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I was Shaken. Felt VOIDAnswer is going to be very long - I have not expressed my feeling to anyone after that day so here is lengthy answer (yeah - another Introvert !). This happened in PUNE.It was a good day with blue cloudless sky and warming temperature, I woke up early since I was in first shift so started earlier to office.signNowed office, had some work that I owned and went with colleagues for breakfast, when came back noticed HR and manger were discussing something in meeting room, I continued my work, until interrupted by manger to come along with him, so I did.In Meeting RoomM: How are you Mr. XXX?me: I am well and good , feeling quite good today.M: hmm, so Mr. XXX, how many years you have been working for XYZ and how was your experience so far ?me : (what the hell he is asking me this, wondering why he is asking this question to me) completed 2.5 years so far (I joined as fresher there ) and told regular rotten things like feels good , good work culture,bla bla bla.M: okay, let me come to the point - there is feedback for you from team mates that you are not doing well and keeps sleeping at nights when you are in night shift , your attitude towards work is not good. Is that true ?me : (I was shocked for few mins and I took me while to get out of it )I am sure there must be some misunderstanding, this is not true (In my mind, I smelled something fishy )M: Well, Mr. XXX, I have feedback in written for you and that must be true and I don’t think it might be some misunderstanding. Let me call HR to join here ( I came to know this later that this was pre-planned and both HR and manger were already hand in hand)While waiting for HRme : (sweated, my throat went dry ) -felt anxious, my heart was beating fastlyM: waited calmly with mild smile on his faceHR joins meetingHR: how are you Mr. XXX,M: hmm, he is quite frightenedHR: hey XXX, relax, do you want to drink some water ? (while opening a bottle )me: did not utter a single word (I was sweating )HR : Forcefully handed over water bottleme: did drink some waterHR : I have a news for you, we here are XYZ no longer require your services and you are relieved from today and you may leave after this meeting.me : what ? what ? (heartbeat on high, could not believe on my ears )HR: Relax, calm down, you will get your 2 months salary and relieving letter along with form 16 and pay slips, you may leave nowme : Almost broke into tears literally, my eyes were RED.HR and M : they were just watching me what I am going through.me: Sir, Madam, there is some misunderstanding here, I kept telling this is not true in different ways.HR & M : both silent - no words spoken.me : again - I kept telling and trying to explain.HR : Please leave your id at me and get your stuff and leave - otherwise I have to call securityme : (coming out of shock , I was explaining like a beggar to someone rich )I am from lower middle classed family, my father is retired from school as clerk and mother is housewife , I have responsibility of younger brother for his education and I have to support my family. (M was very well aware about my background )HR : (in somewhat harsher and loud voice) : Please get out.me : I literally grabbed HR and manager feet to show me some mercyHR : XXX, please leave ASAP.meanwhile, M calls security to escort me to the gate , few mins passed, a security personnel comes in and requests me to come along with him.me : while standing and giving merciful look to both - still hoping they will revert their decision and came out of meeting room and headed towards washroomI asked security personnel to wait outside washroom and let me wash me eyes that were much REDDER and shred me tears.I came out of washroom and asked security personnel to wait at main door and requested not to come by desk very politely, he agreed, went to my cubicle , did not show any sign for what happened, took my stuff as if I am searching for something from my drawer ,just so as not to take doubt among team mates , took my stuff and gave a smile back to team mates who were not having any idea that I am leaving PERMANENTLYI walked very SLOWLY with security guy and came out of building.signNowed room (there was no one at room- room mate was at job, we were just two guys )- I CRIED AND CRIED AND CRIED FOR HOURS - and for the first time in life I experienced GREAT VOIDI was constantly thinking of my family (I was unmarried then ) and their dreams, their hopes - all gone just like that !!