Career development

Anonymous member

5d

My boss recently reduced my salary. I'm totally very confused because their was no clear reason for doing that. Kindly advice me on the way forward.

Mason Hollandbeck
1h
It is actually illegal for any employer to reduce your pay without notice or it being written into a position acceptance letter that if certain... criteria is not met a reduction in pay will take place. If the company reorganization took place and your position changed this must also be in an acceptance letter agreeing to the position and title change with a reduction in pay because said position changed. The department of labor takes this type of behavior of employers very seriously more
Foster Music
6h
Always make a back up plan.

Write down your schedule and your ideas, organize them and start with yourself before requesting others to join.

Get... yourself in order before presenting yourself to others and take it slow.

One day at a time. Include lots of rest and wind down time.

Make a five year plan, and budget your funds.
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Career development

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The producer, the job hunter, the interview - and live television's greatest cockup

Louisa Walters is Features Editor at the Jewish News and specialises in food and travel writing

What's a bad day at the office for you? Coffee spilled over your laptop? Documents not saved and having to be retyped? For Elliott Gotkine, a day which started out just like any other in his role as a BBC television producer involved him putting someone who had turned up for a job interview live on air... to be questioned on a subject about which he knew nothing and ended in.... well, losing his own job.

Gotkine has enjoyed an illustrious career in broadcasting, both as a producer and as a journalist. The former Habs boy went to Nottingham University, took a year out, went travelling and then got his first job as a runner on London Tonight. A fluent Spanish speaker, he also worked for Euro Money Publications and as the BBC's South America correspondent based in Buenos Aires. He came back to London in 2005, doing on-air shifts and production shifts for the BBC's Business and Economics Unit. On 8 May 2006 everything changed for him.

"Everyone thinks they know this story," says Gotkine "but there are only two people in this world who know what really happened that day - Guy and me." And now you too, if you read Gotkine's just-published book The Wrong Guy.

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On 8 May 2006 Guy Goma arrived at the BBC for a job interview as a data support cleanser. Technology expert Guy Kewney also turned up at the BBC to be interviewed on air about a dispute between Apple Inc and Apple Corps. Crucially, they checked in to different reception areas.

Ten minutes before Guy Kewney was due on air, Gotkine phoned down to reception to ask if he was there. The receptionist said yes. "I hang up the phone, run out of the newsroom, burst into the lobby, but I can't see any sign of my guest Guy Kewney. I'd looked him up a few moments earlier and I'd seen a picture of a white guy with a red beard. I couldn't see anyone fitting that description, so I said to the receptionist, which one is Guy Kewney and she points to a black guy. It's now five minutes before we are on air, and I have to have my guest."

Gotkine took (the wrong) Guy upstairs to the newsroom, handed him over to the makeup artist, then he went into the studio. Elliott went into the news gallery. "The interview begins, the lights go up. The penny drops when he sees his face on the monitor and he does the most indescribably dexterous and joyous and memorable facial expression I think that's ever been seen on the small screen."

This was the moment Guy Goma realised he was on live television. And down in the other reception area, on the tv screens, the other Guy, the right Guy, is horrified seeing someone that isn't him being asked all these questions.

In trying to make sense of it all, Gotkine hit on a fun and very important fact. Guy Goma is from the Congo and his mother tongue is French. In French, Guy is pronounced 'Gee', which is how he would have introduced himself to the receptionist when he checked in. 'Gee' also rhymes with 'Kewney' which was, of course, the surname of the person who was supposed to be on air. So when Gotkine asked the receptionist if Guy Kewney was there she heard the 'ee' and thought he said 'Guy' (pronounced Gee) and said yes.

He describes it as "a concatenation of cockups - each one individually was a million-to-one shot of happening, and they all conspired together to create this marvellous moment of joy, but also this incredibly embarrassing moment of epic fail".

Gotkine was told he wouldn't be allowed back on air for the foreseeable future. He now lives in Temple Fortune and has two kids aged 13 and 15. In 2013 while working for Bloomberg Television he was posted to Tel Aviv to be the Middle East editor. The family lived in Israel for 10 years but Gotkine eventually brought them back here because he felt the education opportunities were better.

To mark 20 years since that fateful day Gotkine decided to write a book. "You're supposed to drift off into the sunset after your 15 minutes of fame, but Guy's story has somehow endured for two decades. Another journalist managed to track him down and we met up."

