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Fwiffo said:
Working for some small wealth management firm with 300 employees who was founded and run by a father and his son is the C suite you have to report to. Is that insanity?
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Check that the name isn't Madoff.
HTH
 
Fwiffo said:
Working for some small wealth management firm with 300 employees who was founded and run by a father and his son is the C suite you have to report to. Is that insanity?
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Could be a very lucrative and chill job under the right circumstances.
 
It expired. I saw a job the other day about hiring a co-founder. Shouldn't you be founding the company if you are a co-founder?
 
Fwiffo said:
It expired. I saw a job the other day about hiring a co-founder. Shouldn't you be founding the company if you are a co-founder?
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Not that uncommon. Especially in Saas. Though, it is more 'match making' than hiring per se but you are salaried, so it is highering. Some VCs/ AInvestors/PEs prefer three founders to two and Two to one and a co-founder is drafted in.

Ask your hero Elon, he has bought a (co)founder or two titles.
 
Fwiffo said:
He's my hero? This forum has some strange impressions of me.
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use the advanced search function to search for "Elon" posted by you. You post more "Elons" than anyone on DW. Followed in second place by Dropbear Dropbear . You two are also #1 and #2 respectively in posting in Isn't She Lovely.
 
Thruth said:
use the advanced search function to search for "Elon" posted by you. You post more "Elons" than anyone on DW. Followed in second place by Dropbear Dropbear . You two are also #1 and #2 respectively in posting in Isn't She Lovely.
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Hot chicks and taking the piss out of Elon and his Shiny Rhodesian Toyota Truck = doing the Lord’s work.
 
That doesn't mean I think he's a hero. His list of ex-wives and brood is disturbing to say the least. At the same time he's behind a bunch of things that affect the broader society and at least he's involved with his ventures unlike Tim Cook who inherited it from his ex-boss.
 
"Please don't treat this as a formal interview. It's more of a conversation."

:rolleyes:
 
fxh said:
So - whats the point for you - or me?
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Past behaviours are the best indicators of future performance.

But I've heard this statement for interviews at every level (individual contributor > middle management > executive) that it's a conversation.
 
Fwiffo said:
But I've heard this statement for interviews at every level (individual contributor > middle management > executive) that it's a conversation.
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I think it is just a clumsy try at making people comfortable, by people who are maybe not very skilled at interviewing. Of course from a recruiting point of view you want a conversation instead of an interview, but I think if you're good at it, you won't need to tell people in advance. They will leave the interview and think "oh that was a nice conversation", that's the idea imho.
 
To disarm you - yes, I'm aware. I'm just surprised it's something repeated at every level. It's almost like please shake people's hands. Please wear a suit and tie for your interview advice.

On the flipside I hate people who keep deviating into hypothetical "Well if it was A, I would do B" - in which after a sentence or two I have to interrupt and say "so did you actually do B at X place?"

Or the worst are the interviewees who believe they are running the interview and want to steer the conversation so they can ramble on about their own talking points. It's an interview. There's an interviewer - who asks questions and is control of the interview - and an interviewee - who sits there and responds to questions. It's not Sunday political talk show format.
 
I have no problem with it being a conversation - two way - not just question and answer. It's the "its not formal " bit that is dishonest.

A good interview is a conversation with questions from both sides - but its still a formal evaluation of a candidate. I always like to ask the receptionist or security person "How did each candidate treat you" - and if possible take a candidate out for a coffee - and watch how they treat service staff and others.
 
DISC profiles have really changed a lot since I took my first one. Not the four behaviour types - but the interpretation and analysis part of the report.

Also I just figured out I apparently bought and sent out DISC tests to some former directs and one of my ex lady friends. The results are saved on my account from years ago. Can't say I saw any surprises clicking through them.
 
Head of a non-profit firm. It keeps getting better, fewer people, smaller budget, no real finance or HR functions.

The best thing getting called in for an in person interview only for the interviewer to cancel the day before or morning of because their spouse is in the hospital....Not once. Twice in two months.
 
"You must complete the assessment independently without external help, including unauthorized internet resources or Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools (for example, Copilot, ChatGPT or any other form of AI). You may be asked to explain or elaborate on your answers in a follow-up interview. Any violation may be investigated and result in serious consequences, including the rejection of your application."

But once I turn on Live AI in my Meta Ray-Ban glasses.....
 
I can count less than 5 fingers on one hand the interviews where people use behavioural questions. Of course this was from the president and exec level so at least I'm comforted some good things are still being practised.
 
My boss is going to retire as soon as the shutdown ends and they can talk to someone on social security about their benefits.

I don’t really want that Director job because it’s very administrative and not fun, but if I don’t apply for it I could end up working for some asshole worse than me and plagued with regrets.
 
Dropbear said:
My boss is going to retire as soon as the shutdown ends and they can talk to someone on social security about their benefits.

I don’t really want that Director job because it’s very administrative and not fun, but if I don’t apply for it I could end up working for some asshole worse than me and plagued with regrets.
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Apply. Having it on your resume is something they can never take away from you. Nothing says you have to stay in the position forever.
 
Dropbear said:
My boss is going to retire as soon as the shutdown ends and they can talk to someone on social security about their benefits.

