Questions tagged [recruitment]
The process of finding potential new employees.
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How to correctly say that I “changed my mind” and do it beautifully?
Not long ago, a company contacted me and offered me a job with them, since they were very interested in my candidacy. Communication proceeded easily, without breakdowns or other conflicts, everything ...
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Recruiter requesting driver license for initial job offer
So a recruiter from a staffing company is asking me for my driver's license in order to submit me to a company(The State of Washington supposedly) and setup an initial interview. My issue comes from ...
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Is it ethical to back out of final interview round?
There was a recruitment process of three rounds for research executive role in a leading market research company. There were 14 post graduate students shortlisted for the first round from the college. ...
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Is There a Statute of Limitation when an Agency Headhunter Presents a Candidate to a Company?
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A few months back an agency headhunter reached out to me about head of engineering position in a Fintech company. I had four rounds of interviews, going up all the way to the CTO.
After the ...
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Rethinking the decision to accept a job offer [closed]
I have been offered a job in one of the most renowned companies in the IT industry. During the interview process, I have been humiliated and disregarded by the fact that I don't come from an IT ...
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How can I tell if a recruiter is actually representing a candidate they present?
It seems like some of these recruiters that contact us are not actually working with the candidates they present. For instance, a couple times, we have indicated an interest to interview and their ...
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Can a UK company discriminate against former employees of another company when recruiting?
Is it legal for a UK company - Company A - that is recruiting, to decide not to consider any applicants who have previously worked at Company B?
In the situation I am navigating, Company B has closed ...
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Remind or be patient?
So, thanks to the advice of the @keshlam, my plan was accepted (this plan is designed for approximately 3-4 months, as the head asked). He responded like this a couple of days ago:
Good afternoon, ...
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Do you mention courses on your CV if you don't feel confident with them?
Over the last couple of years I've taken a couple of online courses through Coursera: Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics, and Machine Learning. I've also been to a summer school on plasma physics.
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Could I be blacklisted from applying to a company after submitting non-identical resumes? [closed]
Hello I think I messed up…
I applied to two different internships at the same company, but for each internship, I used a different email and resume.
The reason I did this was to make myself eligible ...
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The employer gives a job, but asks for a “plan” of work with a horizon until the end of summer
So, this is a continuation of my topics :) This and this.
I need some advice.
I found a scientific group (part of a large scientific institute). The lab staff includes several dozen people, about half ...
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How do I approach going back to an old company?
I previously worked for this logistics company for almost two years. It was a startup at the time and I was the second hire. At the end of the two years, we had grown this company to almost 50 people. ...
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When applying for a job, should I mention that I previously declined a job offer from a sister company?
I have applied for a job at Company "A" a few months ago. The recruitment process went smoothly, and at the end I got a job offer. However, I politely declined the offer, since I also got a ...
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Is it ok to interview with other companies after accepting a signed offer with little acceptance time
I recently received a job offer from Company A that only gave me the weekend to accept. When I asked for more time to think about, the company (for reasons) firmly said I had to accept by Monday. I ...
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How do I get rehired if my contract was terminated because of breach of confidentiality
Hi I'm 20 year old uni student and have been working as a receptionist at a student accommodation for about 2 years. This week, I was immediately fired from my job as they've said I have breach of ...
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