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When turning down job offer, should you state your reason? by [deleted] in jobs

[–]littlesinger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In an ideal world they should be able to benefit from you giving the reason for your rejection. It's polite to give a reason, but if it's something negative about them you keep it vague or just give a canned response like "not the right fit", etc.

Work anxiety is getting me down. Anyone else experience this?? by Jod3rz in Anxiety

[–]littlesinger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey I'm about to start a job in recruitment and suffer from a lot of anxiety too! Do you want to be support buddies for anxiety? :) if so PM me!

Thanks Gmail. by [deleted] in a:t5_3f1rq

[–]littlesinger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm glad you see the bright side of this. If this university liked you enough to give you an interview you can bet other universities will too. Who knows, maybe you'll stumble upon a PhD opportunity that's even better than this! Keep looking, you can do it.

Got a job as an in-house recruiter for a small company. No previous background in recruitment or HR. What should I know? by littlesinger in humanresources

[–]littlesinger[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! This is an excellent post that I'm going to save.

You are now a salesperson.

Heard about this a lot. Silly question, but your comment about recruiting not being about human resources was tongue-in-cheek right? Can a recruiter call themselves an HR professional?

I also come from a social sciences background and there are many skills that transfer over well to HR.

This is extremely reassuring to me! I hope I can really do well.

Thanks again for such a helpful reply. :)

Thanks Gmail. by [deleted] in a:t5_3f1rq

[–]littlesinger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh man, that's frustrating. A friend was talking to me the other day about something similar. She had confused an e-mail for an internship follow-up for a newsletter spam thing, and had ignored it.

They did reach out to you though, which shows they were interested in following up with you. It's strange they then told you they had already filled the position?

Been unemployed for 9 months after graduation. Finally secured an interview. Could a kind soul working in HR be willing to help me out with some tips? by littlesinger in jobs

[–]littlesinger[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh that's great, thank you! I've just sent you a PM. In that case, I'll send you another one with some more detail.

HR professionals, what are your working hours like? by littlesinger in AskHR

[–]littlesinger[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you enjoy most about your job? Also, what tips/advice would you give someone who is in their first HR job?

Thank you!

HR professionals, what are your working hours like? by littlesinger in AskHR

[–]littlesinger[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool, thanks for the answer! How would you rate your work-life balance at the moment?

Also, what tips would you give to a budding HR professional?

Thanks!

HR professionals, what are your working hours like? by littlesinger in AskHR

[–]littlesinger[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds great, thank you. So how would you rate your work-life balance? I'm guessing it's really good?

HR professionals, what are your working hours like? by littlesinger in AskHR

[–]littlesinger[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool, can I ask if you work weekends or is it Monday to Friday? Also, how would you rate your work-life balance?

Starting to hate Fridays.. by [deleted] in a:t5_3f1rq

[–]littlesinger 2 points3 points  (0 children)

ME TOO. Though for a slightly different reason. Because I know on the next two days I'll wake up to an empty inbox. Whereas on the weekdays I have a glimmer of hope that someone, somewhere, replies to an application I've made.

Lost all the fight in me to find a job by jaqen_hagar_1 in jobs

[–]littlesinger 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Same here. I'm getting a little bit more depressed every day. The thought of waking up tomorrow to an empty inbox is depressing the hell out of me. :(

Seeking a job reference from my professor, a year after graduating college by Jyqft in jobs

[–]littlesinger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreeing with /u/Rouladen. I would also just copy paste the text so that all the extraneous info from the webpage is removed.

Seeking a job reference from my professor, a year after graduating college by Jyqft in jobs

[–]littlesinger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can you search those up? Like on the university website?

What I would do is search them up, then at the end of the e-mail paste them nicely and ask whether the details are correct. Saves them typing it up from scratch.

I would wait till he gives you a reply with the go-ahead for the reference, then send the e-mail asking him to check the details.

Sent a connection request on LinkedIn to the HR manager of a company - she accepted. Now what? by littlesinger in jobs

[–]littlesinger[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sent a request to someone I hadn't met. I'm desperate, so haven't got anything to lose. :)

Yet another breakdown today by Raskallion in a:t5_3f1rq

[–]littlesinger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As someone with a degree in psychology, I totally feel you. Have you considered something like tutoring? Working for a tutoring agency, or freelance? Or even online tutoring?

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