Gotkine told Guy he wanted to write a book and that they would split the royalties. They've spent a lot of time together since and Gotkine has "met his whole family to try and get to know the real Guy - aka the wrong guy. We come from very different backgrounds but somehow our lives came together. Our outlooks are surprisingly similar in terms of our sense that things happen for a reason."

Could it still happen today? "In live television, whether it's the BBC or another news organisation, these aren't machines. To err is human," says Gotkine. "I think today the story would have gone viral. But at the same time, because there is so much out there it's very easy for things to get lost. I'm not exaggerating to say that hundreds of millions of people around the world must have seen this.

"I didn't expect there to be wars raging or an energy crisis when my book came out but in these dark scary times if this story can be an antidote for people I'm happy for that. Although at the time it was very chastening for me and had negative repercussions in the short term on my career, there are very few people who can say that they've made millions of people around the world laugh." more

Ted Setterfield

Career development

23h

Hi everyone! Does anyone else get annoyed when a job ad doesn’t say the salary? Yesterday I had an interview and asked the HR how much they could pay. He said it depends on my skills. So in the end, I still don’t know what salary I can expect. Is that normal?

Vinnie Vierbickas
4h
if that particular piece of information is not voluntarily provided by the employer upfront, chances are its not a place you want to work anyway. Move... on to the next opportunity more
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Vinnie Vierbickas
4h
if that particular piece of information is not voluntarily provided by the employer upfront, chances are its not a place you want to work anyway. Move... on to the next opportunity more

Stuart Harper

Career development

1w

I had a job interview last Wednesday. The HR person said they’d call me back in a few days. I know a week is normal to wait, but how long does it usually take to hear back? If they didn’t call soon, does that mean it’s a no? Thanks

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Kevin Kirby
6h
This has happened to me multiple times during my on going job search. It seems that alot of companies are using third party recruiters to perform... initial screening interviews. This person does not work for the company you are applying to, they simply are vetting your application based on requirements provided for the job. They tell you someone will contact you within a few days to further discuss your application, but then the actual contact at the workplace you applied to receives the vetted applications, and choses to contact only those whom they wish to potentially hire. It's a pain, for sure, but not much you can do about it. I've tried, calling back myself, sending emails, and even texts to find out my status in the application process, to no avail . more
Tonya Carpenter
1d
Old school way is to call them and not wait for them to call you..

Career development

8h

Future of Dating Apps 2026: 5 Best Radical Shifts

Career development

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Why the U.S. job market is so hard, especially for recent college graduates

The American job market is behaving in a way that economists are struggling to explain. The economy is growing. Unemployment is low. And yet, for millions of workers, finding a job has become harder than at almost any other point in decades.

Amanda Munro, 32, followed every rule she had been taught. She earned a graduate degree, cultivated expertise in data science and environmental policy, and... began establishing a track record as a policymaker, negotiating line by line with foreign governments over rules designed to protect sharks and rays on the high seas. When she was laid off last year as part of the federal cuts imposed by the U.S. DOGE Service, she expected to find another job quickly. Instead, she ended the year sorting packages in a warehouse in Portland, Oregon, earning $19 an hour. "It feels like the rules changed," she said.

The struggle is felt across the U.S. workforce, but for the millions of students graduating this spring, it arrives at the worst possible moment.

The first clue that something unusual is happening: Companies are not bringing on new workers the way they normally would in an economy this strong.

"It is weird for us to have GDP growing at the rate it is and the hires rate be this low," said Laura Ullrich, chief economist at the job search platform Indeed.

The hiring rate -- the share of the workforce that starts a new job in a given month -- has hovered well below pre-pandemic levels for more than a year, running at 3.5 percent in the most recent month, a level more typical of the sluggish years following the 2008 financial crisis than a growing economy.

The headline unemployment rate, at 4.2 percent, looks healthy. But that figure has been buoyed by a shrinking labor force: Fewer people are actively looking for work, which keeps the rate down even as hiring slows.

Layoffs remain low by historical standards, but they vary widely across sectors. "In some narrow sectors, certainly tech and media included, it is low hire and some fire," Ullrich said.

The pattern is most visible in tech, where some of the largest employers have shed staff. Amazon (founded by Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos) laid off 16,000 corporate workers in January. Oracle followed in March with cuts affecting as many as 30,000 jobs. Meta said in April it would eliminate 10 percent of its workforce, roughly 8,000 jobs. PayPal announced another 4,800 in early May.

