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What would you guys wear to an internal promotion interview at an office that has a casual dress code? Dress up super fancy or just come in my regular jeans and Hawaiian shirt look? The interview is with a manager I’ve worked with a lot and an hr person I don’t know. It’s also tomorrow, the day after I’m getting back from a festival, and I genuinely don’t own a nicer outfit than the aforementioned one because I’ve yet to have a reason to dress up post pandemic
It’s also on a work day, so if I suit up or something all my co-workers are going to wonder what’s up
lol sounds like you have your answer then. anyway sounds like your office is pretty casual. i'd focus on making sure you are properly groomed. hair, nails, teeth, freshly shaved or beard cleanly trimmed, etc.
i interview or talk with a fair amount of applicants, most of them are college students. even though i never come into the office without a sportcoat, i'm not critical of what these kids wear so long as they don't show up looking like shit and smelling bad. times have changed with regards to clothes.
What would you guys wear to an internal promotion interview at an office that has a casual dress code? Dress up super fancy or just come in my regular jeans and Hawaiian shirt look? The interview is with a manager I’ve worked with a lot and an hr person I don’t know. It’s also tomorrow, the day after I’m getting back from a festival, and I genuinely don’t own a nicer outfit than the aforementioned one because I’ve yet to have a reason to dress up post pandemic
It’s also on a work day, so if I suit up or something all my co-workers are going to wonder what’s up
lol sounds like you have your answer then. anyway sounds like your office is pretty casual. i'd focus on making sure you are properly groomed. hair, nails, teeth, freshly shaved or beard cleanly trimmed, etc.
i interview or talk with a fair amount of applicants, most of them are college students. even though i never come into the office without a sportcoat, i'm not critical of what these kids wear so long as they don't show up looking like shit and smelling bad. times have changed with regards to clothes.
good point, will definitely be hitting the hygiene when I get back home. I wish it wasn’t the day after I get back from time off so I had more time to sort this out
Post by Jim Watson on Sept 18, 2023 12:50:39 GMT -5
I also think a long sleeve dress shirt and pants that aren't jeans would go a long way. If people are rocking Hawaiians and jeans around the office then a coat is probably not needed, but honestly couldn't hurt. Source: overdresser in a casual office
Post by garageland on Sept 18, 2023 13:08:18 GMT -5
The one of the only bit of advice that I kept from my step-dad was dress for the job you want not the job you have. Even if it's a in-house promotion, not looking casual goes a long ways.
Boomer thoughts, I know, but if everyone is casual and you're not, it'll make you stand out a bit. If everyone is semi-dressy and your casual, it obviously doesn't look like you're taking it seriously.
I would dress slightly nicer than you normally do but nothing too out of the ordinary. Don't wear anything that would look out of place if you didn't have the interview. It also probably doesn't really matter that much if the manager is someone that you've worked with before.
Last Edit: Sept 18, 2023 13:42:48 GMT -5 by r - Back to Top
I would dress slightly nicer than you normally do but nothing too out of the ordinary. Don't wear anything that would look out of place if you didn't have the interview. It also probably doesn't really matter that much if the manager is someone that you've worked with before.
yeah this was kinda what I was thinking. I know the common adage is there’s no such thing as overdressing, but I feel like there might be when you stick out so much at an office where even the managers are wearing jeans.
I would dress slightly nicer than you normally do but nothing too out of the ordinary. Don't wear anything that would look out of place if you didn't have the interview. It also probably doesn't really matter that much if the manager is someone that you've worked with before.
yeah this was kinda what I was thinking. I know the common adage is there’s no such thing as overdressing, but I feel like there might be when you stick out so much at an office where even the managers are wearing jeans.
You will definitely be giving way more thought about what you are wearing than the interviewers will. Unless you wear something crazy the probably won't think about it at all.
yeah this was kinda what I was thinking. I know the common adage is there’s no such thing as overdressing, but I feel like there might be when you stick out so much at an office where even the managers are wearing jeans.