(I always used to send 90% my salary to home for support and brother’s education so I was not having any big bucks in banks )On the same day - I got some many calls from my colleagues - news was spread finally , did not answered single one.They all came to meet me and I told what M told me about them and they said no one has given any feedback.I did not broke news to my home - I broke it when I went to home after 1.5 months.I broke it to my room mate after 2 days.Meanwhile - I decided to change my spends towards my lifestyle since I was only having 3k in my salary account and I have to live with that for at least 2.5 months since I could not ask for money at home.I used to eat just a SINGLE WADA PAO for a day and cup of tea - you heard it - just a single wada pao for a day and a cup of tea and I have to prepare for interviews as well with this empty stomach -Whenever I got interview call - I spent money for transport and skipped eating Wada Pao and shamelessly used to ask at interview locations if they are proving free meals for candidatesI lost almost 15–20 kgs in 1.5 monthsThis continued for 8 months and finally I got a decent job !!(I faced so many cross questions like why did you leave your job in middle while holding no offer - since it was mentioned by HR on releasing certificate that I am, XXX, wants to move on )P.S.Later I come to know that HR had hired someone from college pass out from M referral who was relative of M.There were no issues among team mates - my team was really decent team - just t0 be clear.My Room mate helped me a LOT during this periodForgive my poor English and grammatical errorsI moved on and LIFE HAS TAUGHT ME A GOOD LESSON THAT I WILL NEVER FORGET.

First off, don’t panic. It is not as unusual as you may feel and it is not as complicated as made out to be. I went through this almost 3 weeks ago, and here is the entire process that happened. I am, 24, unmarried, IT professional in Pune. I found this out on a Wednesday after I was late by 2 weeks. Got the Home pregnancy kit and it was negative. We were relieved, but decided that we need to check it again as there was a slightest of slight shadow of that other pink line. That was by far the smartest decision we had ever made. Next 3 tests on Thursday morning confirmed the fears. Then began the most insane Google search ever, we tried to figure out safe way to end it. By afternoon, we found out the nearest, highly rated hospital to get the process started. The first hospital balked at us being unmarried, young, clearly from different religion. We were scared and they took down the name, address, office where we work and shoed us away saying they don’t entertain unmarried folks. We questioned them that they wasted hr., caused us anxiety, when they could just have told us straight up that they don’t want us. Since they have our name, we can’t do anything about it and the "doctor" "graciously" told us that he is giving us free consultation! He directed us towards a place which 'may entertain our special case". First question to ask before you share your details: Do they entertain unmarried cases. The next place (the place we were referred to), it was shabby but the doc and his wife (also a doc) were very professional. They told us to get a sonography and come back with a report. The sonography person was an ass, since the preg was barely 4 weeks old, it was not detectable. This was blamed on my being fat. Since the fat layer was so dense h couldn’t get result through external or internal ultrasound. (BS much!) We paid 1100 for the test and 400 for the blood test. The doc obviously asked us to wait for another week, get the sonography again and once the location of fetus is known (it can be either outside uterus or inside0, he would give us the pill. That was 500/- cash for the doc, without receipt.We waited a week, thought and overthought it all, so much so that we each took random day off office and read every bloody story on the net. My guy was particularly careful about not letting me lift anything heavy, or doing anything to cause any pain. It was endearing and scary at the same time. The no receipt part freaked us out so we went to another hospital post the sonography (new place, 800/- and very professional). This was specifically mother and child place. The doc was an MD and she was the coldest human being on earth. She confirmed the test, asked us to sign forms, took ID s of both me and my guy, took consent confirmations and gave the pill subscription. We asked her what to expect she said it’s going to bleed, there will be pain. I asked her, when I will join work, she said within few days. We even asked if we should come back in case of heavy bleeding or any issues (Thanks to internet, we knew this to be a pain point) she said it’s obviously going to bleed for 4-14 days. Do not come before that. I swear to god, she did not help in any other way. Because