To an extent, these companies are trying to recalibrate after their hiring sprees of 2021 and 2022, when many had raised pay, offered flexible schedules and signed people quickly. Ullrich says she's hearing from companies: "We hired too many people, so we don't need to hire a lot of entry-level people. We still have people here."

Higher interest rates have also made expansion more expensive, pushing many firms to invest in technology rather than headcount.

Another reason hiring has slowed is uncertainty about artificial intelligence. Even though the technology has not yet replaced large numbers of workers, it is already shaping how companies think about hiring. "I don't think this is AI displacement," said Ben Zweig, chief executive of Revelio Labs, a workforce data company. "What we're seeing is anticipatory." Instead of rushing to bring on new workers, some firms are waiting to see how the technology evolves and which tasks it will eventually take over.

AI is also reshaping the hiring process itself. Recruiters say they are being overwhelmed with applications, many generated by AI, making it harder to identify strong candidates. "Everyone knows it's a problem," Zweig said. "We're getting flooded."

For job seekers, the hiring process can appear to offer little feedback and even less recourse. Paula Sales Corpuz, an 18-year-old business and accounting major at Montgomery College, a community college in Maryland, has never met an employer in person in a year and a half of job searching, she said. Instead, she was screened through automated video interviews.

"The platform gives you a question, and then you just have to record yourself answering it," she said. So far the approach has led mainly to silence. "I feel like they haven't taken the time out of their day to look over the résumé or the application. They just say, 'We've picked another applicant.' That's about it."

On the other side of the screen, automated systems scan incoming applications for keywords before a human reviewer ever sees them, turning the résumé into a puzzle to be solved rather than a record of experience. Job seekers say tailoring each application to match those terms has become almost mandatory, with little guarantee it will work.

Samantha Gilstrap, 28, graduated from journalism school in 2019 and has barely caught her breath since. She entered the job market as the pandemic began, later lost a digital reporting job at WUSA9 during industry consolidation, and has since applied for hundreds of jobs. Most applications have led nowhere. "The only times I've been able to interact with humans is if it's a who-you-know basis," she said. She is now couch surfing to save money. "At some point, if things don't work out, I will be walking into the nearest McDonald's."

Her experience reflects a broader pattern among recent graduates. The unemployment rate for people ages 22 to 27 who recently completed college hit 5.6 percent in the final months of 2025 -- well above the 4.2 percent rate for all workers, according to national data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Nearly half of that age group was underemployed, meaning people were working in jobs that did not require a degree, the highest share since 2020.

The squeeze is hardest on those just starting out. At one point last summer, new workforce entrants made up a larger share of the unemployed than at any point since the late 1980s -- higher even than during the Great Recession.

When hiring slows, the door closes first on those without an existing foothold. For the class of 2026, the timing could hardly be worse.

"It is getting increasingly clear that young people are being more affected by AI than older workers," Zweig said. Companies are not eliminating jobs at scale, but many are slow to hire junior workers. At the same time, older workers are staying in the labor force longer, leaving fewer openings for new arrivals.

Even when jobs are available, the bar has shifted.

Positions once considered entry level now often require several years of experience, technical expertise and familiarity with artificial intelligence tools. With fewer openings and more applicants, companies are holding out for candidates who can do the job immediately and need little training. "Because they can," Ullrich said.

Employers are also looking for a different mix of skills. An analysis of millions of job postings by Indeed found that communication skills now appear in nearly 42 percent of all listings, while leadership skills feature in nearly a third -- capabilities that are harder to prove on a résumé and harder still to demonstrate without an existing professional network.

Christine Beck, a career coach who works with early-career job seekers, said employers are asking more of the people they do hire. "Companies are trying to do more with less," she said, pointing to a growing emphasis on candidates who can lead projects and expand an organization's capacity without adding headcount.

Meanwhile, the technical skills required for many jobs keep shifting, making career planning difficult. A certification or course can take months to complete, only for demand to move elsewhere by the time it is finished.

Lance Hebert, 39, of Seattle, has applied for jobs in two very different markets. Between 2015 and 2020, when he worked as a physical therapist, it took him fewer than five applications to land every role he held. But his most recent job search, as a web developer, involved 453 applications to get a handful of interviews and two offers. He eventually accepted a role helping health care companies set up new software systems. "When I pivoted out of physical therapy into tech, that's when the job search became much harder."

The care economy appears to be the only engine still running smoothly. Of the net 369,000 positions added across the entire economy since the start of 2025, health care alone accounted for nearly 800,000 -- meaning every other sector, taken together, shed jobs.

