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If I give my notice today, is it okay to say my last day will be next Friday, the 10th? So I would finish up this week and next week. Or does it really need to be exactly two weeks? I'm going to be out on the 13th anyway, though I haven't submitted my PTO yet (very last minute trip that was booked).
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You make your last effective day the 13th and then still take your vacation day as previously planned. Just talk to your manager or HR about how they'd prefer it, but make it clear that the 10th will be your last day.
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Jun 30, 2015 13:49
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So I had to edit my resume in a hurry without InDesign (my main computer is in a box, currently on my laptop) and looked at this thread just because gently caress it, why not? Saw it while cruising other threads in this subforum. People, if you're not reading the op you're missing out. My resume was loving terrible, as in I literally broke every loving rule in the op. No wonder I couldn't find a loving job with this poo poo resume! I fixed that garbage, wish me luck!
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Jun 30, 2015 22:03
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Cheers, interview at local Microcenter for customer service representative. Time to go and practice before this afternoon. Resume looks better this time around.
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Jul 1, 2015 14:36
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Just wanted to give a general 'thank you' to everyone in this thread; had a great interview today with a pretty prominent university in my area that I think went well (administrative position, not academic). There was only one question I had to ask for time to think about, and just about every question I was able to respond to with an example of how my response was able to help my job performance going forward or specifics of how it would help me for the position I was interviewing for. We reviewed salary requirements and on the way out we stopped and she showed me the office for the position I was interviewing for and where the rest of the positions were located within the office, which I'm taking as a good sign  Two weeks or so until a final decision, which is a bit nerve-wracking (her supervisor is on vacation and the week after next she's going to be out of state at a conference).
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Jul 1, 2015 21:03
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Ok, it's time to ask for help... I haven't had much luck with my resume, after finishing my Master degree abroad and coming back to my country. I have had a few unsuccessful interviews and a low reply rate to my applications. The main problem I have, I think is the fact that my work experience is too focused on being a certain type of professional services consultant, despite having a broad education. No one seems to be able to see past that and imagine me in a different position, even my Master degree hasn't helped with that. I think in the past I was too passive and indecisive and know I've cornered myself against a wall. It also doesn't help that in this country almost all of the positions above entry level are about Sales / biz development or Financial analysis, which I have studied but have no experience in. Many jobs that I apply to are kind of an enigma to me, because I simply have never worked in those environments. Therefore it's hard for me to assert and sell myself well in some interviews, it's hard to think of transferable skills. Any feedback / very specific interview tips are welcome. Tony_Montana fucked around with this message at 15:02 on Jul 9, 2015 |
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Jul 2, 2015 08:07
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Tony_Montana posted:Ok, it's time to ask for help...
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Jul 2, 2015 22:12
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Hmmm, Ok thanks, I see your point. Actually, I have done practically everything in my industry and everything in my job depended exclusively on me, but I understand how many people can't understand it from my writing. This is also not in the US but in a developing country btw. Is this more clear now and less abstract? Don't know how to make it more understandable and exhaustive withouth going beyond the first page. My strategic objective is to make my Master stand out more and to stop being seen as a unidimensional or very focused person who can only do 1 thing (I'd like to get into an industry and stop being an analyst, or maybe a consultant but in a more prestigious field such as management consulting) Tony_Montana fucked around with this message at 15:01 on Jul 9, 2015 |
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Jul 3, 2015 04:39
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Bumping this, sorry for the double post.
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Jul 3, 2015 19:03
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I recently lost my job, and I'm looking into making a decent resume. One of my previous jobs was a year and a half in a bookstore on a college campus, and I was one of the employees that was allowed (several different times) to buy back books from students. To do this, I was given a register drawer with ten thousand dollars (possibly twenty five, but I'm pretty sure it was only ten) and was the only store employee on location during these times. What I'd like to establish on a resume is that I have handled large quantities of money without supervision accurately and dependably. But I want to say this in a way that is both succinct and easily understood.
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Jul 5, 2015 08:54
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Veryslightlymad posted:I recently lost my job, and I'm looking into making a decent resume. "Served as sole employee with authority to complete hundreds of cash-based transactions during extremely high customer volume periods, handling a total value of approximately $10K per day" or something like that.
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Jul 6, 2015 03:06
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I had an interview for a potentially big career move for me, moving up from a regular designer at a tiny company to a senior position at a larger one. It went well, and now I'm scheduled to meet with their CEO next week. Yesterday I started looking into what a senior designer makes on average, and the idea of getting a bump up in pay to that level is blowing my mind. I really hope I get this job haha.
