In my case, I finally found a job after a long drought of being unemployed. I was glad to get the job and tried my hardest to be a productive team member; however, I'm not catching on to the job as fast as I would like and they would like, and I feel that it is just a matter of time before I am terminated.

The company is an at will company, and I have only been there for a little less than 2 weeks, about 10 days exact. The position I originally applied for was filled prior to my offer of employment, so I can't ask to be placed somewhere else. I feel as though the hr lady was trying to help me initially and give me a chance, because the job she offered me paid a significant amount more than the original job I applied for.

The new job has me operating a machine I don't have a lot of experience on, nor do have a recent experience. I feel as though with time, I can learn the job, but they are only giving me 3 weeks or 4 weeks tops to learn it.

Just recently an incident happened and me and the hr lady had a small conflict. At this point, it has been resolved, but now she is cold towards me and I am sure she is trying to push me out the door as quick as she can. (I posted about this in another conversation) She has already placed an ad on a lot of jobsites that they have an opening in the position and shift I was working.

I know for a fact that there were no more positions, and unless there was someone that left, or another position was created, I was told that I filled the last position that was available and no more positions were open.

So my question is this, since the hr lady seems to be the problem, do I need to try in talk to her, or just chalk this job to a loss, take a possible pay cut and just find something temp to hire or direct hire through a temp service and start there soon as I can.

Others have said I need to leave a 2 week notice, but at this point, it is sort of a hostile environment. I feel her disdain for me and I feel like I am not wanted there. I am stressed out enough dealing with being a single mom of 5 and now the added stress of this job and trying to run a machine I have no clue on how to run is too much!

Each day brings a new challenge, now after all this time of working, she called me to the office to say that my references didn't check out? I called all the numbers, and all seemed to be working when I called them. She is reaching for a way to sabotage my job.

I am supposed to return to work Monday, but at this point, I don't even want to. what do I need to do?

Finally got the job and I start today, feels good to work lets see how this goes

Help!! I’ve never been to a job fair and to be honest I don’t really even know what happens there. I remember my mom telling me that she went to a couple of career fairs when she was looking for a job but she claims those events weren’t very helpful and she never got a job offer out of any of them. Theres going to be one in my town next week so I still want to give it a try and maybe have my own positive experience. Should I dress up and be prepared to interview with various companies on the same day or are job fairs more of a Q&A opportunity. What should I expect?

So I got a phone call yesterday from a company I had applied to back in May. The GM made me an offer over the phone about 30 seconds into the conversation. This was a position with a company I REALLY wanted to work for so I was SUPER excited, but I had to ask what changed his mind? He asked what I meant and was completely puzzled by my question. He made mention of the walk-through of the plant we went on....at which point I had to stop him and tell him I did not walk through the plant with him. I explained that I had received a second phone interview, then a "thank you for applying email". He stopped, then asked what my last name was... It was a Jennifer he was calling-just not me. The recruiting company had given him the wrong phone number. He was horrified and apologized emphatically. I assured him it was okay, and an honest mistake, and to call me if he changed his mind. No matter what I said, it didn't feel okay. Quite the contrary actually. It felt like someone knocked the wind out of me, and I've never wanted to play dumb so badly in my life.

What else should I be looking for on a written job offer before I sign? I finally received a job offer from a residential management company I have been trying to get into forever. The offer letter has start date, salary, and title details but doesn’t mention health care and time off benefits information. Shouldn’t that information be on the offer as well?

Anyone ever land a job via an informational interview? USA Today and other online media suggest this approach as another job hunting alternative but I’m not sure if it’s worth dedicating time to researching, creating, and sending out a bunch of letters to companies requesting info interviews if it’s a proven dead end approach to gaining employment. Suggestions?

I recently applied for two jobs, but initially only heard from the one. I immediately took the job because I’ve been job searching for a long time with no luck, but two days after I started my new job the other office I interviewed with called me with a job offering for a much better position. Do I have to stay with the job I chose first or is it okay to switch? I’m not sure what to do at this point. My new job isn’t awful but I know would definitely enjoy the other one more.

I was contacted by the Hyatt Regency at 11:00 this morning with an official job offer which I accepted. I'm officially an employee of the Hyatt! I'm so excited! I start training on the 28th. My interview with UPS is Monday and I just hope that goes well too.

Does anyone have any tips to share on how to know if a job offer is genuine or if it is a scam? I got scammed recently after being told I was hired for a data entry job? Is there a way you can tell before accepting or denying a job, is there a website that you can checkout for the legitimacy of the offer?

I have done the application I even had an interview and was hired I was so excited. I was waiting on the email to fill out my tax info.... It never came. I found out that I had made a mistake on my email address so I went and fixed it....at least I think I fixed it. I don't know what to do now.