At the Goodwill Excel Center in Baltimore, where adults come to earn their diplomas and retrain for new careers, coordinator Joe Binder knows exactly where to point his graduates. "We're seeing tons of spaces still being opened in health care," he said.

Interest in the retraining program has surged: Jonathan Balog, who handles marketing for the school, said roughly 400 people are on the waiting list. "The demand is tremendous," he said.

Adding to workers' sense of disorientation is the fact that different corners of the workforce are weakening at different times: federal workers facing mass layoffs, logistics and manufacturing contracting after their pandemic surge, white-collar hiring quietly freezing up.

Kevin Gordon, head of macro research at the Schwab Center for Financial Research, has a name for it: "rolling labor recessions." Instead of a broad downturn that triggers a national crisis, the pain hits one group after another.

Even organizations that have spent more than a century helping people find work say the path forward has become harder to predict. "Everyone is unclear what the labor market will be," said Katy Gaul-Stigge, president and chief executive of Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and Northern New Jersey.

Munro, the ocean policy expert, spent her months working in the warehouse alongside a former graphic designer and an ex-IT contractor whose job with the Forest Service had ended when his contract ran out, each with their own version of the same story.

In January, she was rehired by the federal government. The return brought relief, but did not erase her fear that the ground was still shifting. more

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Career development

1mo

I talk to clients a lot because I’m an account manager at a bank. After one call, a company director said there was “a spark” between us and started asking me out.
I’m not interested at all, and his wife even works as an accountant in his company. I’m trying to say no politely and avoid any problems at work.
What’s the best way to handle and end this situation?
Thanks

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Be you and stand your no.
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Career development

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Why the in-person interview still matters when it comes to hiring

Analysis: As AI becomes better at imitation, organisations must become better at recognising authenticity, and that begins by bringing people back into the room

A recent WIRED investigation offered a disturbing glimpse into one of the darker consequences of artificial intelligence. It reported how North Korean operatives allegedly used AI tools to create fake identities, generate convincing CVs,... build fraudulent company websites, and assist candidates during remote job interviews in efforts to infiltrate firms and steal millions.

The story was primarily about cybersecurity, but it also exposed a broader truth about modern employment: when recruitment becomes too remote, too automated and too dependent on screens, it becomes easier to deceive.

For years, employers have embraced technology to streamline hiring. CVs are filtered by software before a human ever sees them. Candidates complete one-way video interviews. Assessments are delivered online. First-round interviews are often conducted entirely through Zoom or Teams and increasingly, AI is being used to screen applicants, rank candidates and automate communication.

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From RTÉ Radio 1's Drivetime, how to answer the all important strength's and weakness questions during job interviews

In Ireland, this shift is accelerating rapidly. Recent surveys suggest that almost eight in ten employers now use AI somewhere in the recruitment process, while remote interviews have become routine for many medium and large organisations.

Digital hiring is no longer the exception. It is becoming the norm. There are obvious advantages: recruitment can be faster, cheaper and more convenient, employers can process hundreds of applications quickly, candidates can interview without travelling, and administrative burdens are reduced. But efficiency is not the same as judgment. The danger is not simply foreign fraud or organised cybercrime, dramatic though those headlines may be. The deeper concern is that employers may increasingly struggle to know who they are really hiring.

Artificial intelligence can now write polished cover letters, optimise CVs for applicant-tracking systems, generate model interview answers in real time, and coach candidates during online interviews. It can help create highly impressive digital versions of applicants that may bear only partial resemblance to the person behind the screen. Even where there is no dishonesty, something important can still be lost.

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From RTÉ 2FM's Jennifer Zamparelli, Susan Keating talks about how to succeed when doing job interviews

Candidates can become over-prepared, scripted and generic. Interviews become performances rather than conversations. Employers may learn a great deal about a candidate's digital fluency, but far less about their character, and character still matters.

The qualities that often determine success in the workplace are rarely the ones easiest to measure such as judgment, integrity, empathy, curiosity, resilience and self-awareness. Not to mention the ability to build trust with colleagues and clients, calmness under pressure, good listening, and professional presence. These are deeply human qualities and no algorithm can fully assess them.

That is why employers should reconsider the rush away from physical interviews. Meeting a candidate in person still provides insights that no software can replicate. How someone enters a room, greets others, listens carefully, thinks aloud, responds when challenged and engages naturally with people often reveals more than any AI-assisted application form ever could.

