BLT Recruiting Discussions

The pandemic has brought misery for a few sales organizations and unforeseen opportunities for a few others. How many folks out here crushed Q2? If so by what % did you exceed your quarterly quota? Did someone have their best quarter till date? Let’s celebrate some accomplishments!

What's the highest raise you ever got during a performance review?

Do other ladies on here ever have days when they dress up for work with no good reason just to see how people will react?

Curious how other companies are position their 2023 December holiday calendar.

Christmas falls on a Monday next year. Is your company observing the Friday before (22nd) as eve? Or are they observing the 26th as day after?

Do you ever feel like someone is gaslighting you? + 10 if you've seen the movie 🎥 👍🏼

Is having a part-time weekend and weeknight gig frowned upon?

Believe it or not, for all the talk of digital... online video subscriptions and downloads JUST overtook DVD sales. People still exist that rent dvds from netflix?

How long is too long to be an intern? I've been interning for about a 1 year and half now at 4 different agencies. All extended me until I'd leave for another agency. I was told bad timing/layoffs

When an agency is about to hire you as a creative lead but without seeing your book to find out what you had done in your career, is that a red flag to you as a creative?

I’m planning to buy the study materials for the SHRM-CP certificate through Amazon. What are the best ones to obtain?

Books on human psychology that have affected you. I'll start: influence, sales Bible, on killing.

I want more money

Hello! I have a two part question: 1) is it worth it to obtain an SHRM specialty credential if I don’t have the broader SHRM certification? 2) has anyone gotten the People Analytics or Talent Acquistion credential? If so, how valuable was it from a learning perspective? Do you feel it significantly contributed to your knowledge in either area? Thank you!

Hi HR Professionals! I am revising our current employment application form. Per SHRM, I was just curious if any HR Professionals completely removed the following fields: social security number, recommend salary, graduation dates, military discharge info, race, maiden name like (Ms. Mrs. Ms), & criminal history questions. I was just curious what other Employers/HR Professional have done. Any information is greatly appreciated. Thank you!

I am going to move in the next few month to a location with a higher cost of living due to personal circumstances. I love my current company but I’ve only been here a little over a month, how should I go about requesting if it’s possible to get a salary increase? Might be a stretch but thought it might be worth mentioning.

Tired of this constant grind and constant layoff situation in NYC. Thinking of making the move to LA. Any thoughts? Yay or nay?

I just got laid off — anyone else get hit this round? ☹️

What are your best tips when letting an expecting parent know we will not be revising the parental leave policy for them (but we understand they think it’s not good enough)

What is the best advice you would give to a junior account manager?

Anyone have any suggestions for a conversion tracking replacement now that Indeed is shutting down that functionality?

How much is the average pay rate or salary for a talent acquisition specialist? One year experience recruiting with MBA.

What’s the difference between being Google Ads Search certified and Google AdWords certified?

Hey Media Fish - any recommendations on a tool that helps validate media mix (how much to spend with who)

Looking for senior designers that knows shopper marketing. Please DM with books!

Has anyone taken  ACAMS Certified Global Sanctions Specialist (CGSS)? Any comments/ reviews? How has it enhanced your employability? Why did you take the CGSS?

Check your band for year 2020-21

Need Help.

So, I recently joined a new company. They have put me to a project which I have no knowledge, no skill there.

I'm new, project is new, no one to give KT.

What I'm a supposed to do?

Is it appropriate to give your PL a gift (MD)? It was a promotion year to SM…

Considering boomeranging back to the firm I left last year. What is reasonable to expect for an offer to return?

I received an offer for a role that is a lot more money than I thought but I still want to negotiate and see how much more money I can get. What can I say if the salary is already above average for the role in the market and city I live in?

Working in Risk Advisory-Internal Audit at EY. Looking to move into valuations. Have knowledge of valuations through FRM and CFA level 2 but no direct valuations experience. Anyone willing to help?

Has anyone recently onboarded to Accenture and how was the experience. Wat is expected on ur reporting day n when do u get ur laptop delivered.?

Any suggestions on cracking a product management interview at a telecommunications company! I have been working as a software engineer for the past 10 years and now looking towards transitioning to product management. Any advice is welcome.

Human interest stories might not be where the money is, but making the switch has saved my sanity after the tragedy I’ve covered the past few years.

Hi Fish,

I attended the interview in cognizant. But i didn't get any feedback of my interview. So, what should I do? Also, I dropped the Mails to recruiter. They did not reply on that.

Has anyone visited Hawaii in December? I just booked my honeymoon for mid December and am wondering how the weather will be in Kauai.