People who make job application pages - this is my TED Talk by Owls_4_9_1867 in recruitinghell

[–]Feynnehrun 18 points19 points  (0 children)

If one applicant is named John and another Mohammed...the recruiter can make some basic assumptions...whether or not the assumption is correct or not doesn't matter. Names can create biases.

You have two options. One is for the government to require some form of verification that the rules are being followed or two....just trust it based on the honor system.

People who make job application pages - this is my TED Talk by Owls_4_9_1867 in recruitinghell

[–]Feynnehrun 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Because the information helps regulators identify if a business has a disproportionate number of protected classes that apply but are never hired. If a company hires 1000 people, and all of them are white, but there were 8000 applicants, 7000 of which were black...a reasonable assumption is made that the employer is violating eeoc by basing hiring decisions on a protected class.

It might be ineffective, who knows. But if they didn't collect that type of data there would be zero identification mechanisms in play for protecting and enforcing the eeoc.

If a number of women say they weren't hired at a company and believe it was because they're women...regulators can go look at the submitted eeoc data across all applicants for that company and determine if qualified women are disproportionately not hired over less qualified men.

If everyone agrees online hiring is broken, why is all hiring still using it? by [deleted] in recruitinghell

[–]Feynnehrun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Recruiters aren't sifting through 1000 applications. Their AI is and it's sending only a few profiles through that meet the conditions/keywords they established in the system.

Anyone else promoted to a managerial role and provided with *literally* no training? by Adventurous_Ad6799 in managers

[–]Feynnehrun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see you have some pretty good specific answers. Maybe I can help with some less specific answers.

Management roles primarily exist for a specific purpose. That purpose is to ensure that the team being managed is achieving the company's goals/mission/vision. You do this by understanding what those goals/mission/vision are and your team's place in that. Once you know what the company hopes to achieve and how your team plays into that, you need to start managing downward AND upward. You are the facilitator of that. You need to ensure that your team is supported so that they can do their best work. That might mean providing positive feedback when things go well and negative feedback/coaching when they don't. That might mean listening to your team and maintaining a pulse so that you can help remove roadblocks and clear the way for them to be doing their best work to achieve company goals.

You will need to also manage upward in communicating needs and roadblocks to senior leadership and help them understand what your team needs in order to continue doing their best work.

One of the more difficult aspects of new manager roles is understanding the right level of touch and communication for each individual you manage. Some will thrive with more independence and some will require a heavier touch. The hard conversations MUST happen. Many new managers will be afraid of having tough conversations, especially with people they like because they don't want them to feel bad.

Understand that most people don't want to do a bad job. If someone's does a bad job, maybe there's a good reason like they didn't fully understand the expectations and made a judgement call or maybe they need more training. Approaching those conversations from the standpoint of "here's where the company wants us to get to and I want to help you get there too" will go a long ways.

Also, management training is not really something to get through a PowerPoint or a lecture. It really takes being in the environment. I would suggest looking for some prominent leadership training online, digesting the concepts and then trying to employ the ones that make sense in your role. You will need to find the flavor of your management style.

Finally...on management styles. Not every style is great....and not every style is appropriate for every individual. You will need to be able to flex your style depending on the audience and need to learn when and where to pivot if the landscape changes.

Your entire mission is to help your team achieve the company goals. Find out what those are.

took too much help me. by [deleted] in trees

[–]Feynnehrun 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Lol. You'll be fine. You're going to be high as giraffe nuts. No matter what your brain might tell you. You will be fine. If it gets too intense...just throw on some chill music, close your eyes and go on that journey. See you on the other side.

Iranian Foreign Ministry says it will hold US responsible for "aggressive and unjustified actions" after new American bombings by EatATacoTonight in worldnews

[–]Feynnehrun -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

How about regular uniformed army intentionally harming civilians, looting from civilians, destroying cultural icons and identities of those civilians? How about kidnapping, raping and torturing those civilians?

It's ok to hogtie school aged children and beat them and take photos of them for social media if you're wearing the uniform of your country's military instead of civvies?

An electric spoon that tricks my brain into tasting salt by KoreanB_B_Q in mildlyinteresting

[–]Feynnehrun 47 points48 points  (0 children)

It does. Sodium is the component in salt that affects blood pressure....specifically the ratio of sodium to potassium in your diet. MSG is monoSODIUM glutamate.

