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@@ALifeAfterLayoff Applying for jobs is the slowest and least efficient way to find a new role. Would you mind examining the sheer lunacy of that sentence for just one minute? How can employers read a sentence like that and still dare to think that they haven't royally f*cked everything up?
@@martinjohnson1534 I appreciate the point of the statement, but I teach how to reclaim control over your career by applying strategy at all levels. We can complain and be unhappy about it, but it doesn't change anything. Or we can look at it objectively for what it is, and use that knowledge to our advantage. I prefer the latter.
years ago I made a solemn promise if I ever win the lottery I will go to interviews for sport and mess with them the way they do people desperate for jobs. "Why should I work here?" "Why did the last person leave this position?" "How long has this position been open?" "Can I contact any references to confirm the integrity of working at this company?" and on and on...
Signs you're a red flag employer; #1.) You ask the applicant to fill out the same information that is on the resume they just submitted. #2.) During the interview, you review the resume for the first time, asking redundant questions. #3.) You ask the employee to take a test based on how well they perform with others employees and include ignorant questions like "would you steal from the company if you could?". #4.) You make applicants jump through hoops, to ensure they are a trainable, loyal, dog. #5.) The employer lies about the job description.
Just reverse these. I've had employers be late, unready, no reception with a locked front door, not specifying who they are (both written - interview tomorrow at 10, and for phone interviews - remember me, one of ten applications you made a month ago), ask you to call them and never pick up, won't specify number of rounds or interview processes, won't specify what they do or their current projects, state that they don't have an opening they're just window shopping, lie about wage / required skills / duties, crap talk ex employees or other applicants, throw their own receptionist under the bus, unusually low salary, etc.
I have found that EMPLOYERS FREQUENTLY SHOW UP LATE AND UNPREPARED FOR THE INTERVIEWS THEY THEMSELVES HAVE SET UP. And yet they somehow get by with making hiring decisions based on an employee's promptness and preparedness. I would NEVER work for an organization with that kind of double standard. When I was recruiting, I heard horror story after horror story about business owners not even pretending to be interested in the process.
It's funny you mention this...I had an interviewer show up 15 minutes late, and was really mad the whole time she had to interview me, and was kind of giving me attitude whenever I asked her a question. Meanwhile, the other person left the room to answer a phone call. What kind of organisation is this if that's how you go about your business? It was safe to say I was NOT interested.
@@maxalberts2003 I was once in a position to interview my future boss. My previous boss, who had quit, was really chill and gave me a lot of autonomy. So one of the things I thought of doing was showing up 5 minutes late to the interview and then asking them how they felt about me showing up late. I didn’t do it, but I thought about it!
So true! I interviewed at a company who couldn’t answer any of my questions about the role, botched the salary negotiation, and then had people coming and going at odd intervals during my interview. I had a terrible feeling about the role but decided to take it because I was trying to break into tech as a late career changer. The biggest lesson I learned from accepting that job is to trust your gut if you have a bad feeling about anything from the start.
Nonsense. I'm 61 and can have any job I want. I do seasonal and temp jobs and could go full time at any place I've ever worked, from hospitality to construction.
It's not your age it is the management of the company and what they are looking for as jobs are available for people above 40 because of experience and knowledge
It depends on the industry and values of the employer. I worked at a hospital for 11 years. The original manager liked hiring older staff because she felt we were "more reliable." In her words fewer call outs due to late nights and partying. The new manager was the complete opposite. For the next 7 years she only hired 2 or 3 people over the age of 30. She liked the cheap labor and malliable minds that were to scared to talk back. I got sick of working in sororiety girl hell so I applied for a transfer.
But not unfounded. I've read stories on LinkedIn from recruiters who gave a candidate a leg up in the interview process because they had a mutual friend.
I got one of my previous jobs with the help of my cousin, who was their accountant, they couldn't find anyone for the position for less than 535€ net and I was willing to do it for minimum(~490€ net) wage just to get a job.. Months later they fired my colleague from our "2 person job role", then a year later I was in the position of "Either I get ~700€ net a month or I'll leave" considering I was doing 5 roles at the time, having to take the fired person's job onto myself, I was told that if I want more I can leave since they got someone else and.. I did, followed by 4 more people, including the person they hired for my role, who didn't go back after a single day. After I left my cousin told me that she thinks the company will stay afloat for maybe 2 years considering how much money the owners take out instead of paying off debt and such, they filed for bankruptcy mid summer. The person in my role they fired decided to go to university instead and now makes almost 3x as much as he did at the company.
One huge thing being left out: if the person interviewing you thinks youre possibly going to be a better employee than they are……, theyll trash your resume, dump your file and never hire you! Sad but true.
THIS! I'm an entrepreneur and been moving into the corporate world, and there is a whole different mentality and an entire political system (game) that is foreign to me (because it's ridiculous and self centered) and this has been a big challenge. Be good but don't be better than the guy above you, work hard but don't be the first one in and the last one out, just do your job without a care for the future of the company, respect a person for their job title not their actual contributions... it's gross and really just stupid.
That happened to a friend. He was an attorney, and if I have the story correct, when he was a lot younger, he was looking for a job. When he finished being interviewed, and left the interviewers office, he saw the interviewer throw his resume in the trash. Of course, he was not hired by that company. However, I'm pleased to write that he had a successful career as a corporate attorney. RIP Bob
💯 I was the best candidate for a great job at a top company right out of grad school. Made it to the final round where it was between me and another candidate. I didn’t get the job, and came to learn that all but one of the decision makers wanted to hire me rather than the other candidate. I immediately knew who 86’ed me because he looked at my stellar resume - and me - with disbelief and disgust throughout the interview. 😂
Or use sites like Indeed to tell the info they "feel" needs to be told, have someone apply, bring them in, and then inform of things that weren't on Indeed - some of which were LITERALLY THE MAKE OR BREAK OF SOMEONE'S ABILITY TO DO THE JOB (such as the times and days). I think using only Indeed is a red flag employer...Every job I've tried for there, I've either been ghosted or informed of things i needed to know prior to the job interview. So guess who's wasted time over that crap, and who doesn't have many job skills in the first place? Me.
I still don't understand why there has to be this ludicrous nonsense around salary. Like, we're all supposed to pretend we aren't there for the money? So now we both waste our time.
Employers still are under the impression that their company is anything more than a piece of paper and they're doing us some sort of favor when they post some jobs.
I am the master of hopping industries… That’s why I’m out of the workforce and started a business. I’ve worked in medical, theatre, steel, software design, service… the list goes on. Some people are wired for variety, and some people go into an opportunity needing to be exposed to new things. Once I’ve mastered what I’m doing the job seems stale and I’m planning my exit. I finally realized I’ve learned enough in life to manage my own business.
@@Behappy4ever-i7y I'm the same way! A TED talk was done on this a few years ago the called "Multipotentialite" also a few TH-cam videos are now starting to surface about having multiple interests. Like you said, some of are unicorns 🦄 & just love mixing it up 🙃! I've embraced this about myself & learned along time ago that "skill stacking" (is what I call it 🤣!) not only equals adaptability, but can transfer over into many other roles and business 😉💵✨️🫶🏾!
6:28 WRONG WRONG WRONG! *Never* admit that you’ve gotten fired from a job. Terrible advice, just terrible. Admitting something like that, even if directly questioned, is a great way to set yourself up for long-term unemployment. On this issue, you need to decide ahead of time to lie through your teeth to the interviewer’s face.
Unfortunately, you are right. Employers are often lying about many things. Lying seems to be expected nowadays. Not what I wanted to realize after years and years of being a naive honest jobseeker..
If it matters, companies will often say they fired someone even if they quit, and how does anyone really know the reason anyway? Even the one who walked away may not know. I think, the only way to be honest is to omit a job you're unsure of from your mention, and resume too if necessary. Just realize that an uncertain past can be caused so easily and it's hard to get around it and therefore many employers really just don't even ask for a resume, and it's better to find one that won't leave you like that.
@Destroyer_13 Never be a slave inside your own head, even if you have to be one in reality. You can always walk away or do something different. A resume is just to resume a job, and it's not some dance you must perform in some particular way. Also, if you learn to be a contractor and how contracts and skills can land you a job, you might not even need the resume.
Im under no obligation to tell the recruiter i got fired. Most employers dont care and im not giving them an excuse to not hire me. They can do that on their own
I think my last interviewer thought I lied about an experience. I have no idea why they thought that, but I can pinpoint the exact moment they stopped taking the interview seriously. No loss, there is no way I would want to work with someone who would not trust me.
In 2013 I started job with 15 min short interview, stayed there for 4 years, no drama, no problem. Returned to the same place but different department in 2023 and gosh, this is a battleground. Two interviews, that last for hours, test questions, thorough background checks. No training, no onboarding, coworkers point out your mistakes and cc higher management, snitches snitch on you, gossips, badmouthing. 60% of tasks are far outside of your job description. What happened to job market 😱
@@cpK054L may you explain more on why India is responsible for this experience commenter shared? I’m in the United States, and don’t know what the prior commenter’s market is.
@@ancientburner I'll be very brief. Be from Chennai Undercut the market barely deliver on first milestone next milestone, mess up Demand you ship them from India to US Agree deliver on second milestone, and start locking away IP for job security Company A is handcuffed to these guys They make one of them managers They start hiring nepotistically, their cousins, aunts, uncles, some guy named Raja from Pune and Prathima from Jakarta. End up not fixing jack diddly shit. Product becomes literal shit. Company is being held together with government money, because there's the manager's cousins, friend's uncle who worked at the Nintendo of the Federal Reserve exploting grant money. US tries to implement a law saying that large companies are not allowed to hire unless they post the job first. So, what they do in short is make the description virtually impossible, and if they do match, the pay is criminally with the intent of shipping a family member with fake criterias to grab an H1B and then ship his family via a H2B and H4B. The solution to this issue is just to straight BAN H1-B visas, and companies that rely on it should go bankrupt. that includes big tech, because they make doodoo products nowadays anyways
@@ancientburner”Why should we hire someone here for 80,000 after benefit costs that I’ll have to deal with when we as a company can spend 20,000 a year and provide no benefits and have someone do the job overseas that I won’t have to interact with daily?”
Employer lying = no big deal. Applicant lying = red flag. Unaccountable employer = getting away with money or influence. Unaccountable employee = getting lawsuits and warrants. I guess we live in a society.
