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Hourly pay rate calculation between Recruiting and Payroll Systems

My recruiting system's pay rate calculation differs from my payroll system's calculation resulting in penny difference in actual hourly pay to employee. How can I handle such to avoid payee ...
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After final round, recruiter changes interview process and asks 7 days take-home asessment [closed]

As the title says. The company is a very big tech company (largest in the country) well founded unicorn. First I applied, regular HR interviews. Then I was asked to do a 3 days extenuating take-home ...
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After cleared "last round interview" company silent [duplicate]

I applied for a position in a big corporation. It is the biggest tech company in the country. I first did an extenuant take-home assessment that I submitted. After reviewing it, they invited me for ...
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How to tell a prospective employer they should rush their process because I might get another offer?

So I am currently unemployed and having interviews and conversations with various companies. There is one company A for which I passed various rounds of interviews, and is very likely - not sure, of ...
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How could I better filter out job candidates who are trying to “extort” a better salary from their current employer

First-time poster and also first-time software hiring manager 😃 People are looking for jobs for different reasons. When these reasons involve things that their current employer can change fairly ...
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Curriculum Vitae vs Resume

Which one is more recognized\preferred by recruiters between a CV and a resume? I am currently trying to find employment and I don't know which one is better.
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Telling recruiter about offer from another company?

I'm a college student applying for an internship. Until Monday, I was in the recruiting pipeline for 2 companies. Then, one of the companies extended an offer, which I accepted (for a summer ...
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A third-party recruiter is asking me to share my interview experience with a coworker, would that violate my non-solicitation agreement?

I work at company A, and my (US) employment agreement includes a non-solicitation clause that's active during and up to one year after my employment. Recently I've been looking for other jobs; through ...
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How to turn down older programmers during interviews? [closed]

When hiring for startup what are some methods of filtering out older (27+) developers ? During interviewing we had few older developers stubbornly "get through" even though we explicitly ...
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Declined a recruiter yesterday. Got informed today that we are getting laid off. Can I go back to the recruiter?

I'm just two years into my career so I am not really sure how recruiters work. I got a message from one yesterday for a job that was interesting, but probably not worth switching companies to have. We ...
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2 answers
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Within the organization, how to avoid being asked to interview others during the company's recruiting process?

I've worked with a company for some time and we had a few interview seasons. I've participated in two of them so far. Anyways, since the pandemic, I've honestly felt less inclined (maybe lazy) to want ...
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Why recruiters ask a resume in doc format? [duplicate]

I have sent several applications over these months for different companies and contractors. Usually I sent the resume in PDF format. I'm curious and at some point also a little bit upset when ...
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Are LinkedIn Recruiters Mostly Scam?

I have a really poor view of recruiters who reach out on LinkedIn and just want to get a sense if they are actually scams or not. A decent part have international numbers. Seems like an easy scam to ...
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Should I ask a recruiter if I can contact the former employee who left?

It is common practice for employers to ask for a reference from the candidate to assess how good they are and if they fit an open position. How would you react if a potential recruit would ask you (as ...
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Can I date an experience on my resume earlier than the LLC was actually formed?

So up until now I have been listing a personal project (Android App) on my Resume under a "Projects" category for the past year. in this time I have spent close to 1000 hours on the project and am ...
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