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movax posted:Hmm, this is for an entirely new job, not my current one. Looking back at it, that is pretty insane, I think I will reword using "cost of living bump" or something like that, and see what they come back with. If you haven't yet, then you should absolutely not tell them how much you currently make and thus the percent increase would be irrelevant and you should ask for more than you want since there is very little to no downside for doing so.
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Xenoborg posted:Bit a weird question, mostly to humor my dad so he stops asking about it: Do the eight people know they could be contacted? If not, I would probably give them a heads up otherwise don't worry about it.
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Do you need to take the job? The only way I can see for you to spin this without looking like an idiot is to have some explanation that the low end of your range was with better benefits than the company offers. The issue here is that you will probably have to state what benefits you 'want' and attempt to negotiate from there. I don't really think there is a way to just backtrack the number without looking like an idiot and if you're negotiating with your potential manager then that seems like a pretty bad way to start. As generic advice, if at all possible you should avoid answering salary questions. The only possible advantage for you as a potential employee is to save time interviewing if your number is ridiculously higher than what the company wants to pay. On the other hand the disadvantage is huge, you could easily cut 10% or more off your starting salary which then compounds since most raises are percent based. If you absolutely have to give a number, the either don't give a range, and shoot high, or give a range and explain why your giving a range, I.e. You want x benefits if they pay the low end of your range.
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Unless otherwise stated I would wear slacks and since you mentioned that they might get dirty I'd pack an extra pair that you could switch into after the first interview if required. Is the issue with packing that they might get wrinkled? I'd just fold them once in the suitcase and quickly iron the fold out in the morning as it should only take a couple minutes.
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Xeom posted:I live in south Florida, and I am being flown out for a interview in Michigan where it will probably be around 45-55 degrees Fahrenheit. Right now I only have my suit, and I am wondering what else can I wear to fight the cold. The suit was put together in south Florida, so its mostly cotton. Would a cardigan over my dress shirt be appropriate? Are you planning on hiking somewhere? The walk from your hotel to your car and then from the car to the building should be a couple of minutes, not long enough to be uncomfortable in a suit. If that's unacceptable, the conservative option would be to wear an overcoat, less conservative would be a sweater.
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Who is your contact for the position? If you've been talking to HR, then there's no problem following up, but you don't want to cut out your manager unless they've said its ok.
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Unless specifically stated you should be dressing above the norm for the job when going to an interview so I'd highly recommend going with the suit and tie. I would avoid any mention of your previous salary unless you need to anchor the discussion at it. As always mentioned try to avoid being the first to give a number, and it generally strengthens your argument if you can state what makes you worth more. Having someone working there can be helpful for this as they can probably find out what the job actually entails compared to the postings which generally have a ton of requirements tossed on them that are irrelevant.
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Don't ask until a company actually asks you to provide references. Other than that your only option is to find different references.
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How does the second sentence conflict? They're basically saying wear chinos and a dress shirt with optional jacket and/or tie.
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You may not be able to extend your last day at work using vacation. I know that my company pays out vacation, but you cannot extend the date you leave using it as you have to work your last day. I'd also be skeptical that you would get it if the 31st is in your two week notice period though that is management dependent.
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xxEightxx posted:Couple of questions about a resume. One, when they ask about salary history, should I include that in the resume or a cover letter? It makes me nervous to put a number down, since salary is a combination of a whole bunch of things, the bimonthly money is just (a large) portion of it). Second, I worked for an employer for 3 months about four years ago, I want to include this on my resume for the sake of accuracy and completeness, but I didn't have the tenure there to accomplish anything worth writing about, curious how you think I should handle it (I was not fired or anything, I was hired for a better job) Avoid putting salary down if possible. I'd also leave off the 3 month job as it doesn't showcase anything about you and the point of a resume is not completeness.
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There is pretty much no upside to saying something bad about your previous company, and/or anyone in it, and there is potentially large downside if the interviewer doesn't agree. I'd be curious of what other people think of saying that you moved because of your spouse. May be over thinking it, but it could be taken that you're potentially less reliable in the long term because you put their job above your own.
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Ask the website to takedown the article or edit it to remove your name.
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If you actually want the questions answered then you should ask them. If you don't care and they were just filler the don't.
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Baudolino posted:I have tougth a lot about this lately. I have often heard that by asking questions you portray yourself as someone who is more interested and engaged then someone who does not. On numerous occasions i have asked various questions that i did not really care about just to have something to ask about. If i don`t do this the interviews tend to be a lot quicker than planned ( which is usually a bad sign). Last Friday i attended a interview which i felt went really well. Good personal chemistry, a case that i completely aced and some well tougth out answers from me. But i only asked one or two questions myself and the whole affair was over 20 minutes ahead of schedule ( 1,10 hours instead of 1,5 hours). I was also kinda vague on the salary question now that i think about, they migth think my demands were a bit higher than what they really are. All in all i decided that i would go with the flow and focus on being relaxed rather than being super inquisitive. I hope it pays off. I would always recommend that you have one or two questions since unless they run out of time they'll ask if you have any. The above was more specifically if they say you can email them questions, in which case I don't really think it matters if you ask and thus shouldn't if you don't care.