@@godsamongmen8003 what you also wrote can be a "I know a guy that can do it cheaper" argument. There's always a lot of nuance with the choice. If they have that attitude, they will indeed still have hundreds of applicants - no argument. But, do u choose and buy a mattres solely on price tag basis, like - which mattres is cheapest in the world, u get that one. How do u think that would impact ur sleep and subsequently quality of life? Workers are often company"s greatest capital, regardless if that is reflected in their salary or not. Close your eyes, imagine ure an emplyer and are looking for one employee for ur hard earned and painstakingly built business. Lowest of wages, and all wages below living wage included, dont promise effort bcs there's very little to lose on bith sides, and it usually ends up in loss on both sides. (Ive had eintitled bosses experiences ofc, their karma is good employees leave or circle widely around such places)
This is bad advice. My last job fired someone because they hid that they were fired before. And they probably wouldn’t have done it had he not hid that because then they started to wonder what else would he be willing to hide and they couldn’t allow that. Also BTW as someone who looked the guy up online yeah he was hiding and lying about a lot of crap. Some of which could get him in legal trouble.
@@ninjagirl226 He never would have got the job in the first place if he voluntarily said he was previously fired. Unless the company specifically asked about it before hiring then it's not a lie and no company would care after hiring anyways so I doubt this story. I always operate on not volunteering too much information.
@ It’s what happened. He didn’t volunteer it, but if you read my other comment he had enough of a trail to connect the dots. That you really didn’t need HR to ask the other company. We were just curious what in someone’s background gave them the nerve to boss us around; turns out it’s a guy with a lot to hide.
No, NEVER tell someone that you were fired/terminated. That is the WORSE advice I have ever heard in my life. Being “honest” when it comes to that stuff is not a good idea whatsoever.
unless youre applying for a federal job, withholding information is against the law; most of the time, they really don't care. They are looking for honesty
Unless it's an old job that doesn't matter. Otherwise...yes. If it were your last employer, definitely don't admit to being fired and juat roll the dice on the employer being contacted. I'd love to say to be honest about that, but too many have been burned on getting that second chance by being too honest. Even if you put a spin on it about what you learned and how you've grown due to being let go, most employers will not focus on that. You weren't good for that company and you won't be good for theirs. Bryan did a video as well about those being laid off against their will struggling to find a new job. If someone who was laid off is struggling, there would be little hope for a person who admits to being fired.
@@imberrysandy For federal jobs, especially security clearances, you do need to be 100% transparent. But unless they explicitly ask, there's no reasons to admit it openly.
Not a good idea, when employers do employment checks, the companies only provide dates. So there's no way to verify unless hiring mgr knows your former boss.
So in terms of "job hopping" my sister did graphic design and it is often short term work. It is challenging to obtain full time employment. Job hopping should not be a red flag given the frequency of layoffs today.
Always say "No" if asked have you been fired from a job. Honesty is not always the best policy. Just never put that job on your resume. Those employers do not check anyway and it's illegal for a former employer to disclose that information.
I've been fired after many years with the same company. I have only ever had this, and one other, job in my life. I can hardly keep that job off my resume! And if you think employers don't check... here's a reality check: they talk to your former employer even before deciding to invite you for an interview! That's why I don't even get replies to applications for minimum wage jobs...
@LittleKitty22 Well...if you've only had 2 jobs in your life then I guess you have to put the job you been fired from on your resume. However I would not put it even if I had 1 job my whole life. You would be an exception because you only had 2 jobs, I guess that would be up to you. That's why you're having trouble getting jobs. You're too honest. Sometimes on the application it asks "can they contact your current or previous employer" I always put No because it's none of my current or previous employer's business.
Wha, wha, wait! Back in 85, we all looked forward to a more compassionate workplace - as a certain half of the population were beginning to move beyond the clerical pool, and into managerial positions.
What's with these weird coping responses? Truth is they want to hire someone below market salary and think they can get away with it The worst part is that they usually can
100% accurate on how you treat people. When I was the hiring manager and worked in the office, I would routinely ask the receptionist about their impressions of the candidates. At first she was surprised because in all her years with the company no one asked for her opinion, but she provided valuable input and I rejected more than one seemingly perfect candidate because of how they treated her or how they acted in the lobby when the team couldn’t see them.
Brian… Let’s be real here. If ANY job candidate admits to getting terminated at their previous employer, the employer will reject the candidate and assume they are a liability. Have you personally moved a candidate forward to the next round that admitted to getting fired? What is the right response to someone who got fired then?
@@curtisrandolph1887 Human resources only gives that but the problem is in many types of business the managers know each other pretty well. Not only that but they will ask current employees if they ever worked with this person and would they recommend him/her. My manager just picks up his phone and calls his golfing buddy who is the manager of the place the new applicant is coming from. It is all off the record but if there was an issue with the applicant then the application goes into the shredder.
You forgot being honest, direct, transparent, having integrity, not ignoring when games are played, failing to pass the vibe check for the most senior NPD role, etc.
What I'm gathering from this is that employers don't actually want to ask applicants questions about their job history, but instead want to engage in some sort of pseudoscientific soothsaying by examining resumes and drawing assumptions from out of context facts.... Because if the resumes over two pages then it's too long....
True. But this may be a way to guard their time a bit. They can't take all the facts into account for maybe 30 applicants. Instead, they slim down the pool by using key metrics. We all prioritize a bit in this manner when we get busy, so I don't think it's nefarious, it's just self protection on their part.
You are a different breed because I’ve been on some awful interviews. The last truly awful interview I had was with our city college system. The panel of eight (8), yes, eight all arrived late, 15 minutes. I answered all their clinical questions, but I could tell the panel was going through the motions. More odd things happened, but I knew I didn’t want to work in their system.
I understand the idea behind these types of videos is to make the job seeker feel empowered and knowledgeable. But I can't lie: these videos are really depressing. There's so much hypocrisy involved in finding a role here in the USA. The majority of hiring managers do not belong in management. They prefer to take advantage of their power than lead and develop a great team. I can see why people contemplate ending their life when they get unexpectedly laid off or fired, especially if they don't have a strong support system or savings. I have no hope for our workforce here in the USA. I don't believe that good quality employers truly exist.
Btw: This is just to let others know that if you also feel this way, please know that you're not alone. But we have to keep pushing. We don't have any other choice. ❤
Hello, I'm a job seeker in Norway and feel exhausted from the process, but similarly, I keep pushing, even when I don't have much hope. Hypothetically, if I ever were to be a boss one day, I hope I can be a kind one. I know that some employers (managers) are good, because my boss at my part-time job is understanding and recognized value in me.
Life for the typical American citizen (and the western world in general, I guess) is an exercise in hypocrisy: We are ruled by both a representative democracy (increasingly corrupted into plutocracy) and a dictatorship (employment, with its hierarchy of kings/managers in your chain of command) simultaneously.
I am with you. See Revelati0n 21:8 and Pr0verbs 19:22. This life isn't all there is. I can understand people contemplating ending their life, but they must not. That is deemed self-/\/\urder in G0d's sight.
So if I don't tell them my salary expectations, then I'm difficult, but it's totally normal for them to refuse to disclose the budgeted salary range. That's some bullshit.
The job hopping thing shouldnt be a red flag because thats normal for some blue collar industries. For instance, im a truck driver and employers in this industry are so notoriously bad that all of us Class A Drivers just play musical chairs with them and its not uncommon to change jobs every 6 months. Don't ever bother ask for raises here, what one employer won't do another will.
I’ve been in construction my whole career and went wherever the work was. Once a project finished it was time to find a new job. It’s still this way even though I’m off the tools.
Job Hopping: I am in the oil & gas industry in Houston, TX. Very unstable due to oil prices and politics. I have had many short- term jobs not because I want to change but rather the companies are in trouble. At times I have taken an unrelated job in order to stay employed. My work history is what it is. How to present it. Don't say a Function Resume.
This guy gives bad advice. Don't talk about salary or ask for too much money? Tell them you were sacked? Take "ownership" if things don't go right? Following any of this advice won't get you anywhere. You have to present yourself as the perfect person, not some flawed third class loser who is desperate for a job. You gotta sell yourself as the greatest thing since sliced bread.
Don't make yourself perfect. At least for me, I would think you are not willing to take responsibility for when you make a mistake. And those are the worst kind of employees, always blaming others for their faults. It's disastrous for the theam cohesion and motivation.
@@ALifeAfterLayoff For real. Recruiters consider me to be a rockstar candidate, and I am definitely not perfect. My ability to realize when I am wrong and to course correct is a valuable and rare trait for employers to look out for. The worst employees I have dealt with are the ones that act like they are perfect.
Understood. I did the same. My lawsuit is suppose to close, since I've agree to settlement. Just the matter of whether my former employer really do the payout or not. If no payment come through by dateline time, lawsuit will become a court case.
@@lucristianx Same!! I started a new job, but I had interviewed with 26 companies, and the vast majority of them ended after speaking with the hiring manager... I did my homework, and most advice is about making it through the recruiter screening
@ same issue for me. Seems like a lot of hiring managers have a warped perception of what’s available. I keep hearing they’re easing off college degrees but have not seen it myself.
I live in California what I see is not a lot of people getting fired but a lot of people getting laid off because the companies are either filing bankruptcy or they're moving out of state because the taxes here are outrageous so unless you can follow that job to another state you will be out of work and not all of us can move to another state
One particular time, I was a red flag candidate, was when I got to the right place on time but the front desk staff mislead me saying it was in another building down the block, so I raced to that building all flustered only to go back to the original building where my interview actually was. So let that be a lesson to ask the front desk staff who you're there for for the interview more specifically.
So many companies seem to be looking for reasons to not hire you (or anybody), they just have to interview candidates to meet a quota or keep their public image up for the investors. Sad to say, but the nepo factor is stronger today, and 90% of my jobs (I'm a consultant) came unsolicited from someone who knew me and had a project. Since the late 1980's, cold resumes have resulted in very little new work ...
6:28 No Brian, just no. If you were fired from a job, just leave it off your resume and don't talk about it. I did that and fudged the dates a little bit from the job before that and it worked like a charm.
I've gotten asked about the gaps in my resume, and they accused me of trying to hide being fired from a nonexistent unspecified job because one of the gaps during the Great Recession was too large so "obviously" I had to have had some work in there, rather than being completely broke because I couldn't get hired and cashing in my IRA.
