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Does “pass” mean OK or not OK?

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Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP .everyoneloves__top-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__mid-leaderboard:empty margin-bottom:0; up vote 1 down vote favorite Today, I received a folder of Recruiting candidate CVs from one of our HR. In this folder, there is a sub-folder named "pass". Question is does this "pass" mean the CVs inside are OK or not OK? If I want to mean the CVs in the folder that are not OK, what exact word should I use? meaning meaning-in-context ambiguity share | improve this question asked 2 hours ago pootow 6 2 New contributor pootow is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering. Check out our Code of Conduct. You could mark them rejected – Jim 22 mins ago add a comment  |  up vote 1 down vote favorite Today, I received a folder of Recruiting candidate CVs from one of our HR. In this fo...

why do recruiters want to schedule calls if they do not have a relevant job offer?

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Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP .everyoneloves__top-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__mid-leaderboard:empty margin-bottom:0; up vote 0 down vote favorite I have been consistently encountering a pattern of recruiter interaction for several years on a regular basis, about 20 times in total. It starts with a specific, detailed request, dispatched through a professional networking site: R: Hi, your profile is very interesting, since you have experience with tech X. A client of mine, a large snake oil manufacturer in your city is looking for an X developer. They offer free backrubs, a complementary leguan and a competitive salary of up to 100 colored paper rectangles. What is your number, when can I call you? Me: Hi, thank you but I am not interested in working with tech X, for the last 5 years I have been working with tech Y and Z and I am only interested in positions where I can continue working with either Y or Z. R: No problem. I have also many open positions requiring ...

How to respond in the rebuttal phase when the reviewer's concern is a blind review issue?

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Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP up vote 2 down vote favorite I recently received the reviewers' feedback for my paper and I need to respond them in their questions in the rebuttal phase. One reviewer (who also gave me a weak reject) mentioned that one of my references infringes the blind-review policy of the conference. Well, I cited my paper Y, which is recently accepted in the upcoming conference X, without using my name, but I mentioned the name of the paper and the conference as well. I think the reviewer tried to investigate further and went to the program of that conference and searched for paper Y to find the name of the authors! I do not know what to respond regarding this comment to avoid my paper from being rejected by the PC and also to satisfy the reviewer's concern?! peer-review conference paper-submission share | improve this question edited 2 hours ago Anyon 4,044 1 21 32 asked 3 hours ago Babak 1,056 1 6 21 ...