Okay so this is the deal. Back in July I applied for a position at my current employer sister company same industry ect. Well my manager had pulled me in and stated he got an inquire on me and asked me what my thoughts had been so I explained the position was a full time (I'm part time) I was really interested. After talking I never heard back from the sister company.... Not even an interview. Now there is a position I truly want as its higher pay a better fit for my experience and full time. I am afraid at what was said the last time by my current manager that may have made the othet company not hire me or made it really hard for me to leave and join the other company. Now ive heard many different things. But is it even okay for the company i am applying for to even contact my current prior to an interview? There was nothing on the application with that question "can we contact" that being said. How do I approach my current manager about the whole thing and what if anything can I do to reach out to the company I am applying for? I need serious help on this as I feel stuck at my current employer and cant apply for positions I am more qualified for.

I've been with a maintenance company for over a year. I started out working with several people and making minimal trade pay. The company has been thrilled with my work to the extent of giving me my own property to maintain, a 42 room hotel by myself. I get on a job listing site and see the same company advertising for a maintenance person making more than myself starting out.

I been with my company now 12 years I took a new job with in thw company now I hate it. Im only to work 45 hrs a week this has yet to happen for I can keep a team under me. When I talked to my manager about taming a weekend off a few weeks a go she said I dont think you need one. I was like what in the hand book iy says one full weekend off a month and she then told me I dont go by the book on days off your a manager you need to be here 7 days a week. Now Im wanting to move on to a differt company and job all together. Am I wrong to leave

I'm 18 and have had 4 jobs now. It makes me sad to see people who really work hard, yet are stuck at a minimum wage-paying job due to lack of opportunity. You know the type, that one person who" somehow knows everything about the place and without them it would fall apart". Yeah, that person. Don't they deserve better?

Just an FYI. If anyone on this jobboard is considering a position with any Dollar Tree. Do not take the job. Look elsewhere. I was an assistant manager for about a year and was passed time and time again for a manager position. This is an abusive company to be employed with.

Recently my boss put me in a roll in which I was totally uncomfortable with very little training I was told it would be temporary. This goes on for well over a year. I make do with what little experience I have. I am then moved to a new location making far less than the men formerly in this position. I got a 30 cent raise for filling in, and was told I'd be going back to my original role as a sales admin...3months later i am doing the same job...one day due to circumstances beyond my control...after working 12 n 14 hr days for 4 weeks straight 6 days a week my mom goes to hospital n i am awarded temp custody of my 4 grandsons i tell my boss i really need to go back to my original position..he says well you will eventually...finally i state if i cant go back to my job im going to have to give my two weeks notice..he says two weeks it is..I go back to tell him that I love my original job..I really dont want to give notice I just can't do that job any longer. I have been there 4 years n missed only 1 day,never late. Did what he asked. I feel ive wasted 4 good years and need to know if I should apply for unemployment.

Hi, I was offered a new position as a Manager in my job, I have being in the company for 11 years already; I started from the bottom as a room attendant in a Hotel, I move up to a supervisor in past 2 years, and now we become union, and they offered me the position as a Manager. They told me i would be pay 38k I sing the papers and now they said they make a mistake that is not 38k is 37k . honestly I think 38k still low for the position, since we now are union, and then they said they make a mistake. What should I do? I want o grow in my career and get experience, but I feel they are taking advantage of me?

I've met some folks over the years that feel stuck and would like something better but don't know how to get there. I think (but could be wrong) that this holds true for a lot of people. I am a senior systems engineer/systems architect in the tech industry. But I didn't always speak computers. I wasn't raised on computers. it wasn't until my early 20s that I got my first taste of the technology realm. Below are some steps/advice that I'd offer to anyone who thinks "I could never work in ___" fill in the blank.

1. Research what you want to go into. You must have a goal to move forward. It can be to become a programmer or anesthesiologist, or lawyer it doesn't matter. What matters is having a goal, and preferably it being one that excites you, and ignites a passion in you toward it. I realize that doesn't really help you get started because there are so many possibilities out there. So, if you’re like I was and having a hard time finding what that might be, I would recommend first researching to make a list of highly paid careers, and then research them to see if any of those interest you. For me it was computers. I didn't grow up on them, but I was working at a tech company helping with finances at the time. I was blown away by how much the technicians there were getting paid. The lowest paid tech was making around $80k and the higher paid techs were making around $160k. for the area, that was just phenomenal. I was asked to build some computers because they were shorthanded and didn't have time to do it. So, they trained me on how to build a computer (something I had never done before and knew nothing about. I didn't know anything about the components of a computer or any of the terminology. But after they showed me how and had me do it, I was hooked, it was an awesome feeling to see it working. Like making something out of Legos...but in this case, it was something functional.