1. Late is not unprepared - if you think that way, let me ask you: where you ever late because of traffic? Being on time is PARTIALLY under your control. 2. Totally subjective, but yes, the recruiter will choose the option that is easier for HIM, not you. Regarding salary expectations, do not apply to jobs who don't post a range: 99% are a waste of time. 3. A lot of successive jobs is called contracting. Some recruiters are too thick to get that. Too bad. 4. Salary negotiations are exactly that. If you think this is a red flag, you do not have the ability to negotiate. Too bad.
I've never been late to an interview because I've always given myself a decent buffer time to account for things like traffic. Not planning for the unexpected is precisely the definition of not being prepared.
Being late is an executive functioning issue. You aren’t prepared and have lousy time management. This is an employer’s market. Why give them that easy way to boot you out? Pad an extra 30 mins and get there on time. And yes. I’ve had to do this with my city’s shit tactic bus system. What a treat.
@@joshuah345 If you have an "executive functioning disorder", then you need to only apply to jobs that are willing to accommodate that. I know I'm hitting the NEXT>> button the nanosecond a candidate says that.
I showed up on time to an online interview and waited. Employer was given wrong passcode or something. Then, wanted to know where I was. I said, no thank you.
The blue collar job market is thriving for people with experience. The problem is that getting that first experience is often down to nepotism and cronyism even more than it is in the white collar job market.
@hidesbehindpseudonym1920 The blue collar market is thriving for people who have experience and pay for licenses, who are willing to work for a few dollars more than a gas station worker, with endless overtime. Unions are dead and these are the consequences.
Most of these are also red flags done by employers. Somehow they’re allowed to show those red flags and that’s okay but if candidates do the same, then you’re on a bad spot,when in reality obviously it should be punished on both ends.
Rejecting a candidate for changing jobs too many times is code for "the employer thinks you're getting too old." That's ageism, a prohibited form of discrimination.
Agism is a problem, but not in this context. In this context, the employer doesn't want you to leave after being there just a couple of years. I know that works against gaining raises by job hopping, but I'm only speaking from the employer's perspective. I still think it's better to job hop every two to three years for raises, personally.
Most states are finally passing laws requiring that companies disclose pay ranges for jobs. I don't think it's technically unrealistic expectations people have but the fact that most companies hide what they are going to pay and are trying to pay as low as they possibly can. I've seen nearly the exact same job with similar responsibilities at multiple companies have a difference of pay of $30,000 - $50,000. So for one of those jobs they will say your expectation is ridiculous while another says it is exactly what they want to pay.
A few bad career decisions in my late teens and early twenties caused me disappointment and dead end jobs. I had to do some soul searching and figure things out before I got my life and career in order. Opinions and experiences are my own. Have a good day reader.
Thank you for sharing! This video is a good reminder that I don’t want to go back into the workforce 😅 too much nonsense I will say though, I did get my last job (finance) after “bro-ing out” with the interviewer. But this was in 2021 when jobs were easy to find and, of course, you have to read the room.
from an experienced recruiter (myself) if someone is doing an interview in person - i always asked the receptionist how they presented themselves when they come in and provide this feedback to the hiring manager. it may seem small but its important, everyone needs to be treated with respect regardless of role
Salary expectation is a tricky thing. Stingy ones will think a candidate expectation is too high, whilst there are employers willing to hire fresh grad with no relevant previous experience equal to rate of someone with 2-3 years experience. Salary is always subjective. There's no such thing a market rate anymore nowadays. It was in the 90s & early 2000s but not now. You just need to go to the place that value you the most.
Not that I recommend anyone do this on purpose, but I actually did show up late to an interview and still got the job 😂! However, I did call them ahead of time though. Like he said, take everything with a grain of salt and it just depends on the employer ❤. Great video 😊!
Salary expectation is a very sensitive topic, especially in tech. BigTech pays alot, same as certain startups, enterprise recruiters are never in tune with those salaries, traditional enterprise are extremely low and conservative, even for the hottest new skills
I'm a red flag. I have job-hopped a lot. But the reason is because I actually ignored red flags during the interview process for a lot of those jobs. And, later (when hired) felt the karma of ignoring the red flags when the work demands/boss/office environment/pay felt so toxic that I eventually quit. And the karma goes on because nowadays employers mostly ignore my submitted resumes or I get an interview but the interviewers rush through questions, seem almost hostile (not smiling, almost contemptuous). The joke is, I don't actually want their lousy jobs (and maybe the interviewer can sense that) but I'm about to reach the bottom of the barrel financially. Also, most "recruiters" that contact you on sites like LinkedIn are bullsh*t peddlers and I've learned the hard way that I just need to ignore them. I've learned some new skills in the past year. Hoping to turn that into self-employment. Fingers crossed.
Essential analysis, here! This essay is easily applicable to life. I think in these terms when I'm dating, looking for a job/hiring for a job, renting an apartment. It all comes down to one's philosophy; how you do anything is how you do everything.
I will say a big issue with this channel is that it looks at HR which is so out of touch with operations. We recently had to scramble to setup a meeting for someone on our finance team since HR never properly set it up and then was refusing calls from the candidate. Luckily she is now onboarded, but a key is showing what you can do to the people that matter. HR tends to just hear static when you show them gritty detail, so ensure you are simplifying the message for the audience when appropriate
I see a lot of negative comments below based on cynicism about companies. Lord knows, you should be cynical about the companies, but this advice is really good for those looking for a job. Ignore at your own risk. I subscribed because he is trying to help and gives good, honest advice. I appreciate the channel. A lot of this should be common sense, but isn't for a lot of people. I remember a time in my life when I was desperate about finding a job. Those were bad days, and glad I got past them.
Great list. I once interviewed for a job when I was in college where they told me they had interviewed someone who treated their receptionist condescendingly and she reported that to them. I had just been having a great conversation with the receptionist and couldn’t believe someone would be like that. I got a job offer from them lol
Red flags Not a family member Not willing to work dirt cheap Not being a doormat Asking what the pay is, though they ask you what you want for $ Being over 40 Not answering illegal questions Not bending over backwards for interview Unwilling to work for free as part of the interview Unwilling to wait over an hour past interview time before seeing someone Unwilling to sign extremely 1 sided contract
that is the case these days...no more 20-30 years at a company....places will dangle a raise or promotion like a carrot and you never get it.....never go and beyond your job title..all it does is show you will do more work for less money.......remember you train people how to treat you..
No, that is still good advice. 3 years is enough for HR to consider you worth it. It’d be a red flag if you were job hopping after only 1 year or less at each job.
Well yes. If you were a junior web design, that Junior job probably won't change in 2 years but if you become a senior designer you need to find a new job and do more/train juniors. A company may not have the position or budget to pay you more for the same job.
I won't lie, I struggle with the whole "resume matching" bit simply because I may know a little about a skill, but I wouldn't say I know it well ENOUGH, like enough to confidently say "yeah, I can do that". Or I may know how to sweep my house, but I don't know how to mop an office. I only have the sheer basics, all because I've learned from my previous workplace, or because I live in my own home - though I don't know how to run a cash register and also am slow with numbers. However, I don't feel confident enough in my "computer skills" to say that yes, I can do detailed web pages without screwing it up, or to say that I'm confident in my art skills to be able to draw a fully rendered picture of someone's dog. While I can do some of each - especially the art part, minus the rendering and maybe drawing of a dog, I wouldn't want to sell it off past something I do as a hobby. Otherwise, I'm definitely starting to think more about being more aware of where I get job recs from. I've been "relying" on Indeed to find jobs, but all of them had either been a bust, someone ghosted me, or I'd be informed of REALLY IMPORTANT information AT THE INTERVIEW - and this info was what I needed to know before, otherwise I wouldn't have applied because it was not in my capability (namely hours and the days I work, since I don't have my own vehicle and otherwise would rely on public transportation or try to have a job within walking distance - meaning weekends and the occasional holidays like Labor Day are harder for me to get to work without a more expensive method like Uber). Basically, I feel like Indeed is taking the easy way out and an all out waste of time - to the point where I'd even call it a scam. I'm sure if I had more skills and the like, it wouldn't be so hard, but it is. I'm making more money without a job due to having special needs, therefore being able to apply for benefits, than I would with a job right now.
Thank you for making this video. I have been trying to land a better job for the better part of 2-3 years and one or two of the pointers you made in this video may have been an influence this entire time. Currently running for the best opportunity I've seen so far, so this video will help me significantly.
How about this Bryan. Employers hiring a person just to let him/her go EXACTLY in tha last day of probation which is EXACTLY the last day of the performance appraisal. WHY? To intimidate existing people, threaten them and give no raises. How is this finding?
@@Info-God yes, this happened to me. My current boss hired me and told me to get rid of my team and rehire new staff. One staff was made redundant by her but she hid behind me so that everyone thought it was me. The rest of the team either asked for transfer or resigned in their own as they got shocked. The one made redundant was 2 years away from . Now she is often nitpicking, micromanaging and scheming behind my back to get me to resign on my own.
Why can't the potential employee simply ask, when the salary issue is raised, well how much are you willing to offer, now that you know the breadth and depth of my experience? Because frankly, if the potential employer is going to eliminate you based on desired salary, the prospective employee should also be allowed to reject any company -- early on -- not willing or able to meet his or her salary expectations. This should not be a 'trick' question. It's a basic query that both sides should be able to answer honestly.
I've heard the advice of never talking badly about your previous employer even when they were super toxic and harassing you. I think it's more of a red flag on the entire corporate culture if nobody ever wants to hear anything bad about other employers, even though everybody knows they exist.
When I was trying to find a new job I often had the issue of being called while at work, I couldn't talk in the office, often I was out in the manufacturing hall and I always asked them to either call me back later, around 4pm(I worked 7:40-3:40) or that I would call them later giving them a timeframe and often they don't call me back despite agreeing to it or don't pick up at the time we agreed on. Being unreachable when unemployed is different, but damn I got scolded by some recruiter trying to get me to swap to a higher responsibility job for the same minimum wage, because I couldn't talk at 1pm at work while we were working on a floorplan lol About embellishment.. I need to work up my previous job, because outside doing floorplans and making sure some documents are up to date it was just Excel copy-paste, then the job before that I had so many roles I need to leave out some from time to time when talking to hiring managers/recruiters at foreign huge companies, local companies are different, because Pista doing 5-6 jobs for 800$ before tax(so like 530$ lol) is a usual thing for small and medium sized companies here.