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From RTÉ Radio 1's The Business, Louise Campbell discusses what's changed when applying for a job and how much of it is the fault of AI.

The in-person interview is not old-fashioned, it is a safeguard. It allows employers to test authenticity and helps assess cultural fit. It offers a more rounded sense of how an individual may function in a team environment. It reminds both sides that recruitment is not merely a transaction but the beginning of a professional relationship.

This matters especially for graduate recruitment. Many students today are highly capable digitally. They can build strong online profiles, communicate confidently by message, and navigate digital platforms with ease. But increasing numbers have had fewer opportunities to develop face-to-face professional confidence. That is not a criticism of graduates, but a reflection of how education, technology and post-pandemic habits have evolved.

If interviews increasingly happen online, and if communication increasingly happens through screens, then many young people simply get fewer chances to practise the interpersonal skills employers continue to value most. This creates a challenge for universities and colleges.

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From RTÉ Radio One's Drivetime, how to answer the all important strengths and weaknesses

Higher education cannot focus solely on technical competence and academic content. It must also place renewed emphasis on soft-skill development: communication, teamwork, confidence-building, presentation skills, professional etiquette, networking and interview preparation.

Mock interviews should become standard. Oral presentation should matter. Students should be taught how to hold eye contact, structure answers, read a room, ask thoughtful questions, and communicate with warmth and professionalism. These are not secondary skills. In many careers, they are decisive skills.

Graduates entering an AI-shaped labour market need to become more human, not less. None of this means technology should be abandoned. AI can improve recruitment in sensible ways. It can reduce administration, widen reach and help identify talent efficiently. Remote interviews can also be practical and inclusive in many circumstances. But employers should be cautious about allowing convenience to replace judgment.

The lesson from the WIRED story is not simply that bad actors can misuse technology. It is that as AI becomes better at imitation, organisations must become better at recognising authenticity.

That begins by bringing people back into the room.

Use technology to support hiring by all means. But when it matters most, meet the candidate, shake their hand and have the conversation face to face, as some of the most important things an employer needs to know still cannot be downloaded.

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How new outfits are getting students ready for life after school

Ditching their school uniforms for tailored pants and blazers, year 12 students have been learning how to make a good first impression.

A group of eight female students travelled more than an hour from Brisbane Waters Secondary College to the Dress for Success Newcastle branch for National Careers Week on Wednesday, May 13.

Several students owned nothing they could wear for a job interview, and... wanted to learn more about how to prepare for corporate workplace.

Dress for Success NSW offers styling services and career support to help women overcome bias and discrimination when entering or re-entering the workforce.

Isabelle Summers said she had attended only one job interview when she was younger, and she hoped to feel more confident in future interviews after Wednesday's program.

"I really want to see how other people dress for interviews so I can be ready for the future," she said.

Ms Summers said she was thinking about a career in childcare, but she wanted to consider other options as well.

"I'm excited to get a new outfit and try and figure out my style."

The charity sent each student away with a free new corporate outfit from a personalised styling session, as well as teaching them interview skills.

Demi Crawford said she was thinking about a career in fashion and she wanted to learn how to be successful in getting a job after school.

"It is going to be hard when I leave school and so I'm trying to take it in slowly," she said.

"I'm hoping to learn how to be less nervous in going for an interview and improve my speaking skills."

The initiative with the Central Coast school was part of the Department of Education's educational pathways program, which aims to improve education and career outcomes for young people.

The head teacher for careers across the south Central Coast, Sarah Cutting, said the southern peninsula was a lower socioeconomic area and she wanted to make sure students had equitable access to entering the workforce.

"They are amazing girls, they have amazing talent and abilities, and we just want to make sure that those hurdles are limited," Ms Cutting said.

"Normally they may not have had that opportunity to be style into what's most appropriate and what suits their figure, style and job," she said.

Newcastle Dress for Success operations manager Kelly-Anne Kent said they extended their offerings to school students to help as they transition away from school.

"They're now starting to really think about their career and what they want to do and further study," she said.

She said their volunteers talked to students about first impressions and what was appropriate to wear to work.

"Often they are very quiet when they first arrive and they are a little bit shy, but then you see the transformation happen," she said.

The organisation stocks donated clothes and is looking for formal dress donations for later in the year when school formal season begins. more

Career development

12h

How new outfits are getting students ready for life after school

Ditching their school uniforms for tailored pants and blazers, year 12 students have been learning how to make a good first impression.

