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PLEASE HELP…Hi! so i finalllyyy got an offer for my dream role, the issue however is that I’m in the UK and im an international student and it is a grad role the advertised salary was between £32.5k-£36.3k, now I just assumed that I would be sent an offer for a salary thats an average of the two (rookie mistake i guess). this is important because I need a sponsorship and the sponsorship threshold is £33.4k. I’ve replied to the HR asking for a package closer to £36k, infact ive said i was expecting £36k with the job roles and requirements (its a government agency so apart from office work im also meant to attend briefings for the public/ host Q&A’s as needed out of office hours). but this is not even the main issue, it’s important because when i received the offer i went back to my application and the job posting to find that “do you have RTW in the UK” was a filter question and I had ticked yes, not on purpose just a dumb oversight because usually theres a follow up question somewhere else in the application that asks “will you now or in the future require sponsorship” 🥹🥹 but this didn’t have that and i didn’t realise when i was applying. I also didn’t bring up the topic of sponsorship/rtw things in interviews because i figured thats a problem for if they decide they even want me and they heavily advertise being inclusive and supporting people of all backgrounds. I know the hiring managers lovedddd me and i do have quite a bit of experience, definitely more than they were expecting from their pool of candidates. but idk how to even bring this up now. PLEASE HELP🙏🙏

I (28F) have no trouble getting hired (so far). I interview well, ramp fast, get good early feedback. The problem is by month 5 or 6 I'm already mentally planning my exit. This has happened three times now. Each time I thought I'd done my research. Good company, reasonable role, decent pay. And each time something about the daily work just didn't fit in a way I couldn't see from the interview.

I'm starting to think I'm great at getting jobs and terrible at choosing the right ones. I know in this job market, you just take the job that you get but the ones ive had started taking a toll on my mental health. Advice?

Hi everyone

I wanted to share my situation and see if anyone can relate or has advice.

I don’t speak English very well, but I can understand it pretty well. Speaking is the hardest part for me. Because of that I’m planning to look for a tutor to help me improve my speaking skills and become more fluent and confident.

Right now, I’m unemployed and trying to figure out my next steps. I would really like to know what types of jobs you would recommend for someone with limited English speaking skills but good understanding. Ideally, I would like something online, but I’ve noticed it can be very difficult to find real opportunities now and also there are a lot of scams out there. If anyone here has experience finding remote work, I would really appreciate any advice on how to start or where to look safely.

I also have a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice, which honestly I still can’t believe I managed to finish haha. In the future, once I improve my English a bit more, I would like to start using my degree and hopefully work in that field.

When I was in University I didn’t really improve my speaking skills much because most of the work was written assignments, and since it was during COVID, I was able to complete most presentations by recording them, so I didn’t really practice speaking in real time. I’ve always been pretty shy, and I feel like that also held me back a lot. Honestly, I feel like I might not have finished if it had been different.

If anyone has been through something similar I would really like to hear your experience. Even if you’re not in the same situation now, I would appreciate any advice what helped you improve or what would you recommend for someone in my situation?

At the end of the day, I just want to improve in every way I can and find a job because I really need to start working. Any guidance or personal experience would mean a lot.

Hi everyone,

I’m currently in the final interview stage for a job in the Netherlands and I would like some advice on salary negotiation.

At the beginning, the recruiter asked me: “What are your salary expectations?”
I replied by asking what the budget range was, and he said 45k–60k gross per year.

Now I’m close to the final stage and I might get an offer soon. This would be my first real industry role after a PhD. I’ve been working for years in Italian academia on underpaid fellowships, so I don’t feel like I have much leverage (right now I earn around €1000/month with no pension contributions, and this will continue until February).

My questions:

1. If they offer me something like 45–50k, how much above that is it reasonable to counter?
2. I also checked Glassdoor, but I couldn’t find useful information about salaries for this role / this company, especially for someone with a similar background to mine
3. Are there any “unwritten rules” in NL about negotiating salary?
4. How many back-and-forth rounds are normal?
5. Is it normal to ask for the offer in writing and ask for details (holiday allowance, bonus, relocation, pension, etc.) before answering?
6. Is this a reasonable approach: “Thanks, can I receive the offer in writing and have a few days to review it?”
7. If I counter with a higher number, should I justify it? If yes, what kind of justification is expected?

Any advice (especially from people who negotiated their first job in NL) would be really appreciated.

Thanks!

Hello everyone, I recently graduated with a B.S. in Chemistry and had been job searching/co-op searching/intership searching my entire senior year with no real luck. I live in Houston with tons of industrial and medical jobs available but I cannot get a call back. I have been a research assistant, have excellent recommendations, and actual valuable hands-on experience and skill with GC-ICP-MS, UHPLC, FT-IR, NMR, you name it I have used it and actually know how to use these instruments and techniques with confidence and accuracy. I have been accepted into grad school with my classes being at night 7-10pm. I thought grad school would boost interest in companies wanting to hire me, but instead it has been a major turn off for the jobs I have interviewed for since it limits my availability to travel and/or do shift work. I have started even applying for lab tech jobs that only require a HS diploma because I am running out of options. I’m not sure if this is the correct sub to ask this, but I am looking for possible advice or merely words of encouragement/if you have been in this position before. I get paid $3000 a semester for my research assistant position but I am so desperately wanting to get into industry.

