AIQ

How's it going everyone?

is it 24 hours per week or 26 hours per week?

Something's been irritating me. What's the correct answer? If I worked for 48 hours from Mar-16-2022 to Mar-31-2022, what is the average hours I worked in a week?

@zmike Oh nice congrats!!! Everything is going well! I started mine in April, so almost 6 months now ...

@Lilienthal How goes?

@motosubatsu Hello!

Where is Old_lamp?

Where is everybody? Long time ...

Hello!

@zmike

From what I've learnt, resumes are a very personal thing, your style and wording is personal to you, if someone asks you to follow a stock resume that they are following, then don't.

I'd avoid doing that. Unless you want to be helpful, there's not point creating a perpetual war of correcting each others negligible errors

lol

If he has made lots of suggestions and done so thoroughly, I'd thank him for his time.

My suggestion would be to let it go this time so you don't ruin the working relationship. But for next time, just be a little more conservative when people ask for your resume like this.

Personally, I've also asked very experienced people to critique my resume - my supervisors, my professors, and some senior folks here ...

You say he's pretty fresh out of undergrad - Does he have industry/job experience or is his resume advice/critique based on what he learnt from his university career coach? And also, if he is fresh out of college, why is he reviewing your resume?

@Max He wanted to introduce you to someone who's been working in a job similar to one that you accepted - OK, but why would he ask for your resume to introduce you to them and why'd you give it?

@motosubatsu Hey! Yes, I've started the job, in my third week.

Is Lilienthal not here anymoreeeee?

How goes?

@motosubatsu Hey!

@Old_Lamplighter How's it going Old_lamp?

but it's a foot in the door

A little out of my area of expertise ...

@zmike It's okay.

@Old_Lamplighter

in a position like an economist, even if I was the weakest staff on the first day, I know for a fact that I could learn the content and be very very good at my job ... because I would know what exactly I need to perform in the role of an economist ... but in my current role, things aren't that specific ...

like it's a policy analyst role which is a bit broad but doesn't have much high-level data analysis work ... my background is in economics and quantitative research ...

like what if I can't perform well in the job not because I don't have the skills but because it might not be a direct match for my skills ...

I guess I really wanted a job in gov and so I am feeling a little shaky

shit I don't even know what I'm talking about ...

It was my third day ... my immediate supervisor is away as her father passed away .. so this week I am just trying to get the ball rolling (setting up my PC, accounts, servers, paperwork, etc.) ... but really in the past, it was my direct supervisor who was there the first day to have that "chat" ...

@Old_Lamplighter For some reason I'm feeling a little more nervous this time than in any other job before ... this job is pivotal in my career and permanent residency ... the job is a temporary assignment of 6 months and in this time I'll have to do enough to convince the directors to hire me permanently ... it's government so there are many many steps they have to jump through to make things happen ... and if I am not particularly good enough, they probably won't make that effort ...

@Old_Lamplighter What should a new hire do on a first day?

@Old_Lamplighter How you been?

@motosubatsu I think so too, I guess I needed someone to say it out loud ...

Will be treated with half the respect? Will my opinions and work have half the value? Will I always speak after the winner of the permanent position ... I don't know ...

I mean if she said I won the 6-month position I wouldn't feel this way ... because I would feel like these were two different competitions ... I am grateful, really grateful because I wanted a job in the government ... I have a foot in the door and I can later on apply for other internal jobs ... so I am happy but this feeling of second position is kinda bothering me

(I actually wasn't expecting the permanent position in the first place because I am on a limited time work permit and permanent positions are for Canadians or Permanent Residents, which I am not yet). So I new even before applying that I was applying for the 6 month position ... but now, the fact that the manager said I was the 1st runners up is kind of bothering me ... like I came in second ...

@Old_Lamplighter Hey! Need some advice ... I'm starting a new job ... and there were two positions for this job ... one permanent and one temporary (6 months with the possibility to become permanent). The manager called me couple weeks ago and said I did really well and I was the first runners up, and so they offered me the 6 month position ...

@Max That's right. I personally avoid discussing anything that is not work related in an email, which is supposed to be brief and to the point. It is just safer that way, because there are people who find the "Hope you had a great weekend" type of thing annoying and distracting.

Old_Lamp here is best

just my opinion I am no expert

I don't think it adds any value to your "interpersonal skills" ...

@Max hmmm but why bring it up and remind her though? What if during the funeral she had a horrible time and got into a brawl with her siblings over their inheritance ... I would skip it ...

@Old_Lamplighter I like that you said "if you have a friend ..." thanks for being kind and not assuming that everyone has friends ... lol ...

Wowwww I keep messing up my interviews ... missing opportunities on great come-back answers and giving a half-cooked answer to follow-up questions ...

@zmike Thanks for the help ...

I am hesitant to resign from my current job without knowing that things are official at XYZ