Yes, but the recruiters are working the same hours so they expect the "serious" candidates to make themselves available during the recruiter's normal business hours.
This popped up on my feed and honestly this is exactly what I would expect from someone in a corporate HR position to say. Yeah, tell them you were fired! Honesty is the best policy! That has a super high success rate!! What a joke.
About the salary discussion. Once I said a range example 10000-13000 and they only heard 10000 the lower bottom. Still they couldn't even offer me my lowest range.
This is one of the reasons I don't give a range. Give a number, not a range, you want that's above the minimum you'll accept. Let them counteroff and THE YOU decide.
Once, I was invited to an interview at a contractor firm. I showed up late, I didn’t find the right person to meet. When I finally went into the very meeting, I stated that I don’t have any intentions to work as a contractor. I landed the job after a few days.
The last time I was job hunting was interesting. I have a resume that shows commitment, adaptability and value. I was amused to see who passed me over and where I ended up. My current manager saw my application and resume and said "this guy, we want this guy!" I was paid ~$45000 while going to school for this position and I'm compensated very well. The employer paid for my education and pays for my continuing education. They also trust me with expensive assets and liabilities as a trainee. Sometimes you have to find someone who appreciates you for what you are worth. If you have a good resume. My resume had education, landscaping, retail, heavy industry, facilities maintenance and operations on it before landing my job. Only time will tell if its my final career.
I wouldn't worry about that if your work history in the industry you're trying to leave behind is solid and long term. That's your indication of stability.
Have you ever considered putting out a video about how to approach an interview as a neurodivergent individual? From my experience, employers will brag on their website and in the job posting about how they are accommodating to applicants of all abilities/genders/races but in the interview setting you are expected to perform as if you are neurotypical -- making eye contact, displaying 'proper' body language etc. For neurodivergent people like me, we may often be perfectly qualified for the role, but we have to put a whole lot of effort into 'pretending' that we are able to pick up on social cues and it does not usually appear as genuine. I have an advanced degree and several years of experience in my field, but consistently fail during the interview process due to my struggles trying to fit into a job environment built for neurotypical people. Does this mean that being my authentic self around a prospective employer is a 'red flag'?
Yes, it is a red flag because most HR staff make their decisions based on vibes. If you aren’t making eye contact and exuding good vibes during an interview, then you will have a rough time against more charismatic but worse quality candidates. The exception being for extremely technical roles where they are specifically looking for a stellar neurodivergent talent. For example, OpenAI would probably be way more forgiving of the social faux pas as long as you have the skills they are looking for.
@ assuming everyone who is neurodivergent is meant to/wants to work in tech is pretty ableist. I’m a field ecologist, and so many people tell me to get into tech or financing because I won’t have to ‘deal with’ social interactions. That’s not the point, I have a right to persue a career that makes me happy and aligns with my ethics/morals, but no one seems to consider that something that comes easily to most people I find extremely pointless and difficult (small talk and eye contact). Doesn’t mean I’d be awful at meeting with landowners/stakeholders on site, it just means I have a hard time with high pressure interview settings. Switching careers is not an option or answer for me, but it would be nice if employers were more receptive to different ways of thinking and interacting… you know like they claim to do when stating that they are an equal opportunity employer
Watched this as I got an email from a school district for a security guard job; disqualified because of prior job termination (all three). They didn't care about the circumstances or how long ago, just a very binary pass/fail policy. Well, the next time you see a school resource officer leave the scene (Uvalde anyone?), you get what you pay for.
Reminds me of one job i had where i asked my boss why he hired me and it was because i actually listened to him when he was giving parking instructions before my interview. Turns out 3 other candidates didn't listen and couldn't get there on time to interview. That and my experience, but mostly cause i listened to instructions.
Some companies have unrealistic expectations for scheduling interviews. I’ve had organizations try to schedule interviews two days after the initial contact, or offer one day out of the middle of the next week for an interview I would have to arrange extensive travel and overnight accommodations for. If I was out of work or had an unusually flexible schedule this would be fine. But many jobseekers hold down full time jobs and actually need time to request off and have to schedule our interviews in a way that doesn’t make it obvious to our current employers that we are making moves to leave.
And there are times when employers/interviewers really value candidate experience. Early in my career I was scheduled for an interview at a location circa 45 miles away. I showed up appropriately early. (If I make it to an interview location too early then I hang out at a nearby fast food restaurant so I can arrive about 10-15 minutes early.) Interviewer came out and told me the job opening had been eliminated in that meeting he was just in right before our scheduled interview due to financial concerns. Then he asked if I would still like to interview. 😃 Especially because it was early in my career I was eager for real world interviewing experience. He knew I had driven a moderately long way and showed up on time. I have never worked for that company but engage with them quite a bit due to their supplying our company with products. That may not have seen like a good candidate experience to some. Can't they decide if they need the position until right before a candidate's interview (leaving interviewer and candidate in an awkward situation). I had worked in oilfield long enough to know that sudden changes happen. And pretty impressed at the interviewer offering to do it but letting me know there currently was no job.
Isn't job hopping more common these days? Also, I remember having a therapy session outside of work, but I found out months later, during my review, that my boss told me that he was talking to my therapist and he knew what I thought of him. I"ve heard that it's not legal to do that. I soon stopped going to therapy. But do other employers do this?
My spouse, though very successful, has moments of feeling too comfortable. I told him he better not think that all people enjoy wit or familiarity - this only works with long-time colleagues.
Applying for jobs is the slowest and least efficient way to find a new role. Here's why: www.alifeafterlayoff.com/this-is-the-worst-way-to-find-a-new-job/
@@ALifeAfterLayoff Applying for jobs is the slowest and least efficient way to find a new role. Would you mind examining the sheer lunacy of that sentence for just one minute? How can employers read a sentence like that and still dare to think that they haven't royally f*cked everything up?
@@martinjohnson1534 I appreciate the point of the statement, but I teach how to reclaim control over your career by applying strategy at all levels. We can complain and be unhappy about it, but it doesn't change anything. Or we can look at it objectively for what it is, and use that knowledge to our advantage. I prefer the latter.
Just started a new job last week, several people have already quit because of someone in our group I'm calling out because of him
But it's perfectly ok for me to arrive 15 early but the interviewer doesn't take for interview until 45 minutes later! Stop being a hypocrite!
years ago I made a solemn promise if I ever win the lottery I will go to interviews for sport and mess with them the way they do people desperate for jobs.
"Why should I work here?"
"Why did the last person leave this position?"
"How long has this position been open?"
"Can I contact any references to confirm the integrity of working at this company?"
and on and on...
I hope you win! 😂
I'm going to buy you a ticket.
The references was funny.
@@kyram123 dude, love the idea. Sounds like a good hobby
Make a podcast with the replies or no replies you get 👍
Signs you're a red flag employer;
#1.) You ask the applicant to fill out the same information that is on the resume they just submitted.
#2.) During the interview, you review the resume for the first time, asking redundant questions.
#3.) You ask the employee to take a test based on how well they perform with others employees and include ignorant questions like "would you steal from the company if you could?".
#4.) You make applicants jump through hoops, to ensure they are a trainable, loyal, dog.
#5.) The employer lies about the job description.
Another red flag high turnover
Just reverse these. I've had employers be late, unready, no reception with a locked front door, not specifying who they are (both written - interview tomorrow at 10, and for phone interviews - remember me, one of ten applications you made a month ago), ask you to call them and never pick up, won't specify number of rounds or interview processes, won't specify what they do or their current projects, state that they don't have an opening they're just window shopping, lie about wage / required skills / duties, crap talk ex employees or other applicants, throw their own receptionist under the bus, unusually low salary, etc.
The Plinko chip hit the center with this one. lol
I'm out on that one, I can show up do the job most people take 10 years just to be comfortable.
One more redflag is that you're not willing to work extra hours/days without compensation or take a full workload of 2 people for a one person's pay 😊
They don't ask that, they just do it!
What kinds of questions would they ask to secretly get that information?
@@anathardayaldar The word making a commitment comes to mind. We are looking for someone who is willing to make a commitment.
I have found that EMPLOYERS FREQUENTLY SHOW UP LATE AND UNPREPARED FOR THE INTERVIEWS THEY THEMSELVES HAVE SET UP. And yet they somehow get by with making hiring decisions based on an employee's promptness and preparedness. I would NEVER work for an organization with that kind of double standard. When I was recruiting, I heard horror story after horror story about business owners not even pretending to be interested in the process.
It's funny you mention this...I had an interviewer show up 15 minutes late, and was really mad the whole time she had to interview me, and was kind of giving me attitude whenever I asked her a question. Meanwhile, the other person left the room to answer a phone call.
What kind of organisation is this if that's how you go about your business? It was safe to say I was NOT interested.
@@vigglarodzi had an interviewer who was b!tchy. Didnt wanna be there
I think I have had more interviewers show up late than not.
@@maxalberts2003 I was once in a position to interview my future boss. My previous boss, who had quit, was really chill and gave me a lot of autonomy. So one of the things I thought of doing was showing up 5 minutes late to the interview and then asking them how they felt about me showing up late.
I didn’t do it, but I thought about it!
So true! I interviewed at a company who couldn’t answer any of my questions about the role, botched the salary negotiation, and then had people coming and going at odd intervals during my interview. I had a terrible feeling about the role but decided to take it because I was trying to break into tech as a late career changer. The biggest lesson I learned from accepting that job is to trust your gut if you have a bad feeling about anything from the start.
I know why I’m a red flag candidate: I’m over 50 years old.
Nonsense. I'm 61 and can have any job I want. I do seasonal and temp jobs and could go full time at any place I've ever worked, from hospitality to construction.
@@Chahlie sounds like bullshit to me Heather,
It's not your age it is the management of the company and what they are looking for as jobs are available for people above 40 because of experience and knowledge
@@Chahlie me too. also, i am willing to be under-employed. I'm 62.
It depends on the industry and values of the employer. I worked at a hospital for 11 years. The original manager liked hiring older staff because she felt we were "more reliable." In her words fewer call outs due to late nights and partying.
The new manager was the complete opposite. For the next 7 years she only hired 2 or 3 people over the age of 30. She liked the cheap labor and malliable minds that were to scared to talk back. I got sick of working in sororiety girl hell so I applied for a transfer.
