Would you leave to another city, start from zero, and give a step back in your career to join a great well-know company even if the role isn’t a good fit?

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Not if the “role isn’t a good fit”. Moving to a new city is tough enough without the job you’re moving for not being right.

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This sounds like an awful idea, TBH

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Only for w+k.

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Small City means if the bad fit is a flop, you need to relocate. Big City means you can jump to a better fit after a year or two.

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I would not recommend it as you have outlined. I don’t think moving to a new city makes much of a difference here. Sounds like a step back in your career and like you already know it’s not the right fit. Would you be moving to a better market? Ex. NYC from Dallas. Also if you are in Account Management I’m not sure how important a big company is for that career track. More the size of the clients you manage.

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Chicago from Dallas. From Advertising to Sales. Definitely not worth for me to make the move. But the company that offered the sales position is a pretty big deal!

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Would only do this if it was a dream role + dream company.

I would do this, as long as I was not committed to the new agency for longer than a year. I can deal with being at an agency in a role I have had before or don’t love for a year. Must be a good city in a good market where I can find a better opportunity. Plus getting the agency on your resume (if great) can help open more doors.

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Larsen & Toubro Infotech Anyone here from Hitachi Vantara NICE Ltd Larsen & Toubro Infotech

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Tech stack: .Net FS. YOE: 6

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Can someone refer me in your organization for Wintel domain role.

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Please, I need your opinion on this. I have 6 years of experience as a software developer and just finished my masters degree in data science. Now I am looking for a job here in the US. I went through the hiring process with this company and finally got an offer. They offered 88k/year and I responded opening a negotiation. They emailed me back saying that I am no longer in this process anymore with no further explanation and in Thanksgiving day. Is that normal?that email really got me very upset

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Lowes India is hiring across multiple positions!
Also they have launched a cool referral programme ;)
In case you are looking for a job opportunity for Analysts/Software Engineers/ Data Engineer at all level and also some managerial role, please DM.
Happy to refer! In case of knowing the company before applying- can help on that too!

Happy weekend in advance!
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I got laid off today from Hexaware Technologies .

My skills are java, spring, spring boot, sql and python. Have also worked as a flutter app developer earlier.
Total work experience 8months.

Please refer me to any openings be it aligned or not to my profile, i would be forever grateful since they terminated me without notice.

I have liabilities with which i might not even survive more than a month.

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What questions would you ask in the interview phase?
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If you had your pick of essentially the same role at all three of those holding companies which would you pick? Or not pick?

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Look for cultural moments that you can adapt? Look through award show books? Scroll YouTube videos until 3am?

I know that every brief and every idea is different, but I’m more interested in the process and what you’re creative routine is to get the wheels turning.

Thanks.

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Has this happened to anyone else recently?

Recruiter on LinkedIn: Hey we saw your work and were impressed with your ____ project. we’d love to setup some time to chat.

Me: ok great. Here’s when I’m free_______

Recruiter on LinkedIn: Sorry have to cancel the meeting, doesn’t seem like your experience matches the job we are currently offering.

This has happened 4 times in the past few months. Like you reached out to me??

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