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Ask Metafilter Round Up – 7/1/09

// July 1st, 2009 // No Comments » // Advice

There’s a lot of uncertainty around job hunting, and sometimes even more once you have a job. Luckily you don’t have to ask these questions because someone’s already done it for you. Check out this week’s round up of job hunting and work related advice.

• Finding a tech-savvy business partner in Chicago
• How much should I feel I should be paid?
• How much should I get paid now that I am going part-time?
• How much is it worth to be worth less?
• Dealing with lunatics at work 101
• Do I ask about a late payment or let it go?
• How to successfully transition into a teaching career in your 30s?
• Now that I have my red nose, how do I get paid to wear it?!
• Include mentions to race on a resume?

Ask MetaFilter Job Hunting & Work Round-Up

// June 25th, 2009 // No Comments » // Advice

Need advice about work? Want to know how to deal with annoying coworkers? Or when it’s okay to leave something out of your resume? Check out these Q&As, they might be useful to you.

• How do you learn professionalism?
• Can I leave out a qualification I’m not proud of?
• How to stay motivate in tough times?
• Am I the dirtbag, or are they?
• Tell the boss, or no?

Ask MetaFilter Job Hunting & Employment Round-Up

// June 18th, 2009 // No Comments » // Advice

There’s so many questions when you’re job hunting… when’s the right time to ask for a transfer? How do you know if a new position really is 8 hours a day? What should I charge my friend for a logo? All these and more are answered!

• Where are all the interns at?
• How do new startup companies outsource labor for a cheaper price?
• How soon can I request a transfer?
• Should I take a long-term position in which I don’t intend to stay?
• Eight hours means eight hours
• I need advice on charging fair fees for IT consulting work.
• How do I keep coworker friends from taking breaks by chatting with me in my office?
• What to charge for graphics?
• How to politely fire a client?

Ask MetaFilter Job Hunting & Employment Round-Up

// June 11th, 2009 // No Comments » // Advice

Have questions about interview etiquette, or maybe legal questions about some shady tactics a company is taking? Check out what the internet has to say about it!

• Should I go work for one company (1-2 month) while waiting for another company’s offer?
• Is it ok to ask for a phone interview rather than face to face if you have a legit reason?
• Dealing with an old, ugly college transcript
• How do I include a leave of absence from grad school on a resume?
• Business casual or suit to interview?
• Help me keep my job…
• Is it normal for a company to ask that you pay for your own training?
• Should I put in time for when I check my blackberry?
• When’s the best time to ask for a raise?

Ask MetaFilter Job Hunting & Work Round-Up

// June 4th, 2009 // No Comments » // Advice

You have questions and the internet has answers! Here are some recent QandA’s about the working sector. See if anything applies to you…

• How OK are PDF resumes in the tech sector?This time next year I want to move to Chicago and get a job. What do I need to do NOW to set things in motion?
• Is it good to have your full searchable resume on your blog?
• Help I hate my job and myself
• Am I offering a fair wage to freelance bloggers?
• If potential employees find my Flickr page and find out I have pink hair, will it hurt my chances at getting a job?
• Resume follow-up
• How to retain a career in the arts industry
• Resume screwup–now what?

Ask MetaFilter Job Hunting & Work Round-Up

// May 14th, 2009 // No Comments » // Advice

You have questions and the internet has answers! Here are some recent questions about employment and unemployment.

• How Do I Build an Online Personality for Future Freelance Work without My Current Employers Finding Out?
• Do I Include the Unemployed Roommate on the Apartment Application?
• Working From Home. Need Some Serious Inspiration
• Is it Legal for a Company to Require Salaried Employees to Work As Many Hours as It Takes (Paid or Unpaid)?
• My Bosses Like When I Work for Free
• Ideas for Interesting Part-Time Job


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Ask MetaFilter Working Round Up

// May 6th, 2009 // No Comments » // Advice

There’s so many questions when you’re job hunting… what should I include in a resume? Should I use a headhunter? What’s the proper etiquette for applying late? While we like to think we have all the answers, we might be working instead of blogging if that were true.

Anyway, here are some smart questions and good answers from other truth seekers and job hunters on the web.

• Applying late for an internal job posting?
• Consulting – am I doing it wrong?
• Resume distribution services: good use of money or a bad idea?