they were giving bills/receipts and were an establishment with some hierarchy and if something gone wrong (we were sure it was going to go wrong), the place will be able to handle it. So we took the first pill on Wednesday. No issues faced. There was slight cramps in the tummy but that could have been anxiety. The next pill was taken on Friday night. My guy cleaned out the room, the mattress, the bed sheet. It was the one thing he could control and he did it. We took the pill around 10-30 pm. Keep water, some candy , comfort food , pads and hot water bag handy. The hot water bag was the most important thing. Nothing happened for 2 hrs. we took one painkiller with 3 pills from Mifegest. Around 12-30 the bleed started. It was regular period stuff. Nothing worrisome. Around 2am the cramps started, the hot water bag eased it a lot. This continued till 4 am after which we just fell asleep. Morning was almost like any other period day. No lumps or anything coming out. We took the next pill with another pinkiller. Saturday went off with no fetal matter exiting me. Sat night, I slept soundly. Sandy the lumps started flowing out, again manageable with slight discomfort. We even went for a walk on Sunday. Monday we took leave from work and by now the flow had become minimal. There were few big chunks on Sunday night, they were gel type stuff usually experienced during menses, just a little bigger. I was back to work on Tuesday. The flow continued till Thursday but life was back to normal on friday. We went in to test again after a fortnight, nd got the all clear from the sonograhy guy. The cold doc asked us to come for a consult after the sonography and today it will all be over in all honesty. My case was 8 weeks , treated with MTP and closed without any comlication. Be strong and know that it is okay. The stories online are sometimes way too horrible. It is not the case always. Thecost for the entire thing with sonography came to 8500. India is very friendly about this, if we overlook the social stigma. The emotional tool will be heavy, be clear about your decision and do not hesitate to ask for help. Few positive stories online helped me through, i hope this answer helps you. Feel free to signNow out via comments and I will answer your querries.Dont worry, you got this !

In order to make a great impression, follow these tips:Arrive to work early and leave late on your first day.Dress appropriately and to look your best.Be confident, positive and prepared for a full-blown interview from your colleagues.Assume also that some of your coworkers won’t bother to get to know you.Observe your coworkers in return, their behavior towards one another, towards their boss.Pay attention to company culture. Who gives orders, who is the unofficial leader, who arrives early and who arrives late, who takes coffee breaks and how often, who start the lunch process, where lunch takes place and for how long…does everyone work out? Should you go to the after works?Remember the names of the people you meet.Cultivate emotional intelligence.Communicate effectively, listen more than you speak and observe your body language.Show interest in your new tasks.Be open to correction, advice and guidance.Accept invitations for coffee, to smoke or to lunch with your coworkers.Don’t indulge in office politics and gossip on your first day or ever.For more information, check out this article:13 Leadership Tips for Your First Day on the Job

When I was seventeen, I was given a rectal examination by a psychiatrist as part of a routine psychological evaluation at a state institution where I was sent for testing.The testing was in preparation for a probation violation hearing. I was facing a two-year sentence for larceny if my probation was revoked, which seemed pretty likely as I had two subsequent arrests to answer for at the hearing. In a last ditch effort to avoid prison, I sought voluntary treatment in a drug rehabilitation program. The program was privately run and free, but to prepare my case for the hearing I had to submit to four days of testing and observation at the state psychiatric hospital.There was no medical or security reason for the rectal exam. I had already received a physical and I was a compliant patient. When I saw the psychiatrist near the end of my stay, he interviewed me for about an hour and gave me a battery of psychological tests, during which it was clear he had only contempt for me.At the end, he told me to stand up, pull my pants down to my ankles, and bend over with my hands on my knees so he could examine me. I have no doubt it was just an exercise in power administered for the sole purpose of humiliating me, but at the time I thought I brought it