Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨SensualSass@slippy.xyz⁩ to ⁨workreform@lemmy.world⁩

Do you think potential candidates should be reimbursed in some form for taking assessments that are required by the employer in order to be considered for employment?

Also, should this be available for only job candidates who are not considered for the position?

Or should it go for every job candidate, even the ones that get the position?

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solivine@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I think they shouldn’t be there in the first place - what is education for? Why are we doing assessments at the education level if they aren’t actually valued or indicative of job performance?

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- Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Some people make it through school (even higher education) and are dumber than bricks
  
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sebinspace@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Hospital is paying for my A+ and Network+ certifications. Hell, they wouldn’t even let me take one without the other. They’re set up to directly pay the people that do the teaching and exam fees for half a dozen other Comptia certifications, and are able to reimburse us for certifications that aren’t listed yet. Do I want to go get Azure certs? Yes, and I’ve had it confirmed they’ve reimbursed for it before and will reimburse for it again.

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aksdb@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I did a 2 day long “bootcamp” for the company I now work at. Basically two days working directly alongside my future colleagues but on a non-product related exercise task. I really appreciated it. First day was still weird and I was nervous, but on the second day it already felt normal and all conversations were extremely relaxed.

I got involved in the daily team routine, took part in coffee talks, etc

Doing the actual task was just time filler for getting a feeling of the new workplace and for them to see if I fit in.

Especially thanks to the second day I knew I loved it there and that switching job will be the right move.

This was before Covid, though. Today this probably wouldn’t work anymore, with most people working from home and most meetings being remote anyway.

What I am saying is: it’s not just for the company that hires you, it’s also for yourself. Expecially if you have to quit another job first.

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