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C-Euro posted:I accepted a job offer last Thursday, at which point the HR woman making the offer said they would be performing a background & references check on me (on which the offer was contingent), and mailing me an onboarding packet with stuff like a direct deposit form, I-9, and the like. It's now Monday and I haven't heard or received anything from them (mail comes to my place super-early in the day), would it be appropriate to call and ask what's up or should I give it another day? I'd wait till Wednesday unless there was something specifically said or you start earlier. They probably mailed it Friday and may not have shipped it overnight.
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Have they asked for references? I think it's pretty unlikely that they even will as you have the only reference that matters. If they do ask, then ask your friend.
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Just ask your contact at the company what appropriate attire is.
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Pertplus posted:So I'm trying to get a summer internship. I interviewed at company A on Monday (2/8), and they told me exactly what I'd be doing there and it seems awesome. I think the interview went pretty well and they told me they'd come back with a decision within the next few weeks (So by 2/26?). In the meantime I was offered(?) an internship at company B Yesterday (2/11). I'd definitely take it if I didn't get an offer from company A but on the other hand would much prefer to work at A than B. Email B saying that you interested in position 2. If B gives you an offer, then ask for time to consider it and email A saying that you have a competing offer but would like to work there and can they make a decision.
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poeticoddity posted:I was asked about expected salary in a preliminary phone interview today. I basically said, "I'd have to take the total compensation package into consideration. I recognize that while I am well educated, I'm a recent graduate and that's taken into consideration, and at the same time I assume that if you're specifically looking for a PhD you're not going to make an insulting offer. There's more that goes into making a job rewarding than just the pay," and that seemed to successfully get the mater dropped. Should I have handled that differently? (I had insomnia last night and that was the best I could manage on 2 hours of sleep.) Asking a question an interviewer can't answer isn't an issue unless you're trying to be a dick about it. If you want an answer, I'd just ask if they can get back to you about it or if there is someone else you could ask. Ezekiel_980 posted:I was about to ask this same question, i had a preliminary interview today and said i would "need to evaluate the entire compensation package to give a number." they said it was cool for now but in a subsequent interview we would have to discuss it again. i am debating saying "i checked and based on research from some websites i feel that any increase in pay would be adequate compared to my current position" Do not say that. Keep trying to deflect and if you can't then give a number that you'd be happy with. You do not want to tie the pay for the new job to your old job and you want to give a specific number, not a range. I'd definitely keep asking about benefits and get all the information you can there as that can have a big impact. asur fucked around with this message at 22:34 on Mar 15, 2016 |
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HondaCivet posted:A quick question . . . How long do you have before you can't really use experience from school anymore? I've been looking at some positions that fit some jobs and internships I had during school, but I graduated over 5 years ago. If I can include those things, can I include them with my regular job experience in the "Work Experience" section or should I separate it somehow? If, like you said, they were jobs or internships then they belong in the work experience section. The dates you put down will make it clear to anyone looking that you held them while in school. You don't mention it, but if instead it's work from a class I would put it in a different section.
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BadSamaritan posted:Does anyone have suggestions on how to deal with people who are taking a while to fill out those online reference forms during the hiring process? I'm *this* close to a great new job, but I'm waiting on one more reference so HR will extend the initial offer from the hiring manager. If you can't call up a reference and ask them hurry the gently caress up because the new company is waiting on it then they probably shouldn't be a reference.
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HOG ILLUSTRATIONS posted:One final request for help: here's the summary I put at the top of my resume instead of relevant coursework. The thing I'm not 100% on is describing myself as entry level, but it is accurate and I feel it gives prospective employers/recruiters a sense of what type of position I'm looking for I don't agree with putting a summary as the points in the summary should be in the resume under other sections, but if you're going to have one then you should tailor it specifically to each job as a way to highlight skills and technologies that the job posting required.
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1500quidporsche posted:Is there any sort of rule for what to put in an email when sending in a cover letter and resume? I usually just put in a few sentences saying I'd like to apply for the position, list a couple areas of strength, and put in a thank you, how to contact me and that I look forward to hearing from them but I'm not really sure if that's too much/enough. I would just make the email my cover letter and also attach it in case they want to pass it on.
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momtartin posted:I had a 2nd interview today with a company, but I don't have the guys e-mail who I interviewed with, as it's all been organized through HR. I want to send a follow up thank you note, so would it be okay to ask HR to pass it along to the guy, or just tell HR that "hey thanks for the interview with so and so, etc"? I don't think anyone cares about a thank you follow up, but you can either ask HR for his email or ask them to pass it along.