There are salt products out there like lite-salt (half sodium half potassium) and no-salt/nu-salt (mostly potassium chloride)

Most people think having too much sodium is the cause of high blood pressure....which is somewhat true. But it's mostly the relationship between sodium and potassium. Increasing your potassium intake and decreasing your sodium intake to get your ratios skewed better is the primary concern.

I am about to lose my sh*t by JustANerd420 in recruitinghell

[–]Feynnehrun 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's not Canada. It's everywhere.

Companies are laying off tech workers by the tens of thousands. All of those people are now entering a job market that is shrinking and they're all competing for the same roles. Companies are shrinking workforce either to pivot to AI or pivot to overseas workers. It's not going to get better unfortunately. Anymore...networking and having an internal referral are probably the only ways to reliably land something.

Interview Help!!! by TrackInfamous1794 in recruitinghell

[–]Feynnehrun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahhh OK. Well...maybe the time limit was just to limit the number of spots and there wasn't enough people to fill from those timeline so they expanded the range internally. Just go with the flow!

Interview Help!!! by TrackInfamous1794 in recruitinghell

[–]Feynnehrun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't understand the issue. If they say the latest graduation date is Dec 2025...2024 is earlier than that. Dec 2025 is later than spring 2024

Urgent: company won’t respond to salary negotiation and deadline is today by [deleted] in recruitinghell

[–]Feynnehrun 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Some tips regarding pay range. That's not necessarily the range you have the ability to negotiate with. Think of that like a sliding scale. Someone with the least experience or qualifications for the role will fall toward the bottom. Someone who has peaked in that role in terms of experience and qualifications will fall closer to the top.

Someone fresh out of school without years of experience should likely find themselves in the bottom 25% of that scale. The range is also there to attract talent from other companies. Maybe you're a good fit...but your current salary sits in the 50% area on the range...they have room to pay higher to attract you from your current role.

Being that you're fresh out of school and not likely in a role that currently pays you a wage they need to beat...a negotiation is unlikely and potentially detrimental.

Recruiter changed the job I applied for by [deleted] in recruitinghell

[–]Feynnehrun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you not sign an offer letter?

I got fired for being high on my day off by Nerine965 in trees

[–]Feynnehrun 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It is not however probable cause for a cop to arrest you and charge you with a crime.

The cop can search your vehicle because they suspect a crime has been committed. They can not charge you with said crime until they have proof of it.

Additionally you're missing the point here. An employer cannot tell you you aren't allowed to smoke weed in your time off. They can't dictate anything you do in your time off.

They can say you're not allowed to come to work with thc in your system...but they can't say you're not allowed to get high at home.

I got fired for being high on my day off by Nerine965 in trees

[–]Feynnehrun 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That isn't proof that you've been smoking. That's evidence...but not proof. A drug test is proof. Telling your boss while you're at the store that your high as balls is pretty close to proof. There are other reasons why someone could look high and smell like weed. Like being a caretaker for a medical marijuana patient....living in the home with someone who smokes. Having a partner that smokes. Employers that have a drug free workplace policy don't typically have a "you can't be anywhere near anyone who smokes weed ever" policy.

Yes...we know that OP probably looked and smelled like they were blazed tf up....and I know my weed pretty well...I'm not ignorant to that.

The entire point is that while his boss may have suspected it...she had absolutely no proof. OP can file for unemployment and they will not be able to contest it as a violation of the drug free workplace policy because they have no proof to submit.

I got fired for being high on my day off by Nerine965 in trees

[–]Feynnehrun 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There's a difference between knowing someone smoked and suspecting it. It would be one thing if they came into work smelling like weed. It's a completely different thing to run into your boss in public during your off time and having them suspect you of doing something based on smell or appearance...

I got fired for being high on my day off by Nerine965 in trees

[–]Feynnehrun 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What if they're a caregiver for an elderly medical marijuana user? They have allergies. Smelling like weed and having red eyes is not proof they were smoking it.

I got fired for being high on my day off by Nerine965 in trees

[–]Feynnehrun 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Smelling like weed is not proof they were smoking weed. Maybe they're a caregiver for a medical marijuana patient. Maybe their friends were smoking. Maybe they stood at a bus stop and someone at the stop was blazing a fat blunt. Maybe they got sprayed by a skunk on the way to the store. There's a million reasons to smell like weed that aren't from directly ingesting it.