A group of eight female students travelled more than an hour from Brisbane Waters Secondary College to the Dress for Success Newcastle branch for National Careers Week on Wednesday, May 13.

Several students owned nothing they could wear for a job interview, and... wanted to learn more about how to prepare for corporate workplace.

Dress for Success NSW offers styling services and career support to help women overcome bias and discrimination when entering or re-entering the workforce.

Isabelle Summers said she had attended only one job interview when she was younger, and she hoped to feel more confident in future interviews after Wednesday's program.

"I really want to see how other people dress for interviews so I can be ready for the future," she said.

Ms Summers said she was thinking about a career in childcare, but she wanted to consider other options as well.

"I'm excited to get a new outfit and try and figure out my style."

The charity sent each student away with a free new corporate outfit from a personalised styling session, as well as teaching them interview skills.

Demi Crawford said she was thinking about a career in fashion and she wanted to learn how to be successful in getting a job after school.

"It is going to be hard when I leave school and so I'm trying to take it in slowly," she said.

"I'm hoping to learn how to be less nervous in going for an interview and improve my speaking skills."

The initiative with the Central Coast school was part of the Department of Education's educational pathways program, which aims to improve education and career outcomes for young people.

The head teacher for careers across the south Central Coast, Sarah Cutting, said the southern peninsula was a lower socioeconomic area and she wanted to make sure students had equitable access to entering the workforce.

"They are amazing girls, they have amazing talent and abilities, and we just want to make sure that those hurdles are limited," Ms Cutting said.

"Normally they may not have had that opportunity to be style into what's most appropriate and what suits their figure, style and job," she said.

Newcastle Dress for Success operations manager Kelly-Anne Kent said they extended their offerings to school students to help as they transition away from school.

"They're now starting to really think about their career and what they want to do and further study," she said.

She said their volunteers talked to students about first impressions and what was appropriate to wear to work.

"Often they are very quiet when they first arrive and they are a little bit shy, but then you see the transformation happen," she said.

The organisation stocks donated clothes and is looking for formal dress donations for later in the year when school formal season begins. more

Anonymous member

Career development

2d

I don’t get along well with my boss because she always wants people to feel sorry for her - about her divorce or her health. My coworkers say it would be easier if I just went along with it. But I want to respect her, not pity her. What should I do? Thanks

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susan mazala
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she should leave her personal problems at home. let her focus on work
Edison Prudent
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be yourself do your job. .. and make her see reason to be happy again

kristina anderson

Career development

3d

I normally don’t post things like this, but I’m honestly really frustrated and disappointed.

I’m currently 2 months postpartum and was recently cleared to return to work, so I applied for a part-time phlebotomist position. A recruiter scheduled me for an interview in Ellicott City and even confirmed beforehand that I would still be attending.

Since the location wasn’t accessible by nearby... public transportation, I had to spend $100 total on Lyft rides just to get there and back. My husband also had to take off work so I could attend the interview, all while I’m already exhausted from sleepless nights with a newborn.

When I arrived, I was told the manager was on vacation. After trying multiple times to contact the recruiter with no response, I finally reached out to the manager directly, only to find out the position had already been filled LAST MONTH and all interviews were supposed to have been canceled.

I understand mistakes happen, but this whole situation was extremely unprofessional and could have been avoided with proper communication. My time, money, and energy were wasted unnecessarily.

Being postpartum and trying to get back into the workforce is already stressful enough without situations like this. So I sent him a email jobs need to stop wasting peoples time.

#ProfessionalismMatters #CommunicationMatters
#InterviewExperience #firsttimemomjourney #phlebotomistlife more

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Michelle Bolton
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Hi Kristina, an unfortunate experience. Seems like you are very invested in doing your best. We have to do our research. Not sure why the person you... spoke with decided to confirm the interview especially after you arrived and the information you received was the total opposite. The inconvenience of your experience has a reason. Congratulations on being a mom! Not sure if this is #1, but I do hope you enjoyed Mother’s Day. I do hope that your husband enjoyed spending time with his family as well. The work place/force is not what it used to be but knowing what to expect helps. I would do extra research on everything so you know you’re not wasting your time. I also don’t think you will hear from that guy again. Hopefully he has some guts and will at least apologize, but sounds like he’s not that decent person from what you experienced. Stay strong (I’m a Vamp myself so good luck) more
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morris ogwal
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Some day these companies/organisations will be sued and they may make loses in compensation!.
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