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[buukwerm-deactivated20210310]

adaeze okara.

[poisonedsequin]

stella jean spring 2021 rtw

[aidashakur]

[queer-of-color]

[blackgirlsreverything]

[the-inspiring-quotes]

[theliteraryarchitect]

For whoever needs to hear this today

[mariafernandatesoro]

@ johnzabawa

[bratyvirgo]

Megan’s Instagram post “MOOD.”

[mulabby]

meg is so pretty

[kundst]

Michael Kirkham, “The origin of the world (negative)”, 2005 oil paint on canvas 100 x 150 cm

[accras]

Michaela Coel photographed by Tom Craig for the Guardian Weekend

[iamqueenbitch2u]

Oh shit I’m 36!

[bigbuttndasmile]

LAST NIGHT HURRICANE LAURA DESTROYED MY HOMETOWN ALONG WITH MY ENTIRE APARTMENT COMPLEX. WE ARE CURRENTLY EVACUATED IN BATON ROUGE AND LIVING IN A HOTEL. FEMA AND RED CROSS HASNT DONE ANYTHING YET BECAUSE THEY ARE WAITING FOR A NATIONAL DISASTER TO BE DECLARED.. 😒😑

If YOU HAVE ANY LOVED ONES DOWN SOUTH. REACH OUT TO THEM .

THEY NEED YOUR HELP❗️

IM ASKING FOR DONATIONS.

ANYTHING IS APPRECIATED

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[poeticcancerian]

Please DONATE!!!

[iamqueenbitch2u]

[easyvirgin-deactivated20160413]

happy Thursday the 20th

[askjennaflorida]

I’d have to wait months or even years for another chance to reblog this, so why the fuck not?

[mx-mythical-deactivated20260319]

next days you can reblog this on a Thursday the 20th

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You know, just in case you wanted to set your queue for the next 6 years

[itsquietinsantafe2]

TODAY

[number6bitch]

What Would A Mediocre White Man Do? (new mantra to live by!)

[sonatine]

this is SO REAL both the specific case and the broad case in the specific case: if you actually met 100% of the requirements they couldn’t afford you I tell this to every woman I talk to job hunting about APPLY ANYWAY THE MEDIOCRE WHITE MEN ARE DOING IT (via @galwednesday)

[eve-made-the-right-choice]

“if you actually met 100% of the requirements they couldn’t afford you”

I really needed to hear this. I had never thought of it this way. This literally never occurred to me, I’ve just spent my whole adult life thinking I was underqualified for everything. Thinking I’m not good enough for anything because the “minimum requirements” are so high.

I need specifics. I wanna know what I can get away with. I wanna know what they really mean by “minimum.” I wanna know how much I’m actually worth.

[hellanahmean]

As someone who worked in hr, this is true.

True to the point that if someone was extremely unqualified, but because of timing we were desperate, we’d bend rules to get them hired. And the only people taking advantage of this were guys.

[needshisbones]

[djsoliloquy]

if you actually met 100% of the requirements they couldn’t afford you

this made so much click in my head. because this was literally it–spend half the time being unqualified for everything and just not applying. and the rest of the time being qualified and not getting hired. because ahahaha fuck you, you’re too expensive now/we’re too worried you’ll jump ship and leave us because of how qualified you are! guess we’ll just hire this shitty dude to do it !? ?

[stagemanagerssaygo]

I debated posting this here but WWAMWMD? He’d post it. #girlgogetyours

[appolsaucy-deactivated20260202]

It’s way more than “if you actually met 100% of the requirements they couldn’t afford you” 

The reason they couldn’t afford you is that if you meet 100% of the requirements, you’re ready for the next position up.

Career strategy 101: The most valuable employees are always learning. Every company wants employees who won’t stagnate, i.e. sit in one role doing the same thing ever year and continue getting annual raises. A company wants to hire you for one thing at one salary, and then move you up through higher positions over the years, i.e. they keep getting new benefits for the additional money they’re spending on you.

A good company will offer you development opportunities, either within your role or in addition to it. So when the company interviews you, they want to see that you can learn what they need, and you want to see that they can teach you new skills. Companies know that the best applicants are interviewing them in return and that if they don’t offer development, they will lose those applicants to better jobs.

Companies structure positions this way intentionally and they assume you know it.

So not only should you apply to jobs you aren’t 100% qualified for, you can use 100% qualification as an indicator that you’re overqualified and should look for the next job up.

[bryntwedge]

This started funny but became really important to know. 

[laurashapiro-noreally]

I tell this to the the people I manage all the time. Very important for managers to share this wisdom. Prepare people of color, white women, non-binary and trans folx for their next job by giving them the confidence of mediocre white men!

[iamqueenbitch2u]

This how how I got my current job. I said you know what I don’t meet the education requirements, but hell imma apply. I applied and they called back saying my job experience was interest. I was like ok cool so what’s up with this job after a phone interview, two zoom interviews and 3 follow up/thank you emails I got the job! Just throw yourself out there the worse they can say is no but the best they can say is aww what the hell let’s go with them. Many blessing job hunting!!!