I don’t really want that Director job because it’s very administrative and not fun, but if I don’t apply for it I could end up working for some asshole worse than me and plagued with regrets.
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Do it! Not necessarily applying right away, but at least having a chat with your boss about it. Depending on how important that position actually is, you might well be able to make you job more fun during the first couple of years.
 
Grand Potentate said:
Apply. Having it on your resume is something they can never take away from you. Nothing says you have to stay in the position forever.
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güero said:
Do it! Not necessarily applying right away, but at least having a chat with your boss about it. Depending on how important that position actually is, you might well be able to make you job more fun during the first couple of years.
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Oh, I’ll definitely apply for it. My boss wants me to be their successor, though won’t have any direct say in the process. I’d be a fool not to apply, at the same time I’m not excited about moving into a more administrative role.
 
Dropbear said:
Oh, I’ll definitely apply for it. My boss wants me to be their successor, though won’t have any direct say in the process. I’d be a fool not to apply, at the same time I’m not excited about moving into a more administrative role.
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It may be more administrative, but it could/should also be more of a leadership role? Would that be exiting?
 
So you currently are a manager of a very unexiting program? That does not sound very appealing either. In any case I personally think managing managers is more exiting than managing non-managers. What exactly is the (additional) admin work you would initially have to do?
 
Looking for a good resume template. What do you all recommend, beyond those evil Word documents that are formatted from Hell?
 
Fwiffo said:
I’ve been using one since I found my second job: https://www.manager-tools.com/system/files/documents/docs/Sample_Resume.pdf
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I like this format. Our application process is primarily driven by a long and tedious application form with a gazillion fields you have to write detailed content in. However, we have switched to a new platform where a resume is also accepted as a compliment. I’m trying to tailor the resume specifically to the person I know will be screening the applications and the person who will lead the interview panel.
 
Dropbear said:
I like this format. Our application process is primarily driven by a long and tedious application form with a gazillion fields you have to write detailed content in. However, we have switched to a new platform where a resume is also accepted as a compliment. I’m trying to tailor the resume specifically to the person I know will be screening the applications and the person who will lead the interview panel.
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That sounds like the UN application form I was filling in. I could have easily given up but 2/3 into it I just wanted to rage type into all the fields so I could say I submitted the application.

I used it and got an offer from the largest reinsurer in the world, the largest insurer in the world that isn't a life company for only Chinese people or health only for Americans where the CEO gets shot on the street and the second largest third party claims adjuster in the world.

As a hiring manager I always gloss over the hundred skills and acronyms you have, the career objective you likely used AI to write and any job or achievement that is over 5 years old. So the simpler you can present your resume or CV, the better for me.
 
Dropbear said:
I like this format. Our application process is primarily driven by a long and tedious application form with a gazillion fields you have to write detailed content in. However, we have switched to a new platform where a resume is also accepted as a compliment. I’m trying to tailor the resume specifically to the person I know will be screening the applications and the person who will lead the interview panel.
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I think these days any form will be assessed by AI for a short list. So tailor it for AI

Try an old school covering letter, not too formal. Run the letter through AI to see what it makes in dot points -as its what a lazy recruiter will use.

I have NFI what is in fashion with USA recruiters nowadays or even a lot of Oz ones. These days, there is always some expensive recruiting firm inserting itself between employer and applicant. It's a bad thing -I rarely see it adding value in the chain - the object is to find a few different ways to bypass the agencies as well as how to please the agencies.

I always asked the recruit agencies for ALL resumes -of those who applied - short list - long list and total rejects to check agencies bias.

One way is to contact employer direct PRIOR to writing application with some generic, sensible questions. And see if you can talk to someone senior -" I just want to clarify a few things before I apply"
 
As an internal candidate already holding down the position as interim director, I get to bypass a lot of the normal screening that the hiring manager would do. Within the application, there is a field to also upload a cover letter. In my case I don’t think there is anything I need to include there, so I’ll probably keep it brief and add a few sentences about passion to balance the dry application and resume fields.
 
Dropbear said:
As an internal candidate already holding down the position as interim director, I get to bypass a lot of the normal screening that the hiring manager would do. Within the application, there is a field to also upload a cover letter. In my case I don’t think there is anything I need to include there, so I’ll probably keep it brief and add a few sentences about passion to balance the dry application and resume fields.
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I have never understood USA norms - where candidates boost themselves unashamedly and include glowing reports of how they were successful at the most minor inconsequential things. - "Voted Miss Congeniality 2021 at Church Covid Gathering" - "In Top 50% of Class for Basic Xcel for Dummies"

You cover letter should show how you understand the job and don't expect to get it by entitlement.

However what would I know re USA today.

Perhaps you be best taking a lead from your sainted leader.

"You need me for this job, not sure you can afford me, but I'm the best and will cleanout the cesspool of corruption and scientific lefty DEI bullshit the previous job incumbent tolerated."
 
At least in government here, resumes and cover letters are really old school. Your application is a very extensive web based form with specific fields for everything (job held, duties performed, budget managed, etc).

I typically didn’t even open resumes if they were uploaded with the application.

However, in the new system we just adopted, uploaded resumes and cover letters actually appear in a preview pane - so are making a slight resurgence. A visually appealing resume that compliments the dry data of the application does help you stand out.
 
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