You will definitely be giving way more thought about what you are wearing than the interviewers will. Unless you wear something crazy the probably won't think about it at all.
CEO: Why didn’t you wear a jacket to this interview?
xfinitypass: Sorry, sir. My friend Cock Lips said it wasn’t necessary.
Hell yeah, and if the boss doesn't like it he can shove it in his korn slot.
One might call this a Kornhole
Just did the interview, it was up and down where I stumbled a bit at the beginning but brought it back towards the end. Fingers crossed, but even if it doesn’t work out it was a good learning experience
Hell yeah, and if the boss doesn't like it he can shove it in his korn slot.
One might call this a Kornhole
Just did the interview, it was up and down where I stumbled a bit at the beginning but brought it back towards the end. Fingers crossed, but even if it doesn’t work out it was a good learning experience
Just did the interview, it was up and down where I stumbled a bit at the beginning but brought it back towards the end. Fingers crossed, but even if it doesn’t work out it was a good learning experience
what did you wear
black dress pants with a white button down shirt with tiny little black flowers on it, and new white shoes. as good as I could do for a 930 target trip
Post by RyDolla$ign on Oct 6, 2023 15:32:42 GMT -5
Advice on accepting and possibly rescinding job acceptance..
So I’ve been unemployed for a while now and I’m started to get concerned about money but I have had tons of interviews and now offers are starting to roll in. I have a couple I really like but they be take too long to start/bank on myself getting so I’m narrowing it down to like 2.
A job offered me just now and asked for me to hear back by the end of Monday. I interviewed for a job that pays more ($12,000 more to be exact) and that I’d like more and they said I should hear back in a week. I give it about a 60-75% chance of getting it… should I accept the first job and rescind it if I need to?
Advice on accepting and possibly rescinding job acceptance..
So I’ve been unemployed for a while now and I’m started to get concerned about money but I have had tons of interviews and now offers are starting to roll in. I have a couple I really like but they be take too long to start/bank on myself getting so I’m narrowing it down to like 2.
A job offered me just now and asked for me to hear back by the end of Monday. I interviewed for a job that pays more ($12,000 more to be exact) and that I’d like more and they said I should hear back in a week. I give it about a 60-75% chance of getting it… should I accept the first job and rescind it if I need to?
My advice may be late but yes 10000%. Only caveat would be if you work in a teeny tiny word of mouth local industry with vengeful weirdos. The overwhelming majority of the time this is fine.
I have recently realized that I am completely taking the path of least resistance in my professional life, to the point you could argue I'm taking the path of no resistance. The problem is I've been working in the restaurant and hospitality field for so long, I worry that my skills don't, won't, or can't translate to a new career path. I've managed a restaurant, I've managed ushers in a theater, and am currently serving in a weirdly hierarchical corporate restaurant that inadvertently reminds me constantly that I'm replaceable. My only real professional goals anymore are to be a writer of some kind or get paid to share music with people (which both seem unattainable to the point that it's soul-sucking and emotionally debilitating). I've been stuck in the doldrums of this path for so long that I can't even really actualize in my own mind how to start the process of working towards those things and figuring out what it looks like along the way. I have enough money in my checking account alone that I could put my two weeks notice in tomorrow and not worry about a job for at least 3 or 4 months. That's kind of beside the point, but is it though?
Any advice on changing career paths from hospitality and service to something more creative in the field of writing or music dissemination (for lack of any specific description of what I want lol) would be sincerely appreciated.
I have recently realized that I am completely taking the path of least resistance in my professional life, to the point you could argue I'm taking the path of no resistance. The problem is I've been working in the restaurant and hospitality field for so long, I worry that my skills don't, won't, or can't translate to a new career path. I've managed a restaurant, I've managed ushers in a theater, and am currently serving in a weirdly hierarchical corporate restaurant that inadvertently reminds me constantly that I'm replaceable. My only real professional goals anymore are to be a writer of some kind or get paid to share music with people (which both seem unattainable to the point that it's soul-sucking and emotionally debilitating). I've been stuck in the doldrums of this path for so long that I can't even really actualize in my own mind how to start the process of working towards those things and figuring out what it looks like along the way. I have enough money in my checking account alone that I could put my two weeks notice in tomorrow and not worry about a job for at least 3 or 4 months. That's kind of beside the point, but is it though?