on myself.For a long time afterwards, I felt ashamed for not resisting. The cost of resistance would have been very high: submit to a beating from the orderlies, four-point restraints, forced medication, and extra time at the hospital before I’d be released to serve a certain prison sentence.I was seventeen and it was August. Other kids I knew were getting ready to head off to college, while I was looking at a two-year prison term. So I did the prudent thing and let the doctor feel me up.I beat the prison sentence and did eighteen months in the rehabilitation program, which was a good thing on the whole, because I got off drugs and even made it into college after my unusual gap year experience (you can imagine what my college essay looked like).But the feeling of humiliation stayed with me for a long time afterwards. I thought I was weak for choosing freedom and life over incarceration and more abuse because I had not done the manly thing by fighting back.Years later, I became a mental health professional and worked with many individuals who spent time at the same state hospital. My story is nothing compared to theirs. I was there for four days of testing. Many of them spent years of confinement there and have told me stories of unimaginable cruelty, abuse, and humiliation.It was a bad place – a medical facility that was better at doing harm and degradation than patient care and treatment.EDIT: It’s been a couple of months since I checked on this post, so I was blown away when I visited it today and read all the comments. To those who offered sympathy and compassion, Thank You! To others who suggested that I was in a situation that merited a cavity search or that a rectal exam is somehow standard protocol for a psych evaluation, all I can say is, read my answer again. It happened in a hospital, not a correctional facility, and a medical doctor conducting a mental status exam never has cause to touch a patient in any way at all.I was 17, but had enough wits about me to know that what happened in that room was wrong. Anyway, that was more than 40 years ago. It’s by no means the worst that ever happened to me and it’s far behind me now.

Company name : “Z” cements.Interview no : 3Still the memory is fresh.Was dressed in formals.Had some beard.Nervous but little confident.Suddenly a person walks in : Candidates will now write a written test followed by HR interview.Wrote the test with full confidence.All the questions were somewhat familiar to me.Done.Finished the test.Selected candidates list was announced.Luckily I made it there.A girl came :Navin you can go and meet the HR.I entered the room thinking how the HR is gonna speak to me.Me : Excuse me.That voice : Yes,Navin you can come in.*The sweetest voice I have ever heard*Looked up.Dead. The second I saw her. I am dead.I thought HR in top companies would be like hindi movie villians.To my shock , She looked like the girl in Angel Priya DPs.*Hands trembling*She : Hello NavinMe : Yes mamShe : Can I have your resume please?Me : Sure mamShe looked at me in the eyes.Dead literallyShe found that out.Navin, Why are you trembling. I won’t hit you so chill.So she asked me a lot of questions.What is cement?What is the ratio?Say few words about M SandWhy is hollow blocks used?Why are we using prestressed structures?What is the ratio of M30?Explain about silosWhat do you think will be the alternative for cement?I answered each and every question.She : Okay Navin, since we have come to the end of the interview lets speak of something else.I started to give the confused lookShe : Chill. What do you think of the current government?Me : I like Narendra Modi and his policies and blah blah blah.She ; What do you think of congress?Me : They looted in the name of developments and blah blah blah..Finally the question :She : What do you think of this interview? Say the truth. We are friends here say now.Me : When I first entered I thought it will be very hard to clear and the HR will screw me. But when I saw you everything about this interview changed. I got confidence and did well. Thanks mam.That’s all Navin. Thanks for the day.We will get back to you soon.Interview result : Rejected.I got angry. I pinged her via linkedin.Me : Why did you reject me mam?She : You’re a flirt & a Bhakth.Me : But you said speak your heart out and tell the truth.She : That was a question I used to test you since you have answered all the questions I wanted to ask something. You think HR is your friend ?Me : Sorry mam.When I signNowed out to my friend who worked there, he said “Dude the interview was a eyewash”Never speak about politicsNever comment about the HR even when she asks.Lessons learnt.Thanks for reading.Keep smiling.

