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‘It’s your fault’: Job agent caught on camera blaming jobseeker for unemployment
Main Post: ‘It’s your fault’: Job agent caught on camera blaming jobseeker for unemployment
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Look at what happens when you pay third parties to find people jobs and make that payment dependent on the number of successes
They push the unemployed into the shittest positions possible just to get the ✔ and the money - doesn't matter if the person they're "helping" is actually better off or not.
Is it rude for not turning on my camera on during Zoom/Teams meetings?
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Is it rude for not turning on my camera on during Zoom/Teams meetings? What are everyone's thoughts on this?
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Read the room. If everyone else’s camera is on, yours should be on too. It’s fine to turn it off every now and then if you need to stretch, take a drink, pick your nose, etc.
Zoom interview camera on/off?
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I made it through a video question screening, interview with a recruiter, and now I have an interview with my potential manager who is a director at one of the largest healthcare companies in the US. When he invited me to the zoom interview, he said “no need to turn on your camera unless you want to” and I’m not sure what to do! I’m leaning towards turning on my camera but I assume from his statement that he’s not going to be on camera. Thoughts?
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I would turn it on.
Remote interview tips? (Zoom and Phone)
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Hi all,
Does anyone have some good Zoom/Phone interview tips? I’m about to have both this week and would appreciate some insight as I’ve always been prepped for in-person! Especially for phone interviews, I don’t really like not being able to see the interviewer and my interviews lasted so long that I get distracted easily.
Thank you!
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Try to replicate an in-person interview environment as much as possible. I also get easily distracted on phone/video interviews, so here are a few things that have helped in the past!
PREP: Dress up fully, close the blinds, lock the door, turn off your computer (if phone) or have only Zoom in full screen with all notifications turned off. Put your phone in Do Not Disturb mode. If possible, print out a hard copy of your resume, job description, and interview prep notes / questions for the interviewer.
DURING: Sit with good posture (easier during Zoom when you know they can see you, but highly important during phone too). Take notes by hand -- this also reduces the annoying keyboard sounds (you wouldn't be typing your notes during an in-person interview anyway).
END: On the phone, I found my thanks were more genuine if I actually went through the motions of standing for a handshake. Obviously this won't be doable on Zoom, but if you feel like it matches your personality and your interviewer would be receptive to it, a small joke about doing a virtual handshake (or elbow bump in COVID days) could showcase some personality.
Good luck!
Stupid ZOOM interviews
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First of all I just want to rant how much I hate zoom interviews . I hate hate hate them . They’re so awkward!!!
Today I got another zoom interview 😏 I was interviewed with 2 ladies . They never show their faces . I was the only one sharing my face . I thought that was rude and weird . Why waste my time ? Why not just do a phone interview instead of wasting my time trying to logged in and get my shirt and tie . Ugh I’m sick of all this job hunting. I’m taking a break from searching for jobs .
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And if you haven't had a HireVue interview yet, you haven't lived. Its even worse. ; p
What are some tips for acing a zoom interview?
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What sort of things do you need to think about or prepare for, which are different to in face ones? I know there's a bit about it online but was trying to get personal experiences with these types of interviews, what worked best for you, what felt odd, what hiccups you made etc. I suppose you could have a printed out copy of your answers by your side and almost stare at it when you're answering, or do you look straight at the camera screen. How long are zoom interviews, on average, are they quicker because nobody really likes them, or maybe they do? And when it's time to leave, do you take initiative and disconnect yourself after goodbyes have been exchanged, or do you wait until they kick you out of the room, essentially?
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Impressions after 6 months teaching English online.
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I know things about online teaching companies are regularly posted, but I though I'd give my impressions since the ones I have seen on here I feel are often a bit misleading and way too positive. I get it. They want to make as appealing as possible to entice people to use their referral code. I am no different, but I thought I'd try to give a more honest assessment based on my experience after working 6 months online. The TLDR is, yes, you can make up to $24 an hour working from home in your pajamas. But, no, the children are not magical creatures delighted to see a foreigner, the flexibility comes with caveats and the earning potential is dependent on many factors and not guaranteed.
Let's start with the thing most people care about. The pay is really good, especially for what you're doing. Once I started getting fully booked I began to average between 2700-3200 a month. This really can vary greatly because it depends on on how much you get booked and how much you want to work. This took awhile and some work to get to this point. My first month I made about $90 despite being very aggressive and opening as much of my schedule as I could. I have read many in the Facebook groups lament about going months without getting hardly any classes. This job is about marketing yourself as much as it is teaching to be successful. If you can't appeal to the parents as well as please the students you are not going to do well. The key is too attract regular students who book you weekly and recommend you to other parents.
