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Does anyone have experience with payfactors? Looking for a salary benchmarking tool that is not crowdsourced.

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?

I'd like to think I'm prime for a promotion, but my agency is not promoting people right now. BUT...I know if I left they'd be absolutely screwed. Can I ask for a promotion by threatening to leave?

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

Any advice for someone looking to transition into a full HR Generalist role from Recruiting. I’m currently a Campus Recruiter with about 5 years of HR experience (Coordinator- Higher Ed). I received my PHR certification in September 2020 and sitting for my SHRM-CP in two weeks. I’m having a hard time transitioning into a full Generalist position.

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?

Is Preacher a good place to work? How’s work/life? Culture?

Which is better long term. A job at a Big agency with big clients VS. A job at a smaller shop but higher pay and title with more responsibility.

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?

Does anyone have the 2020 SHRM books for sale or to borrow? My job won’t contribute towards my certification. I’ve already paid for my test. I have the books from 2015 but I’d like to study from the 2020. I tried finding them online to purchase but sellers of affordable books aren’t responding.

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!

I’ve just passed the final interview for a Business Development Manager position for SaltPay, UK. Does anyone know of the commission structure, KPI’s etc to expect? We didn’t get a chance to discuss it in my other interviews (it’s been a very quick process) . Would love to hear any insights you might have in the company. Thanks!

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.

Hi,

I am going through psychological stress, mild depression and anxiety issues due to recent workload and have lost all motivation to continue. I am planning to quit but afraid will i get a job post that. What shall i do?

Who has a pool 🤨

What's the confirmation procedure in TCS? In the offer letter it was mentioned that initial 3 months would be probation and after that confirmation. Could you guys please let me know if any action or follow ups required from our end or HR will do the needful ? Please let me know

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Where and how do you search for new opportunities?

I use LinkedIn, my network, search key words in Google for adverts and look on organisation's careers pages.

Is there a more structured way for me to do it?
Any websites that I should check out?

I'm looking for strategy type work outside of London.

How are the projects in transport, travel and hospitality domain in coforge. How is the work load and how are the onsite opportunities. How is a role of test analyst in coforge

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I started trading during Covid crash. Started with equities and eventually moved to options. Earlier lost a month's salary and then lot more trying to recover it. Currently have lost my yearly salary worth and it's affecting all aspects of my life (job, marriage, health). I have tried to convince myself to consider it a loss but always get back trying to recover it.

Any advice how to deal with it. Thanks.

Guys, which laptop to go for? M1 air or M2 air? Please suggest, any help would be appreciated.

Breaking Bad v. GOT?

Best noise-canceling headphones that are comfy when worn for a few hours? Thank you in advance!

Does anyone have anything to celebrate today? 🎉

Anyone with two full time roles run into the issue of having conflicting meetings? What do you do?

Why do some people get laid off and others not? Is it always utilization? Do people typically know they're at risk before it gets to that point?