They used false “help wanted” ads to fire their own employees that were looking for a new job.I worked for a lead generation service which sold qualified lists of homeowners (and their telephone numbers) to financial advisers. Then, they sold those same financial advisers a telemarketing service that would call those homeowners and arrange appointments with them. There is so much that is “shady” about this company that it is impossible to bring up one questionable act without first explaining several previous questionable or downright illegal acts. (UPDATE: if you want more details about how bad it was to work for this place, check out John Hursey's answer to What is the most ridiculous reason for which you have been fired?)After a particularly horrifying series of events right around the holiday season, I decided to begin looking for a new job. I got on craigslist, and I found several positions in customer service and data entry that were available right in my city. I sent them a quick email with my resume attached, and waited for a response.The next day I was called into the President’s office. He invited me to sit down. His mother (the vice president of the company) was standing behind him. He asked me if I was happy working for him.Luckily for me, I knew this was a trap of some kind and answered honestly. I told him that I was interested in having more free time with a more flexible schedule and that it would be impossible to do so with my current job, so I was in the process of looking for something else. I also told him that I had informed my direct supervisor of my intentions last week, and that I would give the company adequate warning—at least two weeks notice—before I quit.He and his mother looked at each other. Well, he said, it turns out that one of the companies I had applied to was the very same company I worked for now. I thought that was odd, because I don’t have any intellectual disabilities or mental impairments that would indicate I would apply to the same company that I currently worked for. Nevertheless, I told him that I suppose this was good news, since perhaps I could simply transfer to whatever this open position was and still maintain my employment with his company while working the schedule that was most convenient for myself.Not so fast. It turned out there wasn’t any positions available in those departments. Their strategy was to entice applicants with positions in data entry and customer service and then during the interview inform them that those positions had been filled; those applicants were then offered much less pay and schedule flexibility as a salesman. In addition, current employees that applied for these jobs were summarily fired for being “disloyal.”A month later I was terminated, for reasons I still do not fully understand. I applied for unemployment, and when I explained the series of events leading to my termination the lady at the unemployment office literally scoffed at me and told me that my story was unbelievable. She even called me personally at home to tell me that the company was contesting my unemployment filing and that she expected me to lose the arbitration process.The day of the hearing I got a phone call from the same lady, in tears. She apologized profusely for how she had treated me. She had just completed a five-minute interaction with the president and his mother, confirming not only my story but also her worst fears about humanity in general.

Billy Connolly, the famous Scottish comedian, had a joke about buying shampoo. He went into a shop and discovered hundreds of different brands, types and varieties of hair products, and it wasn’t even clear whether some of the bottles were shampoos or not. And he yearned for the days when “you’d go into the shop and ask for a bottle of shampoo, and they would give you one.”This joke tells us a lot about what is wrong with the job market and why it has become such a minefield for job-hunters. The workers and job-seekers are the shampoo, in case this isn’t clear. 50 years ago, a company needed a typist or an engineer, or a school needed a teacher, they would advertise for one. And if you had the right qualifications, you could apply. And they would pick one. And normally that person would do fine. You had a job, the company had an engineer, the school had a science-teacher, or whatever. Everyone was happy.Today, every company is convinced that they are special: “we don’t just need any shampoo, we need a moisturizing, coffee-scented, dark green 2-in-1 shampoo/conditioner for brittle shoulder-length blonde hair.”However, since they know that maybe they won’t find exactly what they want, and who knows, there might be one exceptional lemon-scented shampoo that would be just as good as a coffee-scented one, they don’t put all this information in the job-advertisement. In fact, they say something like “we need someone with a degree who is interested in having an exciting career” - although they are not always quite that specific.So everyone reads the application, realises that they may be eligible, and because they are desperate, spends maybe a day applying, writing a cover-letter, filling an online application form, and so on.And so the company gets 231 applications for one job, and the hiring manager simplifies her life