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oathboundFamiliar@akko.elysium.gay
this career presentation is making me hate the professional world more than I already do
“you should send a thank you note after your interview” fuck no
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@oathboundFamiliar career counselors and instructors be like "make sure to lick as much boot as possible"
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@spinach we were also told to “maintain eye contact and don’t fidget” which
ma’am, this is a sociology program, we’re a bunch of fucking autists here
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@oathboundFamiliar It's also a stupid recommendation. I've hired a lot of people through my career and whenever someone followed up with a thank-you note, I always had the impression that they were trying to game the process or following some "best practices" doc they found online. A simple "Thank you very much for this interview" at the end of the call will go dramatically further (and make sure the other side says the same thing, or it's a warning flag).
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Jarkko Sakkinen
jarkko
@oathboundFamiliar @spinach tbh, autist or not, i'd find it creepy if someone would "maintain eye contact" through the whole discussion, like in any discussion :-)
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Jarkko Sakkinen
jarkko
@monsieuricon @oathboundFamiliar@akko.elysium i fully get what you are saying with the attenuation factor that sometimes there can be language barriers and cultural differences can cause some misinterpretation :-)
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@oathboundFamiliar @spinach traditional version of this "code of conduct" is that you should look into eye when you meet a new person, associate or whatever. i somewhat get this version, not the serial killer-version really. :-) i mean when you greet that person not continuing to stare like a maniac after that...
fun related fact is that quite many table manners etc, which are recommended still today, inherit from royal courts of the old days, and their function was being security protocols. this way it was possible to mitigate the risk for murdering the ruler with a knife or other weapon at hand :-) not a joke
fun related fact is that quite many table manners etc, which are recommended still today, inherit from royal courts of the old days, and their function was being security protocols. this way it was possible to mitigate the risk for murdering the ruler with a knife or other weapon at hand :-) not a joke
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