I am in the application process for a really awesome job, and I just found out I have my second phone interview on Monday afternoon. Yay! It's a producing job at a start up web content company, and based on the first call, they're going to want to hire someone who can move data from cameras (sounds like I would be mostly working with DSLRs) into Final Cut Pro and prepare it for editing. I currently work in TV, where this job belongs to the assistant editors, and I don't even know how to begin to figure out this process. Please give me some weekend reading material to help me figure out if this is something I could quickly learn how to do. Thank you!
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posted by justjess
on Aug 9, 2012 -
5 answers
I can't keep living on disability. I can't go back to school. I'm not good with people. How do I find a part-time job that I can do? Are there no very-part-time CS jobs aside from freelancing?
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posted by mock muppet
on Aug 8, 2012 -
5 answers
I'm looking for the best way to ask clients of a company for work references, if this is done much, and to identify the risks associated by doing so.
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posted by thekorruptor
on Aug 7, 2012 -
1 answer
What should I wear for my job interview. Difficulty: UK, technical position at an academic institution.
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posted by penguinicity
on Aug 6, 2012 -
18 answers
So, I'm trans, have a really horrible job where I can't reveal it and I need to get a new one. There's one issue that I've been struggling with: All of my legal documentation is still under my old name, which means I'm going to have to disclose my trans status at some point. But how and when?
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posted by Toby Dammit X
on Aug 4, 2012 -
18 answers
Does anyone have experience jobhunting as an Anglophone in Montreal? Where should I be looking for English jobs, should I just forget finding one and learn French ASAP, and is this going to be as big a problem as I fear? Et aussi une grand plaque de fèves.
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posted by snorkmaiden
on Aug 3, 2012 -
8 answers
A year ago, I moved across the country for a new job, and unfortunately, I ended up hating it and quitting recently. Now my lease is about to expire, and I have a job opportunity back in the city I left (3,000 miles away). I would go back, but I've just started a new relationship and don't know what to do...
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posted by three_red_balloons
on Aug 2, 2012 -
23 answers
Which countries value free time, low working hours, and vacations? Which value living life and not just working?
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posted by Mr. Papagiorgio
on Jul 31, 2012 -
13 answers
I need to provide supervisor references for a job opportunity, but I do not have many people I can ask. Need help figuring out my options. Details inside:
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posted by mdn31
on Jul 30, 2012 -
11 answers
What types of jobs or careers would let me live in the US but travel internationally every couple of months?
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posted by inatizzy
on Jul 27, 2012 -
21 answers
I've been debating whether to get a new job. I'm relatively happy in my current job, but I think I could make more money. Please tell me how I can make up my mind.
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posted by smilingtiger
on Jul 26, 2012 -
17 answers
How do I tell potential employers that I NEED to go to this 3 week arts residency I've been awarded, mid-fall?
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posted by Miss T.Horn
on Jul 26, 2012 -
26 answers
I have a job interview tomorrow afternoon. I've got my suit all ready. The problem is that I had surgery recently and I'm in a full leg brace and crutches. Should I put the brace over my pants or under them? I don't know even know if the brace will actually fit under the pants, though; it's pretty bulky with a huge metal hinge and several thick velcro straps. Will wearing it on the outside of dress trousers look ridiculous?
posted by Cat Pie Hurts
on Jul 25, 2012 -
20 answers
You are a salaried employee with no overtime. You get an hour for lunch. Do you work 9-5 or 9-6?
posted by asockpuppet
on Jul 24, 2012 -
70 answers
I have a job interview scheduled at Microsoft, at the Redmond campus. What should I wear?
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posted by anonymous
on Jul 23, 2012 -
22 answers
Japan Visa/Work Problems, Cont.: Living in Japan, scored a job as an ALT in Japan that starts in a little over a month; already signed the contract and got my work visa renewed. Just got an offer from a much better paying job that would employ me right away (and would sponsor me). What to do?
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posted by Kamelot123
on Jul 23, 2012 -
3 answers
I've landed my first sales job. Yay! Please recommend books I can read, classes I can take, and other things of that sort I can do to succeed in the field.
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posted by Autumn
on Jul 22, 2012 -
8 answers
I'm a physicist, working to get hired in the tech sector in Silicon Valley. I'm an experimentalist having worked on collider and free electron laser experiments. I've done a lot of coding, most of it in C++ and Python, scripting in bash etc. The problems I solved, though, seem very different from ones relevant to the tech industry. My experience doesn't seem to count for much!