Any advice on changing career paths from hospitality and service to something more creative in the field of writing or music dissemination (for lack of any specific description of what I want lol) would be sincerely appreciated.
have you thought about working for a concert venue? Could meet in the middle while you figure out what's next
Post by RyDolla$ign on Mar 5, 2024 13:30:19 GMT -5
Has anyone on hear taught English abroad? In the very early stages of considering doing it and looking for advice about TEFL certification courses and maybe recs for countries. From some research the countries I am most interested in that seem like good options are Japan, Cambodia, Columbia, or Czech Republic.
The program I'm looking at right now is Manhattan College's program which is 100 hours online a 20-hour in-person practicum which costs $1,680. Trying to figure out if it is worth the extra money for the in-person portion. Alternatively, considering the International TEFL and TESOL Training's program which is 4-weeks in-person for $2,290. Or finally, one of the cheap random online ones. For at least now, I'm more interested in teaching children which is why I was leaning toward TEFL instead of CELTA. Just a little background on me, I have a BA in sociology and MSW with experience in schools including some co-teaching.
Has anyone on hear taught English abroad? In the very early stages of considering doing it and looking for advice about TEFL certification courses and maybe recs for countries. From some research the countries I am most interested in that seem like good options are Japan, Cambodia, Columbia, or Czech Republic.
I haven't. But a couple of my little brother's friends from Florida State did after graduation. One went to Taiwan, and one went to Korea. He'd go up there in the summers during law school and hang out and travel all around Asia with them (usually on scooters or small motorcyles). The one who was in Taiwan was from NYC and his parents had a successful Italian restaurant there. He got married to his gf from Taiwan and had kids. His parents sold their restaurant and they all moved to Hawaii The one who was in South Korea moved back to Boston several years later. Though my brother was with him in Seoul during the World Cup when South Korea made it to the semi's in 2002. I think he worked like 3-4 hours from there, but you weren't not going to be in Seoul for that.
If you're thinking about doing it, go somewhere that you want to be. You're still young, so you probably want to see and do new shit (I'm old and I do too). The cool thing about Asia was that you could easily get from country to country and see places that otherwise cost a lot to get to individually and mostly become places you never get to. The couple of times he was there, they went to Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Japan, South Korea and Thailand.
If I was going to do it, SE Asia or southern or western Europe would probably be my first picks* - Europe for kind of the same reason as Asia. In very little travel time (usually trains), you can get to completely different countries or completely different cultures within countries very fast. I guess those kinds of schools were called American Schools or whatever. But I'm sure English as second language is taught pretty frequently in those countries as we would take Spanish, French or whatever here.
* Polynesia (or Micronesia) would be my real top one destination. Spending a year or two on Fiji (Fijian, Hindi, English) or Bora Bora (French) or any of the islands there would be as close to paradise as you could get teaching. And if they pay for you to get there and back a couple times a year, fuck yeah. Teach some English.
EDIT that you mentioned Columbia. I've been hearing lots of good from people who have been down there lately. The only problem with South America is you never know when an uprising is going to happen and shit will go haywire. That's not really something to worry about in Uruguay, Chile or Argentina and probably Paraguay as well.
Has anyone on hear taught English abroad? In the very early stages of considering doing it and looking for advice about TEFL certification courses and maybe recs for countries. From some research the countries I am most interested in that seem like good options are Japan, Cambodia, Columbia, or Czech Republic.
The program I'm looking at right now is Manhattan College's program which is 100 hours online a 20-hour in-person practicum which costs $1,680. Trying to figure out if it is worth the extra money for the in-person portion. Alternatively, considering the International TEFL and TESOL Training's program which is 4-weeks in-person for $2,290.
