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Watch Out For These Red Flags When You Apply For Jobs!
Everyone is looking for work, but there are four red flags that can land you a job you’d hate
Everyone is looking for work. Millions are always looking for work, but did you know the nature of work has changed significantly? Especially job applications. If you do not read them carefully, you could land yourself in some hot water and end up boiled in job loss and stress.
“Perform other duties as assigned by manager”
When you see this statement on a job application —
Run!
What this statement means, is that you will be doing your work, plus someone else’s work, and the application oftentimes will not mention extra compensation.
This happened to me many years ago when I was a substitute teacher. I arrived half an hour early, but was told when I got there, I was supposed to get there even earlier to get the children off the bus. Also, during lunch time, I had to monitor all the classes (basically I was a cafeteria monitor too). I don’t remember ever having a lunch break. The teacher I subbed for wore too many hats.
There’s no way to really navigate this aside from giving the job a try if it is your dream job. If…