by discarding 80% of them based on what are, essentially, really stupid criteria - typos, CV formatting, the first line of the CV, and so on. These are “stupid” criteria because they tell you nothing about the candidate, only about which source of advice the candidate has used to complete the CV, and who has proof-read it for them. If you are looking to hire someone to a senior position, then probably their ability to proof-read their 120th job-application-cover-letter for spelling-typos should not be the first criterion you use. If people have a typo in their CV, maybe that’s a sign that they are trying to optimise it for each specific job, surely a good sign of strategic thinking that should outweigh the negative of slightly imperfect orthography.But there are so many applications that the HR manager needs to find some way to eliminate say 221 of the 231 candidates. And giving serious consideration to the potential fit of each person for the specific role just isn’t realistic. (future AI might change this, even today possibly AI’s ability to sort through vast numbers of applications might outweigh its inability to deeply understand each one).Let’ say that they eventually interview some of the candidates, for the sake of argument, 10 of them. So now, each of these candidates will give up a day for the interview itself and often signNowly more time in preparation, reading up about the company and so on. Because to not have researched the company could suggest that the candidate was just applying to lots of companies rather than having a specific life-long interest in this particular company, which would be enough reason to exclude them - after all, if you’re not willing to invest a week of your life for a 1 in 231 chance to work with our company, are you really the type of person we want to hire?But do they really have a 1 in 231 chance? Or now a 1 in 10 chance?Of course not. Because a lot of HR departments these days pretty much exclude anyone who actually applies for many roles, on the Groucho Marx logic that they wouldn’t hire anyone who would want to work for them. Or more precisely, because, by virtue of applying, that suggests they must be desperate (well, at 231 to 1 odds, they have a point), which means their career mustn’t be going very well, so they mustn’t be all that good. Etc.And so, they go and look for “passive” candidates. Find someone who’s happy and successful in whatever job they’re doing, and try to tempt them to come and work for you instead. What a great idea! Literature is full of characters who refused to accept any of the single, available suitors and insisted on chasing people who were married instead. Predictably, that usually worked out pretty badly. And so some genius decided that HR should try the same experiment. It may be in the short-term interest of the hiring manager, a few high-visibility candidates may benefit from it, but the long-term impact is just very negative on everyone, especially on the people who were working with the passive candidate in their previous company.But even more especially on those job-seekers who have put so much time and effort into their application and interview only to find out that in fact there was never any real chance of them getting the job at all.Or more likely, never to find out anything - because these days, rather than sending rejection letters like we got when I was in college and we were all applying for our first jobs (PFO’s and occasionally just FO’s :) ), many companies just ghost - you never hear from them again, you have no idea if the role has been filled, if you’re still a candidate, or whatever. You don’t know if you should apply for other vacancies with that company, for example.You can argue, of course, that the good candidates will eventually find a job. But the problem is that many don’t, and there is no guarantee even for the good candidates. And so the whole process is highly stressful.Part of the problem is with statistics. You’d think that if you’re a good candidate and you just keep applying, one day you’ll get lucky. But that’s not how it works. Let’s say you apply for 100 jobs, and for each job you have a 1% chance of being hired. So you’d think “OK, 100 applications is a lot of work, but I’m pretty sure to get a job at the end of it all, right?” Well, no. Because that’s not how statistics works. Even if you don’t have any systemic problem (e.g. your shoes or your tie or your grey hair or some standard answer you tend to give is putting interviewers off, but they don’t tell you why, so you never find out), lots of low-percentage chances do not ever add up to certainty. In this case, 100 applications with a 1% chance for each one, the odds are less than 2 out of 3 that you will get a job.How can it be right for job-seekers to have to go through this minefield just to feed themselves and their families? How can it be right that experienced, hard-working, qualified people who can definitely do a great job, cannot find a job, even in markets where employers claim there is a shortage?Equally, how can this be right for people newly entering the job-market and desperately in need of income to pay off their college loans? Or for parents returning to work after career breaks to raise a family?How can it be right that so much of the