Has anyone on hear taught English abroad? In the very early stages of considering doing it and looking for advice about TEFL certification courses and maybe recs for countries. From some research the countries I am most interested in that seem like good options are Japan, Cambodia, Columbia, or Czech Republic.
The program I'm looking at right now is Manhattan College's program which is 100 hours online a 20-hour in-person practicum which costs $1,680. Trying to figure out if it is worth the extra money for the in-person portion. Alternatively, considering the International TEFL and TESOL Training's program which is 4-weeks in-person for $2,290.
Hi. Yes. I taught ESL abroad for about a decade. Mostly in South Korea, but also in Nicaragua and a brief stint in Myanmar.
TEFL/TESOL courses look good on a resume for a first year teacher, depending on where you go. Important thing is that you don't do a scam course. A legit TEFL course with proper accreditation will run at least $1,000 and will last about a month. I did International TEFL Academy's online course with an in-class practicum in my hometown's local ESL school. If you have the time and resources I'd recommend doing an on campus course as opposed to online.
Once you have the cert, time to narrow down where exactly you want to go, as visa and hiring requirements are different in every country. Asia is usually a good place to go if it is your first year because of how high the demand is for english teachers. South Korea has really blown up in popularity with the K pop and K drama wave sweeping the world in recent years. Also contracts in Korea tend to provide housing and one-way airfare.
Southeast Asia is a very raw, surreal experience but it is hard to save money for travels. Most ESL teachers in Asia like to save money for a year or two and then do extended backpacking once their contracts are up. Of course you'd already be living in a prime travel destination so there's that. From what I understand Vietnam was usually considered the best destination for ESL teaching in SE asia.
Ugh, tryin’ to study fer IT certifications with an eight-month-old, full-time job, and a wife who’s both workin’ 30+ hours a week and doin’ nursin’ school full-time is not easy! But I’ve gotta do it ‘cause my current IT job just sucks.
Has anyone on hear taught English abroad? In the very early stages of considering doing it and looking for advice about TEFL certification courses and maybe recs for countries. From some research the countries I am most interested in that seem like good options are Japan, Cambodia, Columbia, or Czech Republic.
The program I'm looking at right now is Manhattan College's program which is 100 hours online a 20-hour in-person practicum which costs $1,680. Trying to figure out if it is worth the extra money for the in-person portion. Alternatively, considering the International TEFL and TESOL Training's program which is 4-weeks in-person for $2,290.
Hi. Yes. I taught ESL abroad for about a decade. Mostly in South Korea, but also in Nicaragua and a brief stint in Myanmar.
TEFL/TESOL courses look good on a resume for a first year teacher, depending on where you go. Important thing is that you don't do a scam course. A legit TEFL course with proper accreditation will run at least $1,000 and will last about a month. I did International TEFL Academy's online course with an in-class practicum in my hometown's local ESL school. If you have the time and resources I'd recommend doing an on campus course as opposed to online.
Once you have the cert, time to narrow down where exactly you want to go, as visa and hiring requirements are different in every country. Asia is usually a good place to go if it is your first year because of how high the demand is for english teachers. South Korea has really blown up in popularity with the K pop and K drama wave sweeping the world in recent years. Also contracts in Korea tend to provide housing and one-way airfare.
Southeast Asia is a very raw, surreal experience but it is hard to save money for travels. Most ESL teachers in Asia like to save money for a year or two and then do extended backpacking once their contracts are up. Of course you'd already be living in a prime travel destination so there's that. From what I understand Vietnam was usually considered the best destination for ESL teaching in SE asia.
Ugh, tryin’ to study fer IT certifications with an eight-month-old, full-time job, and a wife who’s both workin’ 30+ hours a week and doin’ nursin’ school full-time is not easy! But I’ve gotta do it ‘cause my current IT job just sucks.
Any advice, InfoRoo?
Persevere. I've been in similar - working multiple jobs with a wife working and in school and 2 young kids. Then she got pregnant and accepted into nursing school. It was tough, but you figure it out and then look back wondering how the fuck you did.
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