What is Wrong with Hiring

Today for Part 2 of our Hiring Horror Stories series, we continue with more terrible tales from job candidates. 

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Got a hiring topic request? Reach out to Amy on LinkedIn and we can cover it in a future episode.

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Got a hiring topic request? Reach out to Amy on LinkedIn and we can cover it in a future episode.

If you're so inclined, we'd love your help in spreading the word about our show with a rating and review on your favorite podcast app.

And if you're feeling extra generous, we would appreciate a financial contribution to support our work!

For this episode, we "randomly" select five questions from Listeners Like You (thanks!) and attempt to give quick (well, as quick as Laura ever gets) answers to each of them. 

• What's up with unpaid take-home assignments as part of the interview process?

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🤑 2021-2023 Global UX Compensation Transparency Database 🤑

Got a hiring topic request? Reach out to Amy on LinkedIn and we can cover it in a future episode.

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In this episode, Amy and Laura discuss the awful state of job postings—even the best ones are a bit confusing, and the worst are pretty much just bad fiction. If you are baffled by the different titles, levels, code words, and meaningless jargon, tune in for some tips for how to figure out what you're even applying for, and how to identify the red, green, yellow, and checkered flags. Plus a special cameo from our producer, Adonis!

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That unpleasant job posting from Nielsen Norman Group by Per Axbom

Gender Decoder: Finding subtle bias in job ads

Laura's famous Twitter post featured in r/antiwork (Amy's favorite subreddit aside from r/birds, r/birding, r/birdsfacingforward, r/linkedinlunatics, and r/stupiddovenests)

Katrina Kibben - Writing Advice for Job Postings and Recruiting

Why are UX job descriptions so bad?

Got a hiring topic request? Reach out to Amy on LinkedIn and we can cover it in a future episode.

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In this episode, Laura and Amy talk about who you should listen to when looking for career advice. Besides Laura and Amy, obvs. The answer is pretty straightforward, except it sort of isn't.

Also, sorry about the audio on this one. Technology is hard. 

Got a hiring topic request? Reach out to Amy on LinkedIn and we can cover it in a future episode.

If you're so inclined, we'd love your help in spreading the word about our show with a rating and review on your favorite podcast app.

And if you're feeling extra generous, we would appreciate a financial contribution to support our work!

In this episode, Amy and Laura talk about their experiences as freelancers, consultants, coaches, trainers, and everything else in tech. They explain which business models to use when and how to not get screwed by red flag clients. 

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Some useful links for more information after you listen to the show: 

• Avoiding worker misclassification from Bitches Get Riches

Got a hiring topic request? Reach out to Amy on LinkedIn and we can cover it in a future episode.

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In this episode, Laura and Amy chat about the pros and cons of becoming a freelancer, consultant, contractor or some other form of self employed person. After all, it's tough to get hired these days! Maybe you should hire you! 

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Got a hiring topic request? Reach out to Amy on LinkedIn and we can cover it in a future episode.

If you're so inclined, we'd love your help in spreading the word about our show with a rating and review on your favorite podcast app.

And if you're feeling extra generous, we would appreciate a financial contribution to support our work!

In this episode, Amy and Laura talk about a few key ways to help other folks get jobs, even in a bad market. Based on Amy's blog post, which you can check out here.

Got a hiring topic request? Reach out to Amy on LinkedIn and we can cover it in a future episode.

If you're so inclined, we'd love your help in spreading the word about our show with a rating and review on your favorite podcast app.

And if you're feeling extra generous, we would appreciate a financial contribution to support our work!

Amy Santee and Laura Klein kick off a whole new season of ranting about hiring! In this episode, Amy and Laura talk about what's been going on in tech over the last 9 months or so (spoiler: it's not great!) and what this means for folks looking for jobs. They also tease some future podcast episodes that they'll probably get around to recording in the future. 

Got a hiring topic request? Reach out to Amy on LinkedIn and we can cover it in a future episode.

If you're so inclined, we'd love your help in spreading the word about our show with a rating and review on your favorite podcast app.

And if you're feeling extra generous, we would appreciate a financial contribution to support our work!

In this episode, Laura talks to Mary Lukanuski about how to tell whether a candidate is right for the job. They discuss the pros and cons (mostly cons) of design exercises of various sorts and the things that actually do help you hire better. 

Drink Pairing: Mezcal Negroni