The job is really easy. The lessons are already done and involve hardly any prep other than glancing at them a couple minutes beforehand. Classes are just 25 minutes. But for those 25 minutes you are actively engaged. It can often be stressful to try to get the student through every slide if they are not compliant or struggling to understand. Unlike some jobs like retail where there is a lot of downtime and you can zone out, you are 'on' for those 25 minutes. After about 8 in a row I need a break or my brain feels like mush. Every lesson is recorded and parents will often be right off view of the camera or will watch the lesson later and are likely to complain if the see low energy, mistakes not being caught and corrected and the lesson finished. Both of my negative parent reviews came because I dared to yawn in class. (Apparently yawning is a big no-no).The parents often also meddle in the lessons, sometimes trying to do your job and telling the student the wrong thing. One of the worst things is that if the child makes any mistakes is that Chinese parents can sometimes be quite harsh. Seeing a kid smacked or have his ear twisted because he/she can't say something correctly is difficult at times and having a lesson with a parent like this is very tense. The job is really easy, but not without its frustrations.
I often read on these that the kids are wonderful and awed to speak with a foreigner. Perhaps the very young ones, but most have had lessons with other teachers and often have had in-person English lessons with teachers. I taught in China for several years as one of these. Chinese students have an unbelievable amount of pressure on them through things like homework and extracurricular activities. There are many wonderful and fun students to teach, but for many, you are just another task on their agenda when they would rather be doing something else. It is often a pain to get students to pay attention when they constantly play with their phones right under the camera and lie when you ask them to put it away. I have had students refuse to follow instructions, swear and make rude comments both in English and Chinese ( I speak fairly decent Chinese from my time living there), and even been flipped off. The strange thing is that the parents will sometimes continue to book you even after you have mentioned this is your class comments and there is nothing you can really do to prevent this. It's a mixed bag, but I will say that I really enjoy most of my regulars and many teachers develop caring relationships, some I have read have even gone as far as traveling to China to visit them.
One of the best things about this job is the flexibility. Work as much or as little as you want. This job offers a great way to add money in your free time, but there are two big things to keep in mind. One is that the schedule for those is the Western Hemisphere is pretty tough. I get up at 3:00 to start classes at 3:30. I sometimes pull all-nighters if I want to earn some extra cash. I am a night owl so this doesn't bother me much, but for people who aren't morning people this can be a difficult adjustment.
The main issue with the flexibility is that in order to get consistent bookings, you often have to open your schedule well in advance, at least a week to two weeks. You can be booked almost any time, but many parents take part in the 'booking frenzy'. This happens every Monday at noon Beijing time when parents are able to book their children's upcoming lessons. Once booked, the policy is quite strict and you need to do that class unless you have a documented reason like a hospital stay. You get 6 cancellations and any more and you are unlikely to have your contract renewed. So if you booked classes in advance and your friend scores some free concert tickets Saturday night, you might have a difficult choice to make.
This job has been a real godsend to my life. I don't think it will work for everyone one but some people might really benefit such as:
People who live or want to live abroad. I live in South America and was working at an ESL school, making enough to get by, but not much else. Since I started teaching online I have been able to live a very comfortable life, increase my savings and start investing again. This is a job you could do anywhere and if you go to countries with a lower cost of living you can leverage the salary to have a very comfortable life. After South America, I plan to go to Istanbul, Plovdiv, and Bali and others the next few years. There is a whole community of teachers who live this lifestyle and are very helpful and supportive. So if you are stuck in a rut and have dreamed of seeing the world, there are few better ways.
This job also suits people with disabilities or other difficulties. I have a condition that sometimes makes it difficult to leave the house. Being able to work from home has really boosted my quality of life. Instead of waking up, getting dressed and spending 45 minutes with rush hour to make it to work on time, I simply just throw on a shirt and splash some water on my face, have some coffee and sit down to work.
If you have debt and need some extra cash. I was able to get my sister a job at VIPKID and she was lucky enough to get booked quite quickly. She ground out a couple months and was able to pay off her credit cards and is working on an emergency fund now. She is also several months pregnant and plans to take more time off since she can still have a source of income while she takes care of her baby.
The two companies I work for are VIPKID and GOGOKID. People have different preferences of each, but i prefer and do most of my work with VIPKID. Here are my referral codes if anyone is interested. VIPKID
Referral link
non-referral link Gogokid
referral code non-referral code
I hope this can be helpful to some people. Happy to offer assistance or answer any questions. Thanks!
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Quite an eye-opener. Thanks for taking your time to post this.