Charlie Wade's Job Hunting and Employment FAQs
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Resume topics
Job hunting topics
Interviewing topics
Post-interview topics
Miscellaneous topics

Resume topics

• I don't know how to write a resume.
• Should I have an 'objective' on my resume? If so, what should it say?
• How long should my resume be?
• Should I include a cover letter with my resume?
• Should I follow up after sending a resume?
• But I'm unsure if the employer got my resume...
• I wanna call about my resume I sent in....
• But doesn't calling about my resume make me seem like a 'go-getter' and make me look good?
• Should I fax my resume in?
• Well, how should I email my resume? Attach it to the email?
• How about hand delivering my resume to the employer?
• This employer wants a salary history with my resume. Should I include it?
• What about recruiters wanting a salary history or my salary requirements?
• I feel like I need to lie on my resume.
• I took some time off to travel. Should I note that on my resume? How about volunteer work?

Job hunting topics

• So many ads have 'required' qualifications that seem like only God could meet them.
• I don't have a college degree but the job says I have to have one. What do I do?
• I'm not very good at networking to help me find a job. What can I do?
• Can an employer discriminate against me due to my tattoos/piercings?
• What about 'networking' groups? Are there better ways to network?
• How do I figure out what a particular job actually pays so I know what to ask for?
• What can I do while in school to give me a leg up once I finish?
• I job hopped a lot in the past. How do I get around that when looking for a job?
• A potential employer wants to hire me as a '1099'. What is that all about?
• I see ads for jobs/internships that say they don't pay. I need experience. Worth it?
• You know, I think I want to start my own business instead of working for someone else.
• I want to do what I love for work.
• I'm a new grad. How do I find my first job when every job requires previous experience?
• I'm thinking about ditching my career for a field that's always in demand. Good idea?
• So more school isn't a good idea?
• Why does job hunting have to be so hard?
• I'm going to end up like some 'job-hopping slacker' for the rest of my life! Help!
• What about recruiters? Are they a good way to find a job?
• How do I find a job in another city where I want to re-locate?
• I hear internships are a good way to eventually get a full-time gig.
• I see the same job advertised over and over and over. What gives?
• I have a criminal conviction. What can I do to minimize its impact on my job search?
• My employer says they don't give references. Huh? Isn't that illegal?
• A recruiter/potential employer wants me to send them reference information, but I haven't even interviewed yet.
• This whole job hunting thing is getting me down. I feel worthless.
• I was told I was over-qualified! What?!?!?!
• Is being offered a letter of recommendation from a soon-to-be-former employer kind of a kiss off?

Interviewing topics

• What's the key to successful interviewing?
• What's the deal with phone interviews?
• I got an interview! But I don't know what to wear to it!
• What if they ask me during the interview what salary I'm looking for or some such thing?
• I'm really, really desperate for this job I'm interviewing for...
• What do I say when an interviewer asks me why I want to leave my current job?
• I always bomb interviews. How do I ace them?
• What questions should I have for the interviews when they ask me about them?
• Why are interviewers such jerks sometimes?
• I never know how to answer those general, 'what's your biggest weakness' type of interview questions.
• The guy I interviewed with eventually said that I wasn't qualified, yet they interviewed me. Huh?
• How can I tell if this potential employer is a good one or not?
• How do I explain periods of being unemployed in an interview?
• What are informational interviews all about?
• I'm being called back for my third/fourth/fifth interview for the same position. What gives?
• How can you tell if they are going to hire you?

Post-interview topics

• I was a PERFECT fit for a job that was advertised and sent them my resume. But an ad for the job is posted again! Why didn't they call?
• I interviewed for a job and they said they'd get back to me by such-and-such a date. But I never heard from them again. What gives?
• I'm sick of being treated like this. I'm gonna send them an email and tell them to bite me.
• Should I send a thank you after an interview?
• Snail-mail or email that thank you?
• So what should I say in my 'thank you'? Should I iterate how I want the job and all that?
• How do I go about asking people for a professional reference?
• I didn't get the job. Would it be ok to contact the interviewer and ask her why I didn't make the cut?
• How do I successfully negotiate better pay than I'm being offered?
• So how should I go about telling my present employer that I'm leaving?
• I feel bad about leaving my present employer for a new job.
• What can my former employers say about me? Nothing bad, right?
• What about background checks?

Miscellaneous topics

• What about 'comp time'?
• I just got laid off. What do I need to do?
• So what about severance and such after being laid off?
• My co-worker hums/whistles/sings constantly and it's driving us all batty.
• I HATE my job, but I haven't been here very long. Will it hurt my future job prospects if I leave now?
• How should I go about finding a job tending bar? I hear it's a good job while in school.
• How do I deal with a boss whose a bully? How about a co-worker who's a bully?
• What exactly does 'at-will' employment mean?
• I'm thinking of giving my employer an ultimatum.
• What can I do about my dysfunctional workplace?
• I'm about to tell the boss to go #@%$ off and quit.
• How do you deal with office gossip?
• There seem to be a LOT of really, really bitter unemployed people out there...

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