I've started believing this more and more.

The company that took 6 weeks to get back to me after my final round also took 6 weeks to approve my first expense report once I joined. I wish I could say that was a coincidence.

The signs were there the whole time. The scheduling kept getting pushed. Nobody could give me a straight answer on the timeline. The recruiter was apologetic but vague with their response.

I wanted the job so I ignored it. (still don’t know how to comprehend, maybe a mistake, maybe an experience)

Once I was inside, I understood what I'd actually walked into. Everything in the ogranization moved like that. Every decision required three people to sign off. Every process was detailed and thorough.

The hiring experience is basically a preview. Companies that move fast and communicate clearly tend to operate that way internally. Companies that go quiet for two weeks between rounds and then ask you to "bear with them" are also showing you something about the organisation.

I'm not saying slow hiring automatically means a bad place to work. But when you combine slow response times with vague communication and no clear next steps, that pattern tends to give a signal.

My 2 cents: Pay attention to how they treat you before you're on payroll. It's usually pretty honest.

Has anyone else had this play out, either direction? Where the process was a genuinely accurate signal for what the culture turned out to be?

will graduate in September. And still can’t find a job, i did get an offer on campus with a 2-year bond agreement couldn’t go with. since then i have been applying everywhere but haven’t received any calls yet i don’t what am i doing wrong, it has been so messed up. if anyone knows how this works hit me up

Im 23 idk what should i do to get a job bcs im suffering from hearing loss so i can't communicate normally with people on real life . Never tried looking a job online but i dont have skill and years of experience cause i spent last years on depressing (feeling that i'll never get money or way to live as i wish)

Is there any advices or help ?

i have a job interview on wednesday at raising canes, any tips? this will be my first job, i’ve had interviews in the past but sadly i haven’t gotten accepted.

Hi, I have told HR my desired salary range, which is above their listed pay range since I saw it’s said “the actual pay may be higher than the listed range depending on experience and qualifications”. I’ve got to the final round. Will I be rejected because asking for more?

most of the advice you find when you search how to get a job was written years ago

tailor your CV. write a strong cover letter. follow up after an interview. all technically correct. all almost completely useless in the current market.

the market has changed. how companies hire has changed. where the best opportunities are has changed. who gets access to them has changed.

but the advice hasn’t kept up. so people follow it religiously and wonder why it isn’t working

the people consistently landing good roles right now seem to be doing something fundamentally different from the standard playbook

has anyone else noticed this. what do you think has actually changed and what does the updated approach look like

I have an interview/meeting on Thursday with a partner from an executive search firm. This is my second encounter with this firm (first with this partner, but second for the position in question, and the first in-person.) The position in question is director-level.

The wrinkle is that we're meeting in a coffee shop. For 90 minutes.

What should I wear?

2 sources have said less formal dress - even (very) nice jeans, super crisp dress shirt, perhaps sport jacket. I don't think I can get my head around jeans, no matter how informal the setting.

My wife is thinking light suit - but not matching suit/jacket. (So more like dress pants / sport jacket). I think I could do that - but I dislike having lighter pants than jacket. Just a weird preference thing I think.

i know it's not really a thing to overdress for an interview but it does feel like it's a good opportunity to really read the room and show off some sartorial splendour.

For what it's worth, it'll be a little cooler on Thursday than the rest of this week.

Suggestions?

Hi everyone I’m 16 years old and indeed the app is asking for a resume but.. I haven’t finished high school and I want a summer job to earn my own money. I have never worked before and want to know what do I do if I have absolutely no experience and haven’t finished high school yet? I intend to graduate. do I require a resume? if so what would mine even be. I really need help.

Round 1: Recruiter
Round 2: Hiring Manager
Round 3: Hackkerrank OA
Round 4: Two technical rounds for domain expertise and public cloud knowledge.

Anyone who has recently finished round 4? Curious what to expect there?

Seriously.

One person says tailor every resume. Another says recruiters spend six seconds reading them anyway. Some people say network nonstop. Others say applying directly works better. Then you hear “just keep applying” while also hearing companies post fake jobs half the time.

I feel like I’m losing my mind trying to figure out what actually matters anymore.

I’ve rewritten my resume so many times that I genuinely don’t even know which version is better now. I’ll spend hours tweaking wording, convincing myself THIS version finally sounds professional enough… then still hear nothing.

Meanwhile bills keep coming and my confidence keeps dropping every week.

The emotional side of this is honestly worse than I expected too. It’s hard not to feel embarrassed when people ask how the job search is going and you have no update besides “still applying.”

Has anyone here actually changed ONE thing that noticeably improved responses or interviews?

I was fired today by my manager, I'm 26M, 1.5 yrs exp in communication engineering (software) . I don't accept this and I was pressured by the manager to go through PIP or accept resignation. She is very toxic and tells me in the workplace. She never treated me as a person. I'm not sure about how I can get a job in this market as I was majorly into testing... I'm feeling like I quit from life. I'm worried about the job market and what if I'm unplaced forever. She demotivated me. Gave very bad feedback. I have all contradictory points and clarification but higher management was manipulated by her.

What should I do? GOD Help me... How should I get out of this phase and start applying or prepare? I'm constantly seeing layoff news and bad market conditions. I had an ill father and mother whom I should take care of.

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