The Workplace Weekly Newsletter - Friday, November 28, 2014

Top new questions this week: How to deal if female colleagues' dressing style is disturbing me? I am a fresh college graduate male and three quarters of my team is female. I come from a traditional and rural background. Their dress and wardrobe appears to be seductive and this makes me feel ... team dress-code   asked by Freshman 50 votes answered by Ray 123 votes Declining a job offer and added to blacklist Company A extended me a job offer verbally two days ago (Monday). They promised to provide me a written job offer letter to review and consult with my parents, but they failed to do so because they're ... job-offer philippines   asked by Ju-chan 44 votes answered by Jon Story 97 votes Should I admit to a potential employer that I didn't get in touch because I'm ashamed of my grades? I applied for a job to a few companies. One place I particularly like. We had an interview that seemed to go well and the interviewer said he was impressed with me. He then sent me an email asking me ... interviewing hiring-process   asked by Robyn 40 votes answered by Bjarke Freund-Hansen 115 votes Interviewers don't believe my job history, how can I ever get hired? I am 29 with a degree in Marketing and I come from Romania. I graduated when I was 24, then I started to work abroad. I had an internship in the UK for 6 months, then one in Germany for another 6 ... interviewing   asked by Costantin 31 votes answered by Kate Gregory 46 votes Is it professional to correct misspellings of my name? I have a common name, but an uncommon spelling. Specifically, my name is Kelli. Often in emails and in informal and formal chat situations, I have people referring to me with the more common ... professionalism email   asked by littlekellilee 24 votes answered by Christopher Estep 31 votes Is it typical that applicants are not notified when their application is rejected? Is it common that when sending an application through the company's website, they simply don't respond? Should I consider this a sign of rejection, or that something went wrong and my application got ... applications united-states   asked by johnsmith 20 votes answered by ReallyTiredOfThisGame 33 votes Laid off. Should I contact clients from on-going projects? I was working with a client for the past year on a site. I was let go from my company. I don't like the idea of just disappearing. I'd like to contact the client and tell them I've left, and that it ... clients   asked by Batman 19 votes answered by alroc 43 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: What is the purpose of wearing a uniform even though we are seldom, if ever, visible to other people? Why do some companies implement a policy that requires all employees to wear a uniform, designed and made by the company, even though some of their employees are not visible to people outside of the ... company-policy   asked by John Isaiah Carmona 26 votes answered by GuyM 34 votes How should I handle my manager offering me an unwanted drink? I stayed a bit late yesterday as I had quite a bit of work to catch up with. I wasn't aware that the world cup semi finals was happening between Argentina and the Netherlands. As a result a bunch of ... work-environment   asked by user2769651 56 votes answered by Joe Strazzere 107 votes

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