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Received a job offer, but recruiter is behaving unprofessionally
I had 5 rounds of interviews at a very famous company. I am based in Europe and the company is based in US. It's a fully remote position. My contact point was Recruiter A during the whole process, and ...
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Is it ethical to apply directly for a job after a recruiter declines to submit you for the role?
Recruiter A contacted me about a job on LinkedIn. I said I was interested, and we set up a day for Recruiter A to call me to talk about the job. Recruiter A never called, never replied to LinkedIn ...
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Finding H1B Sponsorship as a Software Engineer
I'm a technical lead in the field of software engineering based in the UK.
My salary here is a fraction of what it would be in the US. So, it makes financial sense for me to move over there, for at ...
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Do Software Engineering degrees look considerably worse than Computer Science degrees on a resume?
Universities are starting to add Software Engineering degree pathways, but traditionally people have pursued Computer Science degrees if they want to do software engineering. From a recruiter or ...
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Recruiting agency asked me to find a family member fill in I-9
I am a recent graduate and was offered a position at a scientific company though a recruiting agency. Although I will be doing work for the scientific company, I will technically be an employee of the ...
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Is there a way to politely tell a recruiter that their company can’t afford me?
I’m a staff-level software engineer at a big tech company (think FAANG), which pays very well. I recently got emailed by a recruiter from a smaller company, a long-running but still fairly small ...
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Is it normal to be rejected with an automatic email far into the interview process?
I had interviews for 3 months with a big company similar to Google/Apple/.... In total I had 1 technical challenge (that took me about 50 hours to do) followed by 8 interviews. The last one with the ...
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Option plan promised not on offer letter
During the interview and text exchanges the company's manager (who I will be reporting to) mentioned several times that I "would be rewarded with option plan", and I was happy about it.
But ...
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Hiring "diverse" candidates has turned into declining qualified applicants. Is it wrong to object to these policies?
I work at one of the largest organizational consulting firms in the US as a recruiter. Starting last year and more recently, I've seen a push in hiring managers wanting to hire what they call "...
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How much personal information should I give to a recruiter?
I'm looking for a job right now, and I got all the standard questions, but they are asking for things I am not sure I should give out.
LinkedIn ID
Skype ID
Last 4 digits of my social security ...
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What to do when the interviewer knows my little secret?
My parents are not wealthy and I didn't receive a stipend. To finance my studies I worked for an escort agency (all legal, not under my real name). But I finally graduated with good grades and these ...
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Being heavily recruited at new company: Should I tell them I’m trying to get pregnant?
I read this question, but it’s about the non-pregnant partner.
A company reached out to me and is heavily recruiting me for a position that I know I'm qualified for. We're talking a $50,000 (USD) ...
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How to deal with recruiters who won't set specific times and who want to just call whenever they want
I am currently interviewing and usually the first contact with a company is with an internal recruiter. I have found most recruiters don't want to set up a time for a phone screen. They give only ...
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Dealing with recruiters who clearly didn't look at my resume
So today I opened my email and found another email from a recruiter who clearly did not look at my resume or any details about me. Here is the email (with PII removed):
Hi,
My name is [...
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How to request internal team to quicken contract approval
I am a recently promoted team lead in the IT Security team at my workplace. We are planning to expand headcount on the team in Q1 of next year and are currently waiting budget approval from senior ...
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