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posted by funkbrain
on Jul 21, 2012 -
12 answers
First of all, let me say I am thankful for getting a phone interview offer....read on and apologies for the ramble and poor writing style here. Please bear with me here for a bit. I had a job interview in a city I had hoped to move back to two weeks ago, and didn't get it. Like most others applicants, I prepared very well and studied, talked to myself, etc. so, it is what it is. I desire to get back to this place where my wife's family and my friends are and where I have lived for 15 years (Indianapolis). I've been extremely stressed out, have anxiety problems but have meds to help.
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posted by snap_dragon
on Jul 20, 2012 -
11 answers
What is proper "thank you" etiquette when given an unsolicited raise based on merit?
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posted by Fezboy!
on Jul 18, 2012 -
22 answers
No focus, no idea about future career. What do you guys do and did you always want to do it?
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posted by Colibri
on Jul 18, 2012 -
22 answers
I am currently applying for a new job. The problem is I have worked for family since college for the past 9 years. I don't of course want to tip them off that I'm considering other work, and they are somewhat vindictive, so I don't want to ask them for a reference prior to leaving, nor would I expect to get a fair reference from them.
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posted by KoiPond
on Jul 16, 2012 -
16 answers
Work to live. How to find jobs we can do from anywhere in the US (or ideally anywhere in the world). Bonus for attorney jobs.
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posted by semacd
on Jul 13, 2012 -
11 answers
I just graduated from a unique/specific master's program and now I'm searching for jobs. Are there any places I'm leaving out of my search?
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posted by theuninvitedguest
on Jul 12, 2012 -
9 answers
Asking for a friend: He's applying for a job with the title "IT Manager" and is asked to include a portfolio. What kind of portfolio does an IT Manager have?
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posted by Perthuz
on Jul 11, 2012 -
14 answers
My best friend is leaving her job at a local, well established physician’s office, and the position could be mine, as I understand it. In my head, there aren’t many downsides, but my SO thinks otherwise. Am I just blocking out major downsides because I feel like I want out of my current job? I feel if I go against my SO’s wishes I’ll never be allowed to have a bad day and rely on him, but I also don’t want to resent him for stopping me from making a switch if I become even more unhappy with my current position in the future.
What to do?
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posted by anonymous
on Jul 10, 2012 -
20 answers
Working as a pharmacy technician - can I negotiate better pay and more learning opportunities? And how would you phrase this to leave good relations in the future for employment reasons?
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posted by anonymous
on Jul 9, 2012 -
2 answers
How do I design a personal website/web portfolio that will dazzle, amaze, or at least intrigue everyone from professional web developers to non-technical senior level types outside the field and convince them that I do indeed, have the skills to pay the bills.
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posted by Seiten Taisei
on Jul 8, 2012 -
5 answers
Help me find a (non-sexual) spa in Toronto that will hire a not-yet-registered massage therapy graduate!
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posted by windykites
on Jul 5, 2012 -
5 answers
What can a vocational / career counsellor do for me, and are they worth whatever they cost?
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posted by synecdoche
on Jul 2, 2012 -
7 answers
Having trouble getting out from under the cloud of my resume. I worked in biotech for five years, and now want to transition into an advertising/design type career. I have the skills to transition, but all my work experience is routed in biotech.. what I am on paper is not what I am capable of in real life.
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posted by pwally
on Jun 29, 2012 -
5 answers
After eight years at an idiosyncratic dept at a major university, I got a "golden ticket" job at a hot new start-up in my field. I am thrilled. But I am also deeply sad about leaving my friends and colleagues. I mean, deeply, deeply, crying-about-it frequently sad. (More sadness inside!)
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posted by Fierce clam
on Jun 28, 2012 -
9 answers
In two weeks, I start a new telecommuting job, and I need to set up my home office. I'm totally confused about Internet access, though, and I have some questions...
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posted by trillian
on Jun 26, 2012 -
20 answers
Advice needed on potential career paths in the public health field: how to decide between a financially lucrative offer and holding out for potentially getting another job to do "good" for society? Way too much detail inside:
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posted by moshimosh
on Jun 20, 2012 -
7 answers
Searching for a job in Japan... Can speak Japanese, but have only gotten job offers from low-paying ALT dispatchers so far. Visa running out. Other venues to search?
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posted by Kamelot123
on Jun 19, 2012 -
10 answers
I quit my job today. I don't have another job lined up. I don't have a college degree or much work history. How bad is this?
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posted by GadgetryOwl
on Jun 19, 2012 -
16 answers