Another sign that you're a red flag candidate: you're not the boss's nephew.
But not unfounded. I've read stories on LinkedIn from recruiters who gave a candidate a leg up in the interview process because they had a mutual friend.
@@coldlyanalytical1351 you couldn't be more wrong.
I've been in IT for nearly 15 years. I've had 5 employers and only one of them had not familial relationships in the leadership chain.
... best friend too
I got one of my previous jobs with the help of my cousin, who was their accountant, they couldn't find anyone for the position for less than 535€ net and I was willing to do it for minimum(~490€ net) wage just to get a job.. Months later they fired my colleague from our "2 person job role", then a year later I was in the position of "Either I get ~700€ net a month or I'll leave" considering I was doing 5 roles at the time, having to take the fired person's job onto myself, I was told that if I want more I can leave since they got someone else and.. I did, followed by 4 more people, including the person they hired for my role, who didn't go back after a single day.
After I left my cousin told me that she thinks the company will stay afloat for maybe 2 years considering how much money the owners take out instead of paying off debt and such, they filed for bankruptcy mid summer.
The person in my role they fired decided to go to university instead and now makes almost 3x as much as he did at the company.
The job seeker has to be perfect while the hiring manager can be a total dolt. I see ...
One huge thing being left out: if the person interviewing you thinks youre possibly going to be a better employee than they are……, theyll trash your resume, dump your file and never hire you! Sad but true.
Particularly if the interviewer would be your immediate supervisor or one rank above, yes.
Absolutely true!
THIS! I'm an entrepreneur and been moving into the corporate world, and there is a whole different mentality and an entire political system (game) that is foreign to me (because it's ridiculous and self centered) and this has been a big challenge. Be good but don't be better than the guy above you, work hard but don't be the first one in and the last one out, just do your job without a care for the future of the company, respect a person for their job title not their actual contributions... it's gross and really just stupid.
That happened to a friend. He was an attorney, and if I have the story correct, when he was a lot younger, he was looking for a job. When he finished being interviewed, and left the interviewers office, he saw the interviewer throw his resume in the trash. Of course, he was not hired by that company. However, I'm pleased to write that he had a successful career as a corporate attorney. RIP Bob
💯 I was the best candidate for a great job at a top company right out of grad school. Made it to the final round where it was between me and another candidate. I didn’t get the job, and came to learn that all but one of the decision makers wanted to hire me rather than the other candidate. I immediately knew who 86’ed me because he looked at my stellar resume - and me - with disbelief and disgust throughout the interview. 😂
Employers lie all the time to employees and fire them without notice. But god forbid if you lie during an interview.
Exactly. They lie and don't tell candidates what the bad parts of the job are.
💯
Or use sites like Indeed to tell the info they "feel" needs to be told, have someone apply, bring them in, and then inform of things that weren't on Indeed - some of which were LITERALLY THE MAKE OR BREAK OF SOMEONE'S ABILITY TO DO THE JOB (such as the times and days).
I think using only Indeed is a red flag employer...Every job I've tried for there, I've either been ghosted or informed of things i needed to know prior to the job interview. So guess who's wasted time over that crap, and who doesn't have many job skills in the first place? Me.
Say what you gotta say and do what you gotta do during the interview.
@@deirdrekiely6187 or they lie about salary ranges when in fact they want to a cheaper hire for the role.
I still don't understand why there has to be this ludicrous nonsense around salary. Like, we're all supposed to pretend we aren't there for the money? So now we both waste our time.
Be up front with salary expectations. I always try to get information and give a number before the interview.
I like to ask "Could you give me a salary range for the position?" And if it's what I'm looking for, I continue on, or I will tell them no.
I appreciate that in Colorado, they are required to post salary bands with the job postings. There are no awkward salary expectation talks.
Employers still are under the impression that their company is anything more than a piece of paper and they're doing us some sort of favor when they post some jobs.
@@tehyas4622 That's the case where I am too, but I think some companies are able to bypass this? It's usually still asked to me though...
I am the master of hopping industries… That’s why I’m out of the workforce and started a business. I’ve worked in medical, theatre, steel, software design, service… the list goes on. Some people are wired for variety, and some people go into an opportunity needing to be exposed to new things. Once I’ve mastered what I’m doing the job seems stale and I’m planning my exit. I finally realized I’ve learned enough in life to manage my own business.
Picture please 😅
@@Behappy4ever-i7y I'm the same way! A TED talk was done on this a few years ago the called "Multipotentialite" also a few TH-cam videos are now starting to surface about having multiple interests. Like you said, some of are unicorns 🦄 & just love mixing it up 🙃! I've embraced this about myself & learned along time ago that "skill stacking" (is what I call it 🤣!) not only equals adaptability, but can transfer over into many other roles and business 😉💵✨️🫶🏾!
❤I'm the same way and I agree with you 🎉😂!!!
Thanks for posting this! I'm definitely like this, and I'm realizing I need to find a way to work for myself.
Cap
6:28 WRONG WRONG WRONG!
*Never* admit that you’ve gotten fired from a job. Terrible advice, just terrible.
Admitting something like that, even if directly questioned, is a great way to set yourself up for long-term unemployment.
On this issue, you need to decide ahead of time to lie through your teeth to the interviewer’s face.
He's a corpo recuiter so you know which side he's on.
Unfortunately, you are right. Employers are often lying about many things. Lying seems to be expected nowadays. Not what I wanted to realize after years and years of being a naive honest jobseeker..
If it matters, companies will often say they fired someone even if they quit, and how does anyone really know the reason anyway? Even the one who walked away may not know. I think, the only way to be honest is to omit a job you're unsure of from your mention, and resume too if necessary. Just realize that an uncertain past can be caused so easily and it's hard to get around it and therefore many employers really just don't even ask for a resume, and it's better to find one that won't leave you like that.
@@Bit-while_going taking a job off your resume might not be an option. What if they ask where you were for 6 years?
@Destroyer_13 Never be a slave inside your own head, even if you have to be one in reality. You can always walk away or do something different. A resume is just to resume a job, and it's not some dance you must perform in some particular way. Also, if you learn to be a contractor and how contracts and skills can land you a job, you might not even need the resume.
Im under no obligation to tell the recruiter i got fired. Most employers dont care and im not giving them an excuse to not hire me. They can do that on their own
The less said the better.
I think my last interviewer thought I lied about an experience. I have no idea why they thought that, but I can pinpoint the exact moment they stopped taking the interview seriously. No loss, there is no way I would want to work with someone who would not trust me.
i'm quite familiar with that "pinpoint moment". It always happens in the exact moment the recruiter and I meet face to face.
In 2013 I started job with 15 min short interview, stayed there for 4 years, no drama, no problem.
Returned to the same place but different department in 2023 and gosh, this is a battleground.
Two interviews, that last for hours, test questions, thorough background checks.
No training, no onboarding, coworkers point out your mistakes and cc higher management, snitches snitch on you, gossips, badmouthing.
60% of tasks are far outside of your job description.
What happened to job market 😱
India
@@cpK054L may you explain more on why India is responsible for this experience commenter shared? I’m in the United States, and don’t know what the prior commenter’s market is.
@@ancientburner
I'll be very brief.
Be from Chennai
Undercut the market
barely deliver on first milestone
next milestone, mess up
Demand you ship them from India to US
Agree
deliver on second milestone, and start locking away IP for job security
Company A is handcuffed to these guys
They make one of them managers
They start hiring nepotistically, their cousins, aunts, uncles, some guy named Raja from Pune and Prathima from Jakarta.
End up not fixing jack diddly shit.
Product becomes literal shit.
Company is being held together with government money, because there's the manager's cousins, friend's uncle who worked at the Nintendo of the Federal Reserve exploting grant money.
US tries to implement a law saying that large companies are not allowed to hire unless they post the job first.
So, what they do in short is make the description virtually impossible, and if they do match, the pay is criminally with the intent of shipping a family member with fake criterias to grab an H1B and then ship his family via a H2B and H4B.
The solution to this issue is just to straight BAN H1-B visas, and companies that rely on it should go bankrupt.
that includes big tech, because they make doodoo products nowadays anyways
@@ancientburner It's called Outsourcing, if you're over 20 you should know about that already.
@@ancientburner”Why should we hire someone here for 80,000 after benefit costs that I’ll have to deal with when we as a company can spend 20,000 a year and provide no benefits and have someone do the job overseas that I won’t have to interact with daily?”
Employer lying = no big deal.
Applicant lying = red flag.
Unaccountable employer = getting away with money or influence.
Unaccountable employee = getting lawsuits and warrants.
I guess we live in a society.
You need to be your own boss, but it's so hard these days. I respect anyone that makes it in today's world
Most people are not cut out to be entrepreneurs.
@ Yes, that was a major part of my comment
You almost need to be debt free, and have a spouse that has a solid career. I luckily ended up with both.
@@jberndt88 too many barriers to entry
These are decent points, but employers often do these kind of red flag behavior and they get forgotten.
Supply and demand. In a tough job market, employers can behave whatever way they want and still have hundreds of applications for a low-paying job.
@@godsamongmen8003 what you also wrote can be a "I know a guy that can do it cheaper" argument. There's always a lot of nuance with the choice. If they have that attitude, they will indeed still have hundreds of applicants - no argument. But, do u choose and buy a mattres solely on price tag basis, like - which mattres is cheapest in the world, u get that one. How do u think that would impact ur sleep and subsequently quality of life? Workers are often company"s greatest capital, regardless if that is reflected in their salary or not. Close your eyes, imagine ure an emplyer and are looking for one employee for ur hard earned and painstakingly built business. Lowest of wages, and all wages below living wage included, dont promise effort bcs there's very little to lose on bith sides, and it usually ends up in loss on both sides. (Ive had eintitled bosses experiences ofc, their karma is good employees leave or circle widely around such places)
Never say you got fired. There's no way for anyone to know that and the last place won't tell due to legal reasons.
It’s surprising how many people don’t know that. Previous employers won’t disclose why you left because of fear of being sued for slander.
Yes! Absolutely. I totally agree.
This is bad advice. My last job fired someone because they hid that they were fired before.
And they probably wouldn’t have done it had he not hid that because then they started to wonder what else would he be willing to hide and they couldn’t allow that.
Also BTW as someone who looked the guy up online yeah he was hiding and lying about a lot of crap. Some of which could get him in legal trouble.