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signalnoise posted:What the gently caress kind of interviewing takes 6 hours? I am scheduled for 9am-3pm at this place I MIGHT JUST GET A JOB AT next Tuesday. What am I in for here? Isn't six hours normal? That's five interviews and lunch.
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If it backfires on you, then you dodged a bullet. Think about it, if a company isn't even willing to say no then what do you think they'll do for raises and promotions.
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Vulture Culture posted:There is one circumstance where this can bite you without it necessarily being a red flag about the company or hiring manager. That's where the company has you and another candidate in consideration, and you're making plays that delay a decision while the other candidate isn't. Assuming relatively even footing, the company generally won't risk losing the second candidate to another offer while they haggle with you to a number you may or may not accept. How do they know the other candidate isn't going to also negotiate? If a company is making two offers for the same position that's not a company I want to work for.
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Philip Rivers posted:How big of a negative is it to time out on a coding question during an interview? I figured out the problem out loud and the interviewer gave me a kind of oblique "well I got to see how you problem solve" at the end, but I'm still worried since I'm not from a CS background and the interviewer seemed pretty skeptical about my coding experience. Time out as in nothing or most of the way there? I think by most standards if you don't have the easy solution finished or almost there then you're done.. Yes, it's ok to send it over LinkedIn. You can also ask HR or the recruiter for the persons email.
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ACES CURE PLANES posted:So I just got off the phone with a company willing to hire me, which is nice and exciting and all that, but I'm kind of concerned. The offer they made was 30k a year, which isn't a particularly good improvement to my 27.5k a year that I currently make, which they know. They also are aware of the fact that my current employer is downsizing at the end of the year, and that I'll be out of a job in two months time either way. If you are willing to walk or are willing to take on a slight risk that they pull the offer, you should negotiate for what you actually want. In general not only is the chance of a company pulling their offer low, but you don't want to work at a place that does this. After saying that, you appear to be in the unfortunate position of not having another offer or a job so you need to weigh the risk.
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AARO posted:I have an interview today with D. I don't really want the job at D. I want jobs A, B, or C. But A, B, and C wont be able to interview for ~ a month. Ask for everything you want and if you get a better offer then quit. Companies have no issue laying people off or terminating job offers if conditions change. You should do the same.
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Kilroy posted:QQ about something in the OP: I don't think there's an issue removing it if you're older and you graduated a long time ago, but in most cases your job history can be used to infer your age. Just make sure that the formatting doesn't look weird because everything else will probably include a date range.
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Azuth0667 posted:I have some experience I want to put on my resume from a lab I worked in but, the lab has been taken over by someone else and the former PI left the country. The experience is incredibly relevant to the job I'm applying for however, I've tried for the last month to get in contact with the former PI without success. Whats the best way to go about including something like this in my resume? Just put it on your resume. Why do you need to contact anyone? If you want a reference from the former PI then you'd need to be able to provide contact information, but otherwise you just put the company on your resume as normal.
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RabbitMage posted:How early is too early to apply for jobs? Due to finishing school and a wedding (mine) immediately after, I'm not going to be available until the end of May. Outside of summer seasonal positions, is there any point in applying for openings this early in the year? I'm mostly looking at education positions in zoos and aquariums. This May? It's definitely not too early as some companies start hiring upcoming graduates in the fall quarter. Anyone hiring for a new graduate position will expect to have to wait till summer for you to start.
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Subyng posted:Wouldn't that come off as disingenuous? You had personal commitments come up that you didn't know about when you first told them a starting date. You also say you'd prefer to start in three months which would indicate that it's negotiable.
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Busy Bee posted:Recently finished a pretty significant round of interview process via phone and Skype. I'm confident that I did well and I would be pretty surprised if I didn't get the position but I know to never get your hopes up in this type of situation. Do whatever you want as long as you aren't pestering anyone. No one is going to not hire a qualified candidate because they did or didn't send a thank you note. If they didn't give you a date they'd make a decision by then you can ask them that.
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Mr Newsman posted:Timelines etiquette and general "should I" question: Why are you willing to play hardball with a company that is about to give you an offer but are unwilling to do so for a company that hasn't? Tell company B that you expect an offer from A and need to hurry their process along. When you get an offer from A reiterate if they haven't moved your interview forward. I assume you plan on negotiating with company A. That will buy you sometime, maybe a week. After that you're pushing it if you ask for more than a week, maybe two to decide.
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Unknownmass posted:Yes, I sent each of them a thank you email the day after the interview. Just seems odd that they would not send me any kind of rejection or thank you email. Back to the grind I guess. Call or email the point of contact on Monday. It's not rude to ask for a follow up a week or so after the interview of you haven't heard anything.
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