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Jul 7, 2015 16:16
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GobiasIndustries posted:How short term, and what kind of job are you looking to get? Most jobs I've held were about 6 months, I'm trying to get another waiter position I'm usually the guy that gets hired for the lowest amount of money, or they promise me advancement that I never get Currently I am a "manager" at a hotel bikesonyx fucked around with this message at 01:33 on Jul 9, 2015 |
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Jul 9, 2015 01:27
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Okay so I know that this is probably a hot mess, I have extreme anxiety about this. I want to move on with my life but being with the company I'm in for so long and dealing with its fickle ups and downs (at least in my area of the company). Can anyone please take a look at my resume and let me know if I should nuke from orbit and re-deploy. I'm not really putting this out yet, just getting it ready. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w2zS0NM5BMiGLAOCDZE-91jCLP3BTL1kyzCJh2obLqc/edit?usp=sharing Thanks in advance.
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Jul 10, 2015 03:45
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Please don't put your strengths on your resume You also don't need to specify your resume is organized chronologically.
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Jul 10, 2015 03:48
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Okay I'm not going to ask a ton of questions, but I do have two 1) Contact information I'm putting in it is okay yea? (address, phone, email linkedin) 2) I've been with my current company for 12 years so I just listed all the different positions I've held as jobs, is this a horrible idea? Thanks for the tips and help!
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Jul 10, 2015 04:05
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smilingokami posted:I'm not really putting this out yet, just getting it ready.
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Jul 10, 2015 04:09
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smilingokami posted:Okay so I know that this is probably a hot mess, I have extreme anxiety about this. I want to move on with my life but being with the company I'm in for so long and dealing with its fickle ups and downs (at least in my area of the company). Your strengthfinder themes do not go on your resume.
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Jul 10, 2015 04:15
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My personal e-mail address is my school e-mail that got rolled over into gmail after I graduated but still has the .edu domain. Should I create a gmail account for my resume? A whole bunch of variations on my name are all taken so I would need to add a string of numbers in order to create a gmail address. Also, any tips on doing that while still maintaining a professional looking address?
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Jul 10, 2015 14:42
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Wow talk about being blind. I didn't notice most of the formatting issues. Thank you all, I really appreciate the input. I've never been good at job hunting and am so scared about it that I stay where I am. The feedback is super helpful!
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bamhand posted:My personal e-mail address is my school e-mail that got rolled over into gmail after I graduated but still has the .edu domain. Should I create a gmail account for my resume? A whole bunch of variations on my name are all taken so I would need to add a string of numbers in order to create a gmail address. Also, any tips on doing that while still maintaining a professional looking address? An edu email is fine.
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So I'm interviewing for a Senior Graphic Designer job. My first interview went well, I basically walked them through my current job and some projects I've worked on. Since then they've called one of my references and now want me to meet with their CEO tomorrow. My contact there said that I should briefly explain to the CEO my current job and responsibilities, but that he would be more interested in hearing about "my side projects, what drives me, my quirks", stuff like that. So it sounds to me like this interview is going to be more personality based, not so much about my work history. Does anyone have any experience with an interview like this? I'm not sure what to expect.
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My last interview was like that. It felt like a therapy session. I was honest and tried to be as self-aware as possible, and the VP said that I seemed much wiser than my peers my age because of that, haha. It was a nice change of pace from a typical interview (and I got the job). Just really be yourself, they'll see thru the BS. When I was talking about my interview with my friends, one of them said something like "You can teach anyone to do the job. But you can't teach someone to not be an rear end in a top hat."
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Huh, I just got an email from another person who wants me to come in for an interview. It's a company I sent my portfolio to unsolicited in April. So I guess it doesn't hurt to just shoot random emails to companies you'd like to work for, you never know.
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Okay, I had an interview on the 3rd, and I think it went well. I probably hosed up a bit (not remembering to refresh myself on the job description  ), but I Think the rest of it went well. He told me that I was the only person to mention the OSI to him for tech troubleshooting, and I Really liked the coworkers I would be with, I like their nerd culture (LOTR fans, gaming fanatics, we had a DC vs Marvel debate). I sent a follow up email on July 7th, to the interviewer and added the him on Linkedin. Now the person who set up the interview was not the same person who interviewed me (I'm assuming a director/manager set up the interview and the supervisor did it). Should I send up a follow up to the original interviewer stating how I was still interested and how much I enjoyed speaking with the interviewer and the potential coworkers or just let it ride for a bit?