@@ninjagirl226 He never would have got the job in the first place if he voluntarily said he was previously fired. Unless the company specifically asked about it before hiring then it's not a lie and no company would care after hiring anyways so I doubt this story. I always operate on not volunteering too much information.
@ It’s what happened. He didn’t volunteer it, but if you read my other comment he had enough of a trail to connect the dots. That you really didn’t need HR to ask the other company.
We were just curious what in someone’s background gave them the nerve to boss us around; turns out it’s a guy with a lot to hide.
No, NEVER tell someone that you were fired/terminated. That is the WORSE advice I have ever heard in my life. Being “honest” when it comes to that stuff is not a good idea whatsoever.
I think it's OK to say you were let go and give a plausible reason. But I agree, admitting you were fired sounds like a bad idea.
unless youre applying for a federal job, withholding information is against the law; most of the time, they really don't care. They are looking for honesty
Unless it's an old job that doesn't matter. Otherwise...yes. If it were your last employer, definitely don't admit to being fired and juat roll the dice on the employer being contacted. I'd love to say to be honest about that, but too many have been burned on getting that second chance by being too honest. Even if you put a spin on it about what you learned and how you've grown due to being let go, most employers will not focus on that. You weren't good for that company and you won't be good for theirs.
Bryan did a video as well about those being laid off against their will struggling to find a new job. If someone who was laid off is struggling, there would be little hope for a person who admits to being fired.
@@imberrysandy For federal jobs, especially security clearances, you do need to be 100% transparent.
But unless they explicitly ask, there's no reasons to admit it openly.
Not a good idea, when employers do employment checks, the companies only provide dates. So there's no way to verify unless hiring mgr knows your former boss.
So in terms of "job hopping" my sister did graphic design and it is often short term work. It is challenging to obtain full time employment. Job hopping should not be a red flag given the frequency of layoffs today.
I don't necessarily disagree, especially in the past 4 years.
Always say "No" if asked have you been fired from a job. Honesty is not always the best policy. Just never put that job on your resume. Those employers do not check anyway and it's illegal for a former employer to disclose that information.
If it's listed as a reference on the resume, it is legal to disclose the information.
@Robbedem
Like I said...a person should not put that fired job on their resume nor as a reference. That'll be stupid.
I've been fired after many years with the same company. I have only ever had this, and one other, job in my life. I can hardly keep that job off my resume! And if you think employers don't check... here's a reality check: they talk to your former employer even before deciding to invite you for an interview! That's why I don't even get replies to applications for minimum wage jobs...
@LittleKitty22
Well...if you've only had 2 jobs in your life then I guess you have to put the job you been fired from on your resume. However I would not put it even if I had 1 job my whole life. You would be an exception because you only had 2 jobs, I guess that would be up to you. That's why you're having trouble getting jobs. You're too honest. Sometimes on the application it asks "can they contact your current or previous employer" I always put No because it's none of my current or previous employer's business.
@@LittleKitty22
You never give people ammunition to work against you. Be blessed.
Its all outrageous mind games.
@@lankimanc and that is what we saw from Trump for all these years. And now we are stuck with this sociopath for 4 more.
@@stevetrujillo-j7p wtf does that have to do with job hunting ???
Wha, wha, wait! Back in 85, we all looked forward to a more compassionate workplace - as a certain half of the population were beginning to move beyond the clerical pool, and into managerial positions.
@@stevetrujillo-j7p lamo deranged
I once got rejected for asking for 5% over market salary. Hiring can be crazy.
Odds are, there were other factors that are difficult to disclose and the 5% was the justification.
Time for some deep introspection.
@@BiggMolol, or maybe they didn't want to pay and got desperate candidates
It would indicate you weren’t a top candidate for that role.
What's with these weird coping responses? Truth is they want to hire someone below market salary and think they can get away with it
The worst part is that they usually can
@@ALifeAfterLayoffthat or someone is desperate and will do it for less
I remember practicing interviewing in high school and thought that was too much. Nothing compared to what we need to do nowadays 😭
100% accurate on how you treat people. When I was the hiring manager and worked in the office, I would routinely ask the receptionist about their impressions of the candidates. At first she was surprised because in all her years with the company no one asked for her opinion, but she provided valuable input and I rejected more than one seemingly perfect candidate because of how they treated her or how they acted in the lobby when the team couldn’t see them.
It shouldn't take all of that to get a job.
Brian… Let’s be real here. If ANY job candidate admits to getting terminated at their previous employer, the employer will reject the candidate and assume they are a liability. Have you personally moved a candidate forward to the next round that admitted to getting fired? What is the right response to someone who got fired then?
Lie. The ex employer will only give dates of employment. Usually.
@@curtisrandolph1887 Human resources only gives that but the problem is in many types of business the managers know each other pretty well. Not only that but they will ask current employees if they ever worked with this person and would they recommend him/her.
My manager just picks up his phone and calls his golfing buddy who is the manager of the place the new applicant is coming from. It is all off the record but if there was an issue with the applicant then the application goes into the shredder.
You forgot being honest, direct, transparent, having integrity, not ignoring when games are played, failing to pass the vibe check for the most senior NPD role, etc.
What I'm gathering from this is that employers don't actually want to ask applicants questions about their job history, but instead want to engage in some sort of pseudoscientific soothsaying by examining resumes and drawing assumptions from out of context facts.... Because if the resumes over two pages then it's too long....
True. But this may be a way to guard their time a bit. They can't take all the facts into account for maybe 30 applicants. Instead, they slim down the pool by using key metrics. We all prioritize a bit in this manner when we get busy, so I don't think it's nefarious, it's just self protection on their part.
You are a different breed because I’ve been on some awful interviews. The last truly awful interview I had was with our city college system. The panel of eight (8), yes, eight all arrived late, 15 minutes. I answered all their clinical questions, but I could tell the panel was going through the motions. More odd things happened, but I knew I didn’t want to work in their system.
You know you are free to walk out of an interview, right??
@@deirdrekiely6187thays called burning a nridge, unnecessarily bc you never know who knows who, outside the company. In industry, its real scenario.
@ Totally, however a long term network connection helped me get the interview. I did not want blowback on him, if I walked out.
I understand the idea behind these types of videos is to make the job seeker feel empowered and knowledgeable. But I can't lie: these videos are really depressing. There's so much hypocrisy involved in finding a role here in the USA. The majority of hiring managers do not belong in management. They prefer to take advantage of their power than lead and develop a great team. I can see why people contemplate ending their life when they get unexpectedly laid off or fired, especially if they don't have a strong support system or savings. I have no hope for our workforce here in the USA. I don't believe that good quality employers truly exist.
Btw: This is just to let others know that if you also feel this way, please know that you're not alone. But we have to keep pushing. We don't have any other choice. ❤
Hello, I'm a job seeker in Norway and feel exhausted from the process, but similarly, I keep pushing, even when I don't have much hope. Hypothetically, if I ever were to be a boss one day, I hope I can be a kind one. I know that some employers (managers) are good, because my boss at my part-time job is understanding and recognized value in me.
Life for the typical American citizen (and the western world in general, I guess) is an exercise in hypocrisy: We are ruled by both a representative democracy (increasingly corrupted into plutocracy) and a dictatorship (employment, with its hierarchy of kings/managers in your chain of command) simultaneously.
There are quality employers, but there are too few of them, it feels like there is none.
I am with you. See Revelati0n 21:8 and Pr0verbs 19:22. This life isn't all there is. I can understand people contemplating ending their life, but they must not. That is deemed self-/\/\urder in G0d's sight.
So if I don't tell them my salary expectations, then I'm difficult, but it's totally normal for them to refuse to disclose the budgeted salary range. That's some bullshit.
The job hopping thing shouldnt be a red flag because thats normal for some blue collar industries. For instance, im a truck driver and employers in this industry are so notoriously bad that all of us Class A Drivers just play musical chairs with them and its not uncommon to change jobs every 6 months. Don't ever bother ask for raises here, what one employer won't do another will.
I’ve been in construction my whole career and went wherever the work was. Once a project finished it was time to find a new job. It’s still this way even though I’m off the tools.
Job Hopping: I am in the oil & gas industry in Houston, TX. Very unstable due to oil prices and politics. I have had many short- term jobs not because I want to change but rather the companies are in trouble. At times I have taken an unrelated job in order to stay employed. My work history is what it is. How to present it. Don't say a Function Resume.
This guy gives bad advice. Don't talk about salary or ask for too much money? Tell them you were sacked? Take "ownership" if things don't go right? Following any of this advice won't get you anywhere. You have to present yourself as the perfect person, not some flawed third class loser who is desperate for a job. You gotta sell yourself as the greatest thing since sliced bread.
Glad someone said it. It feels like half his advice, is either malicious or obtuse. And maybe 1/4th is useful.
He says from the get-go he's a "professional recruiter". We should all know which side he's standing on, and it's NOT the employee.
Don't make yourself perfect. At least for me, I would think you are not willing to take responsibility for when you make a mistake. And those are the worst kind of employees, always blaming others for their faults. It's disastrous for the theam cohesion and motivation.
If you try to convey you're perfect and never make mistakes, good luck. No hiring team I've ever worked with will believe you.
@@ALifeAfterLayoff For real. Recruiters consider me to be a rockstar candidate, and I am definitely not perfect. My ability to realize when I am wrong and to course correct is a valuable and rare trait for employers to look out for.
The worst employees I have dealt with are the ones that act like they are perfect.
Jokes have gotten me the interview. But I really read that room. I would definitely give the same advice, but I thought it was worth a mention.
I sued my former employer
Yup, that would do it
did u win? and for what
Legend
Might as well tattoo the red flag on your forehead
Understood. I did the same. My lawsuit is suppose to close, since I've agree to settlement. Just the matter of whether my former employer really do the payout or not. If no payment come through by dateline time, lawsuit will become a court case.
There’s this myth that recruiters and hiring managers are on top of everything. They’re not.
I will always bet on them messing up in the process.
The one that has the job to give (the hiring manager) is ultimately the decision maker.
@ I have a bad habit of winning over the recruiter but not the hiring manager 😝
@@lucristianx Same!! I started a new job, but I had interviewed with 26 companies, and the vast majority of them ended after speaking with the hiring manager... I did my homework, and most advice is about making it through the recruiter screening
@ same issue for me. Seems like a lot of hiring managers have a warped perception of what’s available. I keep hearing they’re easing off college degrees but have not seen it myself.
