Questions tagged [recruitment]
The process of finding potential new employees.
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How to answer pre screening question "do you have a car" if I currently don't but could get one?
I'm looking for work. A recruiter contacted me about a specific position. He needs to know if I have a car. I don't currently, but if the job's a good fit I have no issue buying one. Also the job is ...
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Potential employer promised to give an answer but has not yet responded [duplicate]
I found another group that I'm considering as a potential new place to work.
The head of the laboratory sent me the following message:
Name, greetings!
My name is Dr. Surname. I am the head of this ...
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Need feedback on my internship experience
I am an intern as data consultant, I am experimenting a visualization software for the company i'm working for during 6 months.
I started off with another subject and on my very first day, the manager ...
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Double applied with a recruiter, recruiter said I was rejected but company contacted me for interview. What should I do?
A recruiter submitted me for a position that I applied to a month ago that I forgot about.
The recruiter later discovered the double-submission and told me that the company will not be considering me ...
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How might I handle things when a global recruiter can’t really hire from my firm? [closed]
Caught wind of a role with another firm that I most certainly want to attain. However, the firm hasn’t posted the position publicly. They have engaged a large global recruitment firm which is ...
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terrible recruitment should/how I complain [closed]
I am a techlead to a rather complex technical(not many functional requirements, predominantly non functional) backend application. The project is very complex with regards of the people working on it:
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How to add more detail and specifics to work history as per recruiter's request?
A recruiter working for a recruiting firm reached out to me. She is now saying the account manager wants me to make some stylistic changes to my resume. For example "include more details about ...
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I was ghosted by a recruiter after the offer signed [closed]
I went through 2 rounds of interviews. I was offered the job, contracts was signed, onboarding forms completed and the start date was set.
2 days before the start date I get a message that the start ...
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Western recruiters' sentiment towards a long work experience in China [closed]
As a foreigner, I've been working at a big tech company in Mainland China for over 4 years and I increasingly feel the work culture of this company does not align well with my personal values.
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My interviewer has a serious legal offense charge, and I'm not sure the company knows. What should I do?
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I have been in the interview process with a company in California. There is nothing ...
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Has my internship offer expired? No response/call back from recruiter after offer letter was sent
I'm a current CS student and was vying for an internship with Company A. I had interviews in December, and received a verbal offer by phone from my recruiter in the same month. Then, around last week, ...
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Interviewing with interviewer in a time zone 15h shift from mine
To give a little bit of context, during my career I had many times interviews at very out of 'office hours' times. For example I had interviews from 1:00 AM to 3:00 AM and others. After so many of ...
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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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How to let a recruiter know you're not seriously considering another job but you are exploring your options
I'm currently happy with my job, but I want to explore other positions because
I've been at the same company for 5 years.
I want to know how my technical and interviewing skills fare in todays job ...
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Internal Recruiter Non-Responsive After Interview Request, Reschedule
I’m asking this question as an academic attempting to transition into industry/non-academic work. Two weeks ago a team at a national lab reached out to me out of the blue to inform me about a position ...