2. Identify the requirements for the job. Once you think you know what you want to go into, the next step is to find out what that job does, and what the requirements for the job are. In a tech career, this step is easy, other career tracks may vary. In tech, there are a lot of job listings, it’s just a matter of knowing where to look for the information you’re looking for. you can hop onto glassdoor.com, or (in the case of tech jobs) dice.com and peruse job listings to get a good feel for what employers are looking for. Some jobs such as that of an anesthesiologist may require you to be more outgoing.

   Example story: I want to use a true story about Roger as an example. Roger followed these same steps, and saw that anesthesiologists can make well over $300k a year and in many cases the employer will pay off the student loans as well. So, Roger decided that's what he wanted to do. So, roger researched to find out which hospitals around the country offered what type of benefits, and selected one that he wanted to work. Roger called the hospital and just told them he wants to become an anesthesiologist and go work for them, and asked what he needed to do to make that happen, what requirements did he need to meet to go work for them in that capacity. The told him what he needed to do, and Roger got to work. He enrolled in a local college, and worked to complete his degree with perfect grades. He was in his 40s at the time and he had a difficult time retaining information, so he had to study longer and come up with memory tricks to make it through. Roger didn't finish in 4 years. it was closer to 7 years before he graduated from college, but he stayed in contact with the hospital the whole way through updating them with his progress, and getting any updates from them. Roger now works as an anesthesiologist in a small town, making over $300k with his student loans payed off.

Step 3. research how to get trained/acquire those job requirements. This may seem daunting as well but just remember 2 things. Everyone starts at square one and you can do it, it might take you longer like it did with roger or myself but you can do it. There are more and more programs for free to help you get your GED in Utah Stevens Heneger College offers such a program last, I checked. If it's a tech job you’re after there are 5 sites that will be your best friend: codeacademy.com, Pluralsight.com, lynda.com, codeacademy.com, and google.com.

Yes, you read that right google is your friend in this context. googling an error, or for training, resources, how toos etc. is normal as much during the career as it is preparing for it.

Code academy has many courses geared toward programming. and the program is pretty straight forward. You can sign up for free using an email address, and get to work learning how to program. But what language? Well that depends on the research you did previously and what area in tech you want to go into. If you want to go into devops, the python and ruby courses are a great place to start. If you want to make websites they have a program for that too. If you are going "hey I' just want to be a programmer” try the Java course. Don't skip lessons and don't hurry through lessons. practice them until their second nature, and if you get confused type a question in google. Chances are someone else has asked the same thing already, and you may be able to find responses to their question that clear up your own questions and confusion.

Once you've begun to acquire the skills you'll need to for the job, it's time to put those to use and get some experience which you'll need for your high paying goal.

4. landing the junior level job. Don't go after the big fish jobs just yet. In the tech industry for example (it’s what I know best) if you’re going after a programming job for example, get back on those sites you looked at for researching before such as glassdoor.com or dice.com and do a search for junior level positions. for example, "junior developer" or "Junior analyst" might be a good starter job if you want to become a data scientist or Database Engineer, or Database Administrator. typically for this type of work if it's an entry level position, they just want to see some degree of competency. They're not looking for much. If they are asking for experience you don't have then don't get discouraged. It may take some time but you can find the entry level position.

5. repeat steps 1-3 and when necessary, step 4 as well. This may sound silly to say to repeat those steps, but the key here is continually advancing your skills, your knowledge, and your passion.

Aside from that the best advice I can give is old advice that's been around for a while, and that's to take pride in your work. When I go to Walmart, I've seen a lot of greeters. Some that just stare at the ground, some that might occasionally say hi, but only one that really stuck out to me. I walked in and here's this older gentleman sitting in a wheelchair looking well groomed, and with a big smile on his face. This individual was eager to greet and welcome anyone that came through the door. It was very clear that he was taking pride in his work. If a job is worth taking its worth doing well, even if the job seems silly or doesn't seem fulfilling, if you take it seriously and do it with quality, people will respect you for it.

If your job is to wear a clown suit and be silly to get you by while you get the training you need to move on, then by golly wear that clown suit, and be the jolliest happiest funniest clown you can be. and when people laugh remember...that's the whole point of a clown. So no need to be embarrased about it. If your job is a professional one, or in a professional setting, take care how you look, and how you speak. Vulgarity, and bad language is never appropriate. Anything worth saying is worth being heard, so don't mumble either. And finally remember the people around you are people too, so throw them a compliment occasionally, and keep a healthy sense of humor handy.

This is just my 2 cents. I certainly hope it can be of use to someone.

I recently applied for a Quality manager position with the company I have been working for over three years. I was told that I wasn't qualified. Now I find that strange as I was offered the same position last year with this company at another one of their sites. A site I traveled back and forth to for six months until they found someone to fill the position that I turned down because I was not able to uproot to take the position. Mind you at the location I am at we have been without a manager for two months and I assumed the duties of the position. So I asked for someone to explain to my why I wasn't selected and not qualified. I was told let them compile their notes and they will get back to me. Do I have the right to be pissed?

I was just promoted to a position with the same company. More money closer to home day's weekends off.Also congrats to missy.