Friday, February 01, 2019
4 warning signs that you shouldn't take the job
www.fastcompany.com: If you’re in the market for a new job, you’re no doubt aware of how important it is to read those online listings carefully. Glossing over certain details could cause your application to get needlessly tossed out or prompt you to apply for jobs that aren’t right for you.
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Now that I’m looking for a long term job (as opposed to just summer positions) the stakes feel much higher. Before I could always know that worst case it would be a couple unpleasant months (though I’ve been fortunate and have loved all my summer jobs, so it turned out to be fine) I was more concerned about finding something even if it wasn’t everything I wanted. Now I feel this need to find the “right” job, or at the very least not the wrong job. I never considered the number of qualifications as a red flag, though I will not bother to apply if I don’t meet most of the qualifications. I also might overlook missing job details if I’m interested enough in the company as a whole, though I probably shouldn’t. I disagree with the cliches being a red flag though, to me that doesn’t mean the job or the company is bad, it just means whoever wrote the job posting couldn’t come up with an original way to pitch the job, which could just mean it is a smaller company without anyone who is stellar at or investing a significant amount of time in writing job postings.
I have been working ever since I was legally allowed to when I turned 14. I remember searching for jobs and very quickly learning the phrase, “if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.” I think there are a lot of people out there looking for a high paying job that requires a minimal amount of effort, which just does not exist. I really liked this article for being concise and straight to the point with information that seemed like common knowledge but then offered some explanation that was enlightening. One concept they brought up was the idea that a job that has a long list of requirements is a red flag, this made me think about that idea developed. Under most circumstances, I look for a list of job requirements because the last thing I want to do is apply for a job I am not qualified for, or even overqualified for.
I have never searched for a job based on browsing through the job posts, but this article did provide some useful information and tips. Also, this article can be used as a no-go on any kind of job post I might make in the future. For I was a part-time TD and sometimes coordinator of the build scene, some habits had already established while trying to recruit certain personnel into the team. First of all, the post should specify the requirements in short and clear sentences. The clever way is to list out the most important skills, such as software or tool usage. Second one is communicating the labor hours and payment clearly. And last, I usually put some main feature of the collaborating environment or working site. Recently I've been looking for summer stock, so I found this article interesting and ready to put it to a good use.
This article does a great job at telling the readers what are the signs to look out for when applying for a job in a simple and concise way.
Every employable person has gone through the part where they would be looking for jobs and would find some to be amazing, apparently paying a lot but then in the end that juts wont be the case. The prospect would have had placed his hopes in the wrong place and get disheartened.
This article works wonderfully in this way where it tells the people what are the warning signs that they should look out for and not fall prey to them because some of them might just be dangerous in the end.
This article seems really helpful in this sense because it provides a dont's list which I believe anyone who in new to the work force would need at some point or another.
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