creative energy and intellectual effort of so many people, energy and effort that could be used for so many great things to benefit society, goes into this game of competing just for the right to work, to this charade in which everyone knows that everyone else is pretending, but still the rules state that you must stay in character or you are expelled from the game?How can it be “normal” that the process of finding a job requires so much time and effort and offers so few guarantees?I have some ideas, which I’ll share. But first some personal perspective.From the tone of my answer, you may assume I’m a very angry job-seeker, frustrated at the lack of progress, feeling powerless to do anything. Actually, nothing could be further from the truth. I’ve been lucky enough to never be unemployed, and when I have, during certain periods, applied for jobs, I’ve found the system treated me very well. Most of my applications got replies, and I got several interviews, in which I met very interesting and friendly potential future-colleagues and truly got a chance to convince them that I was the right person for the job.Any HR people I interacted with were super-helpful. I know I’m part of a privileged minority thanks to my qualifications and experience, but I also truly believe that the flaws in the current system are not the fault of HR managers anywhere - they are victims just like the rest of us, struggling to do a tough job in a system which needs to be re-thought for the third millennium.My real perspective is that I’ve been involved in hiring, both in my previous job (in a multinational) and in my current role (in a start-up). In both cases I’ve been shocked at the extraordinary number and quality of applicants we got for each position, the amount of work they put into each application, and the number of truly great candidates that get rejected for every one who is accepted. I really wanted to write back to the candidates we didn’t hire and tell them that they were really great (well, most of them) - but I couldn’t figure out how to do that in a way that didn’t sound like a very well written but insincere rejection letter (“it’s not you, it’s us!”) …It is so utterly wrong that such qualified, competent people should have to enter such a lottery to get a job.We need a system in which companies stop looking for some needle in a haystack candidate, and instead, to paraphrase Billy Connolly, when you need an engineer or an accountant or a salesperson, you just ask for one, and they give you one. For example, you put your name on a list to which qualified candidates (say chemical engineers) can sign up and be validated, and the next company who needs one takes the next qualified candidate and pairs you up - so that a person putting their name on the list knows that their turn will come and they will get a job.I know systems like this work for jobs like nursing and teaching in some countries, but apparently it’s not appropriate for hiring middle-managers – because obviously securing a 3% increase in sales in North Dakota is far more important than taking care of the sick or educating our children …And sure, if they prove incapable of the job, you can replace them - but mostly they won’t - after a couple of months working in the company, they will fit in fine. In those first months they will have the time to learn 90% of the things that today are on the list of exclusion criteria for HR, for example “no GMP experience” or “familiar with our budget software” – instead of trying to find the needle in the haystack, just train the person up on things like that, it’s not rocket science. The cost of this will be far less than the cost of the HR and recruiting effort to find a candidate who ticks all the boxes. And working with someone for a month will tell you a lot more about them than any interview, no matter how sophisticated.Why will this never happen? Because the idea would scare the hell out of recruiters … and the irony is that they too face the same dilemma that everyone else faces - if the company decides to downsize the recruiting department, then they are forced to re-enter the lottery of applying for one job with 500 applicants if they want to pay their rent or feed their families.Without pretending to know the perfect solution, I think we can say that the current system is just plain wrong.(note: this was mostly posted first as a comment in response to another answer, but I realised it was actually an answer in itself, so I’ve chosen to repost it somewhere where people can actually see it!)PS It is crazy to think this, but I truly did hesitate before posting this, because with the checks that are run on social-media these days, just writing this answer might end up causing me to be excluded if I were to apply for some role in the future. But then again, maybe it will help … who knows?ADDITION/EDIT:One topic that comes to mind reading all the replies: A lot of job-applicants would really benefit from getting honest feedback about why they didn’t get the job. I mean, real specific details, like “you didn’t seem well-prepared, you couldn’t even name two of our products”, or “you arrived late for the interview, that is a no-no for us”, or “there’s a photo on facebook that appears to show you smoking a joint” - in addition to more