I live in California what I see is not a lot of people getting fired but a lot of people getting laid off because the companies are either filing bankruptcy or they're moving out of state because the taxes here are outrageous so unless you can follow that job to another state you will be out of work and not all of us can move to another state
One particular time, I was a red flag candidate, was when I got to the right place on time but the front desk staff mislead me saying it was in another building down the block, so I raced to that building all flustered only to go back to the original building where my interview actually was. So let that be a lesson to ask the front desk staff who you're there for for the interview more specifically.
Sounds like bad luck. Or, if you're religious, God purposely dodged you from a bullet there.
I was sent to the wrong address of the employer first day on the job!
So many companies seem to be looking for reasons to not hire you (or anybody), they just have to interview candidates to meet a quota or keep their public image up for the investors. Sad to say, but the nepo factor is stronger today, and 90% of my jobs (I'm a consultant) came unsolicited from someone who knew me and had a project. Since the late 1980's, cold resumes have resulted in very little new work ...
6:28 No Brian, just no. If you were fired from a job, just leave it off your resume and don't talk about it. I did that and fudged the dates a little bit from the job before that and it worked like a charm.
@@jackcarraway4707 I agree all the work place has become so toxic you just have to do as much as you can to get a job!
What if you were fired from your last job that you worked for the past 20 years? That would be one hell of a gap.
@@ALifeAfterLayoff
1. Don't work for the same company for 20 years.
2. Look for work as soon as you feel like they are trying to fire you.
I've gotten asked about the gaps in my resume, and they accused me of trying to hide being fired from a nonexistent unspecified job because one of the gaps during the Great Recession was too large so "obviously" I had to have had some work in there, rather than being completely broke because I couldn't get hired and cashing in my IRA.
1. Late is not unprepared - if you think that way, let me ask you: where you ever late because of traffic? Being on time is PARTIALLY under your control.
2. Totally subjective, but yes, the recruiter will choose the option that is easier for HIM, not you. Regarding salary expectations, do not apply to jobs who don't post a range: 99% are a waste of time.
3. A lot of successive jobs is called contracting. Some recruiters are too thick to get that. Too bad.
4. Salary negotiations are exactly that. If you think this is a red flag, you do not have the ability to negotiate. Too bad.
I've never been late to an interview because I've always given myself a decent buffer time to account for things like traffic. Not planning for the unexpected is precisely the definition of not being prepared.
Being late is an executive functioning issue. You aren’t prepared and have lousy time management.
This is an employer’s market. Why give them that easy way to boot you out?
Pad an extra 30 mins and get there on time.
And yes. I’ve had to do this with my city’s shit tactic bus system. What a treat.
@@lilbatzyeah it seems like you're casually forgetting that people with executive functioning disorders are also in the job market too
@@joshuah345 If you have an "executive functioning disorder", then you need to only apply to jobs that are willing to accommodate that. I know I'm hitting the NEXT>> button the nanosecond a candidate says that.
@@wolfgangk1 so you would never hire a neurodivergent person, such as someone with autism if you knew that about them ahead of time?
I showed up on time to an online interview and waited. Employer was given wrong passcode or something. Then, wanted to know where I was. I said, no thank you.
You need to give more advice for blue collar workers.
The blue collar job market is thriving for people with experience. The problem is that getting that first experience is often down to nepotism and cronyism even more than it is in the white collar job market.
@hidesbehindpseudonym1920 The blue collar market is thriving for people who have experience and pay for licenses, who are willing to work for a few dollars more than a gas station worker, with endless overtime. Unions are dead and these are the consequences.
Most of these are also red flags done by employers. Somehow they’re allowed to show those red flags and that’s okay but if candidates do the same, then you’re on a bad spot,when in reality obviously it should be punished on both ends.
Rejecting a candidate for changing jobs too many times is code for "the employer thinks you're getting too old." That's ageism, a prohibited form of discrimination.
Aahhh
Agism is a problem, but not in this context. In this context, the employer doesn't want you to leave after being there just a couple of years. I know that works against gaining raises by job hopping, but I'm only speaking from the employer's perspective. I still think it's better to job hop every two to three years for raises, personally.
@@AlexJames-jv3emEmployers hate job hoppers but at the same time they refuse to give raises that would prevent it.
@@skyranger1366 We move jobs so often because employers are crappy employers......catch 22.
@@HunkumSpunkum a catch 22 employers started
Most states are finally passing laws requiring that companies disclose pay ranges for jobs. I don't think it's technically unrealistic expectations people have but the fact that most companies hide what they are going to pay and are trying to pay as low as they possibly can. I've seen nearly the exact same job with similar responsibilities at multiple companies have a difference of pay of $30,000 - $50,000. So for one of those jobs they will say your expectation is ridiculous while another says it is exactly what they want to pay.
A few bad career decisions in my late teens and early twenties caused me disappointment and dead end jobs. I had to do some soul searching and figure things out before I got my life and career in order. Opinions and experiences are my own. Have a good day reader.
Nah why do we take employers seriously, system is screwed and nobody wants to apply for a job anymore
Good to know, as I never even get invited to the first interview, I don’t have to bother about these things. 😂
Thank you for sharing! This video is a good reminder that I don’t want to go back into the workforce 😅 too much nonsense
I will say though, I did get my last job (finance) after “bro-ing out” with the interviewer. But this was in 2021 when jobs were easy to find and, of course, you have to read the room.
"tell us about a time you made a mistake. Hmmmm okay. We really don't like to hire people who make mistakes"
from an experienced recruiter (myself) if someone is doing an interview in person - i always asked the receptionist how they presented themselves when they come in and provide this feedback to the hiring manager. it may seem small but its important, everyone needs to be treated with respect regardless of role
What if the receptionist is rude?
Salary expectation is a tricky thing. Stingy ones will think a candidate expectation is too high, whilst there are employers willing to hire fresh grad with no relevant previous experience equal to rate of someone with 2-3 years experience. Salary is always subjective. There's no such thing a market rate anymore nowadays. It was in the 90s & early 2000s but not now. You just need to go to the place that value you the most.
So basically you have to perform oral on the interview to get a pass
Not that I recommend anyone do this on purpose, but I actually did show up late to an interview and still got the job 😂! However, I did call them ahead of time though. Like he said, take everything with a grain of salt and it just depends on the employer ❤. Great video 😊!
Sometimes when you apply to hundreds or thousands of jobs, these things happen.
Salary expectation is a very sensitive topic, especially in tech. BigTech pays alot, same as certain startups, enterprise recruiters are never in tune with those salaries, traditional enterprise are extremely low and conservative, even for the hottest new skills
So glad to see zoomers and millennials pushing back on employer trash bag behavior
...Gen X have also had enough (well, some of us anyway..).
@HunkumSpunkum True
I'm a red flag. I have job-hopped a lot. But the reason is because I actually ignored red flags during the interview process for a lot of those jobs. And, later (when hired) felt the karma of ignoring the red flags when the work demands/boss/office environment/pay felt so toxic that I eventually quit. And the karma goes on because nowadays employers mostly ignore my submitted resumes or I get an interview but the interviewers rush through questions, seem almost hostile (not smiling, almost contemptuous). The joke is, I don't actually want their lousy jobs (and maybe the interviewer can sense that) but I'm about to reach the bottom of the barrel financially. Also, most "recruiters" that contact you on sites like LinkedIn are bullsh*t peddlers and I've learned the hard way that I just need to ignore them.
I've learned some new skills in the past year. Hoping to turn that into self-employment. Fingers crossed.
Essential analysis, here! This essay is easily applicable to life. I think in these terms when I'm dating, looking for a job/hiring for a job, renting an apartment. It all comes down to one's philosophy; how you do anything is how you do everything.
what you don't pay from year 2015? red flag...........
I will say a big issue with this channel is that it looks at HR which is so out of touch with operations. We recently had to scramble to setup a meeting for someone on our finance team since HR never properly set it up and then was refusing calls from the candidate.
Luckily she is now onboarded, but a key is showing what you can do to the people that matter. HR tends to just hear static when you show them gritty detail, so ensure you are simplifying the message for the audience when appropriate
@@jimmcphearson7252 why where they refusing the candidates call?
Terms such as 'onboarding' are now finding their way into the UK...god help us.
I see a lot of negative comments below based on cynicism about companies. Lord knows, you should be cynical about the companies, but this advice is really good for those looking for a job. Ignore at your own risk. I subscribed because he is trying to help and gives good, honest advice. I appreciate the channel. A lot of this should be common sense, but isn't for a lot of people. I remember a time in my life when I was desperate about finding a job. Those were bad days, and glad I got past them.
All these unwritten rules and double standards are too much.
Exactly! The whole process is so stupid. They want you to be perfect , but far from it themselves.
Yup. For boomers and feminists who've never worked hard their entire life and will lay you off for offshore workers making 50 cents on the dollar
IMO, most of these are pretty self-evident.
@cphoenix6378
Yes...people in their imperfection want others to be perfect.
Most of these rules here ate obvious ones.
Great list. I once interviewed for a job when I was in college where they told me they had interviewed someone who treated their receptionist condescendingly and she reported that to them. I had just been having a great conversation with the receptionist and couldn’t believe someone would be like that. I got a job offer from them lol
Red flags
Not a family member
Not willing to work dirt cheap
Not being a doormat
Asking what the pay is, though they ask you what you want for $
Being over 40
Not answering illegal questions
Not bending over backwards for interview
Unwilling to work for free as part of the interview
Unwilling to wait over an hour past interview time before seeing someone
Unwilling to sign extremely 1 sided contract
Some years ago, there was a narrative out there that you should move jobs every 2-3 years to get raise. Was it bad advice?
that is the case these days...no more 20-30 years at a company....places will dangle a raise or promotion like a carrot and you never get it.....never go and beyond your job title..all it does is show you will do more work for less money.......remember you train people how to treat you..
No, that is still good advice. 3 years is enough for HR to consider you worth it. It’d be a red flag if you were job hopping after only 1 year or less at each job.
Well yes. If you were a junior web design, that Junior job probably won't change in 2 years but if you become a senior designer you need to find a new job and do more/train juniors. A company may not have the position or budget to pay you more for the same job.
