. And so when an underperforming team member gets let go, no matter how much everyone expected it...
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I was going to say click the arrow and I ended up hitting backspace furiously and replacing it with the word select because I didn't want to discriminate against touch screen users.
A few articles claim that working more than 40 hours per week makes you less productive. Longer workweeks eventually make you less productive than 40-hour work weeks.
From http://www.inc.com/geoffrey-james/stop-working-more-than-40-hours-a-week.html
..there's a century of research establishi...
My inbox says there are 8 answers to my question, but when I click on inbox link the page only show 5. Tried to refresh the page but it is still different.
UPDATE: Now now back to 5 in both, is global Inbox maybe showing drafts or something?
Currently, with the new version of gmail, the default behavior for the following two situations is inconsistently different.
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enderland as for the reply all thing in gmail, i think it depends on what 'view' you ar ein, if youve just selected the email in the list of all, compared to having it open where you see the whole email
I am facing this situation.
A few days back, I got an offer from CompanyA and I verbally accepted it. Yesterday I got another offer from CompanyB, which is paying a higher salary (about 12%more). After much thought and deliberation, I have decided to go with CompanyA.
My specific Question is ...
I have a colleague (non-native speaker) who joined recently.
Ours is an IT firm where we need to communicate on a regular basis with folks around the globe.
His technical skills are pretty decent, but when it comes to communication it is miserable. Mainly he has an issue with verbs.
e.g.
...
How would you test a software developer in 30 minutes or less ? I like the idea of asking him to do several tasks while watching what he's actually doing.
What tasks would you ask him to do? (I realise it depends on the job, however would be interested in widely applicable cases)
Explain a bus...
I am facing this situation.
A few days back, I got an offer from CompanyA and I verbally accepted it. Yesterday I got another offer from CompanyB, which is paying a higher salary (about 12%more). After much thought and deliberation, I have decided to go with CompanyA.
My specific Question is ...
I am blessed to find myself in a fortunate situation. I am gainfully employed by a large fortune 500 company, but have been approached by a small company in the private sector with a very compelling offer that I would like to accept.
I notified my employer of my intent to leave, and they asked ...
I never know how to deal with the situation, and I could use some professional pointers. We are a small company and a tight-knit team. Generally, our team is full of soft-spoken, kind-hearted folks. And so when an underperforming team member gets let go, no matter how much everyone expected it...
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Currently, with the new version of gmail, the default behavior for the following two situations is inconsistently different.
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