standard things like “you were a good candidate, but we found someone better, more qualified, with more experience.”Unfortunately, it is very difficult for HR/Recruiters to give a candidate this kind of feedback, even if they truly want to help the candidate. Because in this world of “no good deed goes unpunished”, there is the risk that the candidate will respond aggressively (“that wasn’t me in the photo - so I want you to re-open my application!”) or even make a legal challenge (“you cannot legally exclude me for not having 5 years of experience, that is ageism!”) or whatever. Not real examples, but you get the idea. The result: applicants rarely get useful feedback, and potentially continue to be excluded again and again for the same reason.I have often wondered if there is a solution to this. Especially for cases where the reason is something blatant and fixable (social-media content, inappropriate attire, typos, …), wouldn’t it be good if the person rejecting the application could provide helpful feedback to the applicant with no risk of reprisal.The applicant would have to promise not to use any of the feedback against the employer in any context. Even if they believed that it was discriminatory or unfair or even false. Yes, this seems wrong, but the alternative is even worse - we shouldn’t let the perfect get in the way of the good.Perhaps an intermediate agent (e.g. a state-body) could be involved, could collect the feedback and share it, so that it is not the company who has to deal with the legal and logistical questions.As humans, we learn best through feedback. I believe this scheme would be extremely powerful, and would perhaps even start to help address the problem many applicants feel of being constantly rejected and never knowing what they need to change to get accepted.I don’t in any way think it would be trivial to make it happen - but the problem is big enough that maybe it’d be worth trying.Interested to hear any ideas about this in the comments below!

Most important, best, and easiest way to increase your chances 1,000% Talk to your boss about what it would take to get promoted.  Seriously. Engage in a meaningful discussion about where you currently are with your work, your career goals with the company, and what options are available for advancement. I watch people who sit in their cubes and watch internal job postings, then apply when they see something they want. These people are often surprised when they don't get the job and don't get far in the selection process. There are some big reasons why, but not engaging their boss sets all of them up. You must know yourself before you can advance. I'm not talking about your honest self assessment of your ability compared to the position you desire either. I'm talking about how you are percieved by the people who will be making that decision. If I'm looking to hire someone from within the organization for a promotion, I start by signNowing out to the managers of teams that are good 'feeder pools' for candidates. Do you know what your boss will say about you to a prospective new manager? You need to advertise your interest. Believe it or not, there are dozens of internal promotions at almost every major company that are never advertised or posted. These are direct recomendations / offers. If no one knows you're interested in advancing, they rarely recomend you for unadvertised positions.You need opportunities to showcase your skills. If you have made an ally of your boss, they can help position you to showcase what you can do in a selection process. You may get passed more important projects, responsibilities outside the scope of your normal job description. These kinds of things are key when applying for internal advancement.In most organizations, you will not be eligibile for advancement without your boss's approval anyway. I get a form to sign everytime one of my employees applies for another position within the company. The form requires me to give 'clearance' for an applicant to accept another position. It asks about your performance evaluations, disciplinary status, etc. I don't like HR surprising me with this form. You don't want to be surprised by something I'm obligated to put on the form. Your boss will find out that you've applied, it's better that they hear it from you than from HR. In the end, if you want to advance, engaging your direct manager in a conversation about how to advance will improve your chances more than any other single action you can take. That doesn't mean bow and scrape to your boss, or fawn over them to gain their favor. It means have a genuine conversation about your goals, interests and how you can best benefit the company.

Immigrating to Canada turned out to not entirely be what I expected.Part 1:I landed in Toronto-Pearson International Airport (YYZ) this past Monday afternoon, excited to begin my yearlong journey as an AI Resident at Uber ATG. Everything mostly went according to plan initially - I got off the plane, filled out the customs form, told the border officer I was applying for a temporary work permit, and went into the immigration room. Here the wait time was longer, but I waited ~40 min and got called up by an officer. Then I gave him all the necessary materials to process. After ~10 more minutes...