I won't lie, I struggle with the whole "resume matching" bit simply because I may know a little about a skill, but I wouldn't say I know it well ENOUGH, like enough to confidently say "yeah, I can do that". Or I may know how to sweep my house, but I don't know how to mop an office.
I only have the sheer basics, all because I've learned from my previous workplace, or because I live in my own home - though I don't know how to run a cash register and also am slow with numbers. However, I don't feel confident enough in my "computer skills" to say that yes, I can do detailed web pages without screwing it up, or to say that I'm confident in my art skills to be able to draw a fully rendered picture of someone's dog. While I can do some of each - especially the art part, minus the rendering and maybe drawing of a dog, I wouldn't want to sell it off past something I do as a hobby.
Otherwise, I'm definitely starting to think more about being more aware of where I get job recs from. I've been "relying" on Indeed to find jobs, but all of them had either been a bust, someone ghosted me, or I'd be informed of REALLY IMPORTANT information AT THE INTERVIEW - and this info was what I needed to know before, otherwise I wouldn't have applied because it was not in my capability (namely hours and the days I work, since I don't have my own vehicle and otherwise would rely on public transportation or try to have a job within walking distance - meaning weekends and the occasional holidays like Labor Day are harder for me to get to work without a more expensive method like Uber).
Basically, I feel like Indeed is taking the easy way out and an all out waste of time - to the point where I'd even call it a scam. I'm sure if I had more skills and the like, it wouldn't be so hard, but it is. I'm making more money without a job due to having special needs, therefore being able to apply for benefits, than I would with a job right now.
Thank you for making this video. I have been trying to land a better job for the better part of 2-3 years and one or two of the pointers you made in this video may have been an influence this entire time. Currently running for the best opportunity I've seen so far, so this video will help me significantly.
These red flags are genuine notes to self-improvement. Thanks for sharing.
How about this Bryan.
Employers hiring a person just to let him/her go EXACTLY in tha last day of probation which is EXACTLY the last day of the performance appraisal. WHY? To intimidate existing people, threaten them and give no raises. How is this finding?
@@Info-God yes, this happened to me. My current boss hired me and told me to get rid of my team and rehire new staff. One staff was made redundant by her but she hid behind me so that everyone thought it was me. The rest of the team either asked for transfer or resigned in their own as they got shocked. The one made redundant was 2 years away from . Now she is often nitpicking, micromanaging and scheming behind my back to get me to resign on my own.
Why can't the potential employee simply ask, when the salary issue is raised, well how much are you willing to offer, now that you know the breadth and depth of my experience? Because frankly, if the potential employer is going to eliminate you based on desired salary, the prospective employee should also be allowed to reject any company -- early on -- not willing or able to meet his or her salary expectations. This should not be a 'trick' question. It's a basic query that both sides should be able to answer honestly.
I've heard the advice of never talking badly about your previous employer even when they were super toxic and harassing you. I think it's more of a red flag on the entire corporate culture if nobody ever wants to hear anything bad about other employers, even though everybody knows they exist.
When I was trying to find a new job I often had the issue of being called while at work, I couldn't talk in the office, often I was out in the manufacturing hall and I always asked them to either call me back later, around 4pm(I worked 7:40-3:40) or that I would call them later giving them a timeframe and often they don't call me back despite agreeing to it or don't pick up at the time we agreed on.
Being unreachable when unemployed is different, but damn I got scolded by some recruiter trying to get me to swap to a higher responsibility job for the same minimum wage, because I couldn't talk at 1pm at work while we were working on a floorplan lol
About embellishment.. I need to work up my previous job, because outside doing floorplans and making sure some documents are up to date it was just Excel copy-paste, then the job before that I had so many roles I need to leave out some from time to time when talking to hiring managers/recruiters at foreign huge companies, local companies are different, because Pista doing 5-6 jobs for 800$ before tax(so like 530$ lol) is a usual thing for small and medium sized companies here.
Yes, but the recruiters are working the same hours so they expect the "serious" candidates to make themselves available during the recruiter's normal business hours.
This popped up on my feed and honestly this is exactly what I would expect from someone in a corporate HR position to say. Yeah, tell them you were fired! Honesty is the best policy! That has a super high success rate!! What a joke.
About the salary discussion. Once I said a range example 10000-13000 and they only heard 10000 the lower bottom. Still they couldn't even offer me my lowest range.
This is one of the reasons I don't give a range.
Give a number, not a range, you want that's above the minimum you'll accept. Let them counteroff and THE YOU decide.
I always ask "what are they offering for the position?" Then I work from there.
I am convinced that most employers are toxic.
@@AlexJames-jv3em Most people are toxic.
Once, I was invited to an interview at a contractor firm. I showed up late, I didn’t find the right person to meet. When I finally went into the very meeting, I stated that I don’t have any intentions to work as a contractor.
I landed the job after a few days.
As a temp or Perm though?
@ perm
The last time I was job hunting was interesting. I have a resume that shows commitment, adaptability and value.
I was amused to see who passed me over and where I ended up. My current manager saw my application and resume and said "this guy, we want this guy!"
I was paid ~$45000 while going to school for this position and I'm compensated very well. The employer paid for my education and pays for my continuing education. They also trust me with expensive assets and liabilities as a trainee.
Sometimes you have to find someone who appreciates you for what you are worth. If you have a good resume. My resume had education, landscaping, retail, heavy industry, facilities maintenance and operations on it before landing my job. Only time will tell if its my final career.
i'm not difficult, i'm working and I'm busy. if anything it shows i'm somewhat responsible.
4:01 : Oh man but that is me for sure... as i am trying to change career/industry and only had mostly entry level / short-term contract roles...
I wouldn't worry about that if your work history in the industry you're trying to leave behind is solid and long term. That's your indication of stability.
😵💫I was nervous to click this one. What if I found out I had all the red flags 😅. Turns out I have one 😬...a tad bit of job hopping.
Have you ever considered putting out a video about how to approach an interview as a neurodivergent individual? From my experience, employers will brag on their website and in the job posting about how they are accommodating to applicants of all abilities/genders/races but in the interview setting you are expected to perform as if you are neurotypical -- making eye contact, displaying 'proper' body language etc. For neurodivergent people like me, we may often be perfectly qualified for the role, but we have to put a whole lot of effort into 'pretending' that we are able to pick up on social cues and it does not usually appear as genuine. I have an advanced degree and several years of experience in my field, but consistently fail during the interview process due to my struggles trying to fit into a job environment built for neurotypical people. Does this mean that being my authentic self around a prospective employer is a 'red flag'?
Yes, it is a red flag because most HR staff make their decisions based on vibes. If you aren’t making eye contact and exuding good vibes during an interview, then you will have a rough time against more charismatic but worse quality candidates.
The exception being for extremely technical roles where they are specifically looking for a stellar neurodivergent talent. For example, OpenAI would probably be way more forgiving of the social faux pas as long as you have the skills they are looking for.
@ assuming everyone who is neurodivergent is meant to/wants to work in tech is pretty ableist. I’m a field ecologist, and so many people tell me to get into tech or financing because I won’t have to ‘deal with’ social interactions. That’s not the point, I have a right to persue a career that makes me happy and aligns with my ethics/morals, but no one seems to consider that something that comes easily to most people I find extremely pointless and difficult (small talk and eye contact). Doesn’t mean I’d be awful at meeting with landowners/stakeholders on site, it just means I have a hard time with high pressure interview settings. Switching careers is not an option or answer for me, but it would be nice if employers were more receptive to different ways of thinking and interacting… you know like they claim to do when stating that they are an equal opportunity employer
Watched this as I got an email from a school district for a security guard job; disqualified because of prior job termination (all three). They didn't care about the circumstances or how long ago, just a very binary pass/fail policy. Well, the next time you see a school resource officer leave the scene (Uvalde anyone?), you get what you pay for.
Nice compilation to keep myself in check
Reminds me of one job i had where i asked my boss why he hired me and it was because i actually listened to him when he was giving parking instructions before my interview. Turns out 3 other candidates didn't listen and couldn't get there on time to interview. That and my experience, but mostly cause i listened to instructions.
Thank you so much for this video
Some companies have unrealistic expectations for scheduling interviews. I’ve had organizations try to schedule interviews two days after the initial contact, or offer one day out of the middle of the next week for an interview I would have to arrange extensive travel and overnight accommodations for.
If I was out of work or had an unusually flexible schedule this would be fine. But many jobseekers hold down full time jobs and actually need time to request off and have to schedule our interviews in a way that doesn’t make it obvious to our current employers that we are making moves to leave.
And there are times when employers/interviewers really value candidate experience.
Early in my career I was scheduled for an interview at a location circa 45 miles away. I showed up appropriately early. (If I make it to an interview location too early then I hang out at a nearby fast food restaurant so I can arrive about 10-15 minutes early.)
Interviewer came out and told me the job opening had been eliminated in that meeting he was just in right before our scheduled interview due to financial concerns.
Then he asked if I would still like to interview. 😃 Especially because it was early in my career I was eager for real world interviewing experience. He knew I had driven a moderately long way and showed up on time. I have never worked for that company but engage with them quite a bit due to their supplying our company with products.
That may not have seen like a good candidate experience to some. Can't they decide if they need the position until right before a candidate's interview (leaving interviewer and candidate in an awkward situation). I had worked in oilfield long enough to know that sudden changes happen. And pretty impressed at the interviewer offering to do it but letting me know there currently was no job.
Candidate was ever a whistleblower involving a previous employer; Candidate is an automatic super red flag candidate for life.
Is the age in 50s a Red Flag now 🤔
Remove anything over 15yrs has been suggested.. No Dates on technical achievements.
Age is absolutely a red flag!
Yes, ageism is prevalent and accepted. An interviewer is not looking for reasons to hire you.
@drstewart That's what I was afraid of,😔
BUT I LOOK and FEEL 30-ish! 😃 😅
Isn't job hopping more common these days? Also, I remember having a therapy session outside of work, but I found out months later, during my review, that my boss told me that he was talking to my therapist and he knew what I thought of him. I"ve heard that it's not legal to do that. I soon stopped going to therapy. But do other employers do this?
My spouse, though very successful, has moments of feeling too comfortable. I told him he better not think that all people enjoy wit or familiarity - this only works with long-time colleagues.
Thank you.
Very useful video.
To avoid short term employments, don't work at tech startups.
Post the salary range problem solved
Thank you for your help.