Post #1870484

2026-05-02 04:19 UTC

Off-topic, but the ongoing retraining process has hit a point where my wife and I are starting to throw out applications again after taking what ended up being a couple years off the market. Any tips or advice would be appreciated given that we’ve been out of the loop for a bit. In particular, does anyone have advice on how to vibe-check smaller employers? My wife has an interview for an accounting clerk position and is concerned that she’s going to end up somewhere that practices one of the more hostile branches of Christianity or otherwise have an inevitable conflict of values.

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@fiat_lux@lemmy.zip 2026-05-03 07:06

I’m going to assume you’re in the US for this. Things you can check for general info: Local traditional media mentions to see if they do charity, or quotes about any topic www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup for political donations Industry-specific news sites for any media releases or interviews LinkedIn or one of the scrapers like RocketReach’s public listings to see what their key people’s backgrounds are SEC EDGAR database (if they’re a business which has to file reports) to see if their money is going to interesting places State gov site (if they have online public records) of business registration info. Look at what other businesses share the same address, or key people, or family shell companies Online court records local churches / halls / “pro life” or whatever activist groups social media posts for mentions of the business and key people Things you can check for the far-right: The business listings for social media site but I don’t want to boost their SEO. Use the URL bag.com/businesses to access the list and bypass the sign up wall, but the domain name is backwards. Conservative business or job board lists. Same SEO issue here. One is this:🎈(the color and object). The other has a 6 letter word commonly seen on UI buttons which doubles as the type of “culture” conservatives blame for all the world’s problems, followed by the layer 3 in the OSI model. And don’t stop sending out CVs and interviewing. If they are awful, just keep taking their money until you’ve got enough runway or an offer you can be more confident about. Make sure you don’t mention the words related to disability or health conditions in the CVs to prevent AI rejecting them. Good luck.

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