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Gothmog1065 posted:Okay, I had an interview on the 3rd, Yes, for Pete's sake, send a followup reiterating your interest in the position and asking about a timeline for next steps. Always know their timeline for next steps and follow up with them a day or two after if you don't hear anything.
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Bisty Q. posted:Yes, for Pete's sake, send a followup reiterating your interest in the position and asking about a timeline for next steps. Yeah, I didni't know if it was being too much to follow up with person A (Person B did the interview, already followed up with them) this quickly. Don't want to be too pushy. I'll definitely do that.
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Hey, everyone. I'm a freshly minted MA in History who has decided that a PhD program in the humanities is probably not the best idea at the moment. Currently, I'm trying to get my foot in the door at a law firm as a legal administrative assistant, with the goal of becoming a paralegal after I gain enough experience and get my certificate. My decision to go into legal support mostly has to do with the fact that it pays quite well here in the Bay Area if you get into a corporate firm and I can see myself being at least competent at the job. I've had one large law firm bring me in twice for interviews. The first was one-on-one with an assistant to the hiring manager, the second was with the entire business law department. My interview was a week ago and I seemed to have done well, although I had a few people (mostly the associates) who didn't like the fact that I have no real experience in finance or business (although at least one of them told me "meh, you'll pick it up,"). Most of the skeptics were associates, however; the paralegals seemed to like me and I really feel like I hit it off with the partner who came in. I should probably add that I have an employee recommendation, so I'm feeling optimistic. The only problem is, their HR department apparently works at a snail's pace. It took them a month to call me in for the second interview. From what others have posted, this is apparently not too unusual for bigger companies. In any case, here's my resume for perusal. It's always nice to have an Nth opinion on it, especially since I'm continuing to apply to similar jobs, just to be on the safe side: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BSV64Gi1fYZlG7eA_2UFhcmJw7Cr6inwxGV37xxIK-k/edit?usp=sharing
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Crossposted from the other interview threadEmail from Recruiter I tried to add on LinkedIn posted:[Race Realists], Nervous as hell, Never had an interview like this before.
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Jul 16, 2015 23:42
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I had a follow up interview with this job I really want. Would it be too cornball to send a quick Thank You card to the CEO I met with?
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triplexpac posted:I had a follow up interview with this job I really want. Would it be too cornball to send a quick Thank You card to the CEO I met with?
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Vulture Culture posted:Cards are cornball as poo poo. Send an email if you want to follow up.
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It's like a 50/50 split with everyone I've asked, it's quite the controversial topic apparently haha.
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By the time anybody gets your card, the decision has already been made in most cases. I'm firmly in the "please e-mail" camp.
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What are most people looking for when they ask what you want from your manager? I usually answer with some line about mutual respect and that I've had a variety of managerial styles and am comfortable with most anything but I wasn't sure if I'm looking at the question the wrong way.
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Quick question. Got selected for an internal position at the beginning of July (half of my shift was to be this position, half my old position). I started this position on July 14th, and got laid off entirely July 16th. As I only was doing this job officially for 1.5 days out of my 7 months of employment, am I ok to put this on the resume or is it a dick move?
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I can't imagine the circumstances where you would talk about having a job for 1.5 days before being laid off and look better for it.
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Rats, figured as much. The only reason I was considering it is that my official title was "Customer Service Executive", which is garbage. Most of my time there was spent not on CS but on identifying fraud and scams, and general compliance and auditing stuff, which is useful. Just didn't get a title reflecting any of the usefulness till the end 
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How would you possibly answer any inevitable questions about the role? If you have one title that stands out above all the rest, interviewers will no doubt want details and "I had that for 1.5 days" isn't going to look good on anyone. Unless I'm reading what you're saying wrong. I guess just make sure your resume reflects the actual duties you did and hope people read it?
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Yeah, you guys are right, I'll leave it out. The resume is ok, but I'm still only a year out of school and am a little bummed out about having to start the job hunt over. I was working for a startup money transfer company so I can't say this type of thing is totally unexpected, but man it stinks to lose $22/hr, benefits, unlimited 2x overtime, and tons of PTO. On the upside I'm certainly not alone in the layoffs, and I've got some pretty good references out of it. Plus 7 months of good pay and a one month trip to London. Here's hoping the layoff isn't looked on too harshly I guess.
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