So, this is not specifically about me, but rather in regards to my partner.

She's been working in what really amounts to a client success leader for a pharmaceutical for the last five years (moved up from various positions through the years, and this is her first true professional job outside of working for retail and the like). Throughout her employment, she's had various experiences in working in various technologies such as Salesforce, CRMs, and the like, but she lacks critical technology or IT experience with anything specifically where she had to build products, services, sell/support anything that's related to technology.

Recently, she had a huge company shuffle and as a result, her position is more or less a sales position, something that she admits is not her alley and is trying to find an out as soon as possible. She feels (and I agree) that she's being set up for failure, and she wants out before she's let go. Furthermore, the company she works at is a sinking ship. Long story short, she needs a new job, and a new one very quickly. A parallel switch within her company is not an option, she wants out.

She's been firing out resumes left and right for several months for positions that she feels are down her alleyway, but other than a few interviews, nothing serious have come her way. We both believe this is because of one of two reasons:

• She currently lacks critical experience selling, supporting, or offering any sort of client-side customer service with technology-related products or services.

• The salary she made is nowhere close to the positions she is applying to, or is anywhere close to what she is looking for.

As a result, she's been feeling dejected about the whole process. We talked through the possibility of having a job coach look over her resume (which I helped write, but I don't mind a second set of eyes) and Linkedin profile with a fine-toothed comb to see what is going on (she seems to be attracting more sales-related positions rather than client/customer success positions) to see why she's not attracting recruiters. But this seems to cost quite a bit of money which she is very lukewarm to spend (and understandably so). I was able to convince her to take a step back and take a break from the process for a month while we figure out her next steps, and then attack it all over again next year.

I guess my reason for posting here is to see what we can do to help my partner, who has no practical technology experience, better set herself up to find positions in the technology sector. What certifications could she realistically go after which might attract a recruiter?

Title describes my situation. I finished my master’s in 2020, started a job in finance with the DoD roughly 5 months ago, and may be receiving an offer with a contractor for a 40% raise. I have student loans and have been planning on doing the 10 year service forgiveness program, but now it’s looking like I can make more in the private sector over 10 years than the amount that would be forgiven.

Things to consider — giving up potential pension (which isn’t as good as when the boomers had it), job security/stability, student loan forgiveness.

Has anyone been in a similar situation? Any advice for making the jump to private sector?

So basically, I made a few short films with weird titles that contain the words "stupid fighting", "69" and stuff like that.

They show up on IMDb because I foolishly submitted data about me and the other people that I worked with on the short films to IMDb thinking it will make my films "official" or something.

Now my IMDb page shows up as the first result when you google my name.

I have tried and tried to get my page off IMDb but they keep saying they won't remove accurate information.

How will this affect me on my job applications? I really don't know how to resolve this.

Hey I would appreciate some opinions on my current situation if anyone is interested in discussing it. Im basically looking to make a change and move up to the next step in my career but I’m not sure what my options are? I was hoping someone might have some ideas I haven’t considered.

A basic rundown of my background: -Early 30s male. -A.A.S. Degree in HVAC -Current title is design and test engineer for a military contractor -previous title is mechanical project manager for a commercial and industrial mechanical company. This included designing mechanical systems even though I’m not actually a mechanical engineer. -Title before that is engineering technician

Those are the only 3 jobs I’ve had since 2007. I’m not really interested in going back to working for mechanical companies but I’ve been considering options like coding boot camps. I’m not sure if this would be worth it to help me transition to the tech sector.

Any thoughts?

So I've gotten 2 job offers and I am a little tiffed. I don't know how to proceed.

One listing said pay was $16-18. Aced the interview and they offered me the job on the spot. I figured I'd negotiate pay when I came in to do paperwork the next day. However the woman who was handling my paperwork told me its $16. When I told her I hoped with my experience and education I could get closer to $18, she seemed annoyed and said I'd have to talk to the guy who interviewed me and he's on holiday vacation. Said she'll have him call me.

The other listing also said pay was $16-18. Got an email saying theyre offering me the job for $15. Pay was not discussed in the interview, and the email is phrased very matter of fact, it doesn't read like pay is negotiable.

Should I pursue counter offers? Or just take the higher paying position for now and keep looking for other jobs? These are both fairly low level jobs, yet they advertised higher pay so I don't feel my frustration is unjustified.

A part of me thinks they put deceptively high pay ranges to attract applicants, but have no intention of actually paying that high, since they didn't attempt to negotiate. I feel a bit baited and switched.

I have a stem degree and plenty of applicable experience. I was making $30/hr at my last job which was a managerial role; I didn't expect to get that much since these aren't managerial, but I do feel I deserve $18.

In my previous role, they brought up pay during the interview, and I expected the same would occur for these jobs. Everything online says the interviewee shouldn't bring up pay until after the interviewer does, so I didn't feel appropriate bringing it up myself in these interviews. In the future, if they don't bring up pay in the interview, should I? How can I advocate for myself and my value, without coming across like I'm "only in it for the money"?

Having a learning disability hasn't been helping enough... but a stat that people say can change on a whim.... it's not something I have to prove, but claim. Does it help to put yourself in that category?

I recently started a job the last week of November. In the interview I was told I would be a full time hire and there hasn’t been a single week over 32-38 hours yet. Obviously with holidays it’s understandable to be less but I’m just not being scheduled when I could be. I’ve come in on days other people have called in just to get more hours.

Is it idiocracy to apply to other jobs? They told me they’re like family and that they will support me going back to school etc. I feel awful but even the manager I love that has been training me is leaving in January.

For context, this is my first job since earning my BA in 2019 and it doesn’t have anything to do with my degree. On top of it, I only make $15 an hour when the average studio apartment near me is $1300 a month. (To put into perspective) It’s kind of livable but without the actual full time hours I’m having a hard time wanting to stay. They’ve taught me a lot and I’m so thankful but this is supposed to be their busiest time of year and I’m not even getting my hours.