The Workplace Weekly Newsletter - Friday, July 31, 2015

2015 Community Moderator Election The community moderator election is currently in the election phase. Please cast your vote by August 4! Top new questions this week: Is "Stack Exchange use" a valuable skill on my CV? I'm a programmer, and while updating my CV I asked myself if I should add my experience using Stack Exchange, and especially Stack Overflow, as a relevant technological skill. I've seen some example ... resume skills   asked by Gusk 65 votes answered by Joe Strazzere 103 votes Employer wants us to tweet (etc) about them; what should I consider? I work for a large multinational company. Lately they've been encouraging (not requiring) us to "go social", to talk about their products, services, conference talks, etc on our personal social ... social-media   asked by S Abrams 45 votes answered by gburton 72 votes Assigned a job I cannot do I am a recent graduate who moved across the country to get his dream job in game programming. I worked at a indie company for a year and then was hired by one of the largest companies. This is a dream ... management communication work-environment stress   asked by marsh 42 votes answered by Jane S 57 votes How to deal with a new company's vastly lower pace? I started a new job as a software dev about 4 months ago and have been mostly learning. There's about 8 new developers working in two teams on the same project. Initially, I thought the slow process ... productivity motivation   asked by Erik 19 votes answered by Alex 15 votes How to ask for clarity when instructions are almost incomprehensible Previously I've asked questions regarding the way my manager speaks to me; this is separate from those. This is my first development job and my manager is not a technical person (at least when it ... management communication   asked by SomeCallMeSam 17 votes answered by Ploutox 29 votes Ask for higher title when negotiating with current employer? Does it make sense to ask for a better job title (e.g. senior developer instead of developer) when negotiating with my current employer? This does not include any increase in the salary. Will ... title   asked by Bor 16 votes answered by keshlam 13 votes Coworker's criminal conviction and current behavior make me uncomfortable I work at some IT firm and recently, they have hired a "former" criminal (as a programmer) who was considered to be a possible suspect of two rape cases, and has spent some years in a jail for ... management team unprofessional-behavior discipline   asked by Alice2 14 votes answered by skrrgwasme 7 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: How to write a email about certain achievement to boss? I'm looking for a sample email that I can use as an offical email to inform my boss about my achievement (passed a certification exam). All the sample letters I found on the net relate to ... management email   asked by asadz 2 votes answered by Terence Eden 17 votes How to convince potential employers that I was not laid off due to poor performance I worked in a big company, and was laid off during the company restructure, along with 2000 other employees. This was well covered in the news. It was definitely not because of my poor performance; ... interviewing termination   asked by zxwjames 50 votes answered by Monica Cellio 27 votes

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