I applied for a senior role. The company asks me to do an assessment. This assessment takes approximately 3 weeks. I understand the company's point of view. It's a 'show me what you got' mentality. On the flip side, I believe it's also a lack of trust to the job applicant. What is the maximum amount of time an employer may ask for in an assessment? Is a 3 weeks assessment a red flag?| Recent Questions - The Workplace Stack Exchange
I’m new to the job market and was recently asked to provide my salary expectations for a position. I’m not very familiar with typical salary ranges or growth in this industry yet. How important is it to give an accurate range? If I provide a number that is higher than expected, would employers still consider me and make a lower offer, or might they reject me entirely? On the other hand, if I give a number that is too low, would they offer the minimum possible salary, or do companies usual...| Recent Questions - The Workplace Stack Exchange
I've been using job posting websites (such as Glassdoor, Indeed and LinkedIn) to try find a full time job. For various reasons I suspect many postings I see are somehow fake. There was one posting that looked like it could be a good fit but wasn't advertised on the company's official careers page. I called the phone number provide on the official website and the person I spoke with said it was indeed fake and I wasn't the first person to call about it. He also mentioned that they have reached...| Recent Questions - The Workplace Stack Exchange
I'm considering applying for a position which just posted in my field of work (within government). The position itself is right up my alley; however, what caught my eye in the job posting is that they have two different salary/wage ranges posted and I'm not entirely certain what that means: Hiring range/wage $: XX - XX Salary/wage range $: XX - XX The Salary/wage range is higher than the Hiring range/wage, which might imply that the hiring range is what range they would offer the successful a...| Recent Questions - The Workplace Stack Exchange
I am asking and answering this question, because it comes up a lot. How do you make a resume' for specific positions? NOTE: This assumes that you have a position description with a list of qualifications. This may help you get around automated processes that are doing key-word searches. I have a US background only. I am pasting in the answer from this question: Question on under and over qualified Please feel free to write another answer, if you think it would help.| Recent Questions - The Workplace Stack Exchange
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