I was fired from my last job after barely two months. I believe I was unjustly let go, I should have never left my stable job and joined this awful company with terrible management and politics.
I am now interviewing for some good jobs and things are going quite well. I do not want to talk about the terrible experience I had and left it completely off my resume.
Can I leave this job off the employment application as well (where they ask you to list your most recent employer) and just list the job before that as the most recent?I mean I am hardworking, intelligent guy and do not want this experience to haunt me and prevent me from getting a good job. Will I be OK?
2006-06-30 10:34:35 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
You definitely should not leave it off of your resume. Essentially, you're lying to future employers by leaving it off. You are much much better off to put the job on there and explain the position you had with the company. Employers don't want to hear excuses about not liking the job or hating someone you work with. If a prospective employer finds out about the job you didn't list, it is going to be a huge mark against you.
2006-06-30 10:52:11 · answer #1 · answered by stanza_chad 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
You can omit this from your resume since it was barely two months. It is never good to talk negatively about past work experience. Just do not mention it. It could make things worse. It is true that it would be your most recent employer..but a firing is always a red flag in the recruiting process.
If you do include it, you would have to explain the reasons..and it could get very dicey. Interviewers usually ask the reason why you left in the last two or three most recent employers. The moral thing to do would be to list it..but the right thing to do if you want to get a good job is not to. I will let you decide. Good luck.
2006-06-30 11:39:25 · answer #2 · answered by Mav17 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You'll be OK. Go ahead and omit the last job you had from your resume and from your life. If your employers/co-workers somehow find out about it after you're hired, I doubt they'll care, especially if you're doing good work at your new job. If they ask you why you omited your last job sometime down the line, just be honest and tell them what you just told us here.
Another better option is to list the job on your resume but do not list your old boss that fired you as a reference (obviously) and do not include any contact information for the company. Don't make the reason for leaving "termination" or anything like that. Just say you were ready for a change of scenery.
Anyway, if impress your new boss, he won't care about your last job. These jobs people can have 20 to 30 past jobs that they have had in the past, but rarely anyone lists all of them. Just forget about that one job and move on with your life.
2006-06-30 10:45:05 · answer #3 · answered by VanessaSFA 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It just depends on the level of background checking the new employer does. They are going to ask you why you left your last job (the one before this past one) and they may even ask that same company to verify why you left. If they catch you in a lie then they have the right to withdraw an employment offer or to not offer a job to you at all for ommission. Why not fess up to it, list it on the job application and when asked about it just tell the person "The company/position was just not a good fit for me or for them so we decided to part ways." Maybe ask someone to call that former company and verify your employment as a prospective employer. See what they will say about you. Maybe it won't be as bad as you think. If they are going to bad mouth you then you are prepared and can handle it the best way possible.
2006-06-30 10:41:03 · answer #4 · answered by hr4me 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know several people who have had a similar experience to you and each time they have omitted the job they had the bad experience with. The only problem with that is if they do a background check and discover that you were fired it might go against you. But the folks I know have not had this issue as they gave no reference to the job they were let go from. Good luck with your job search.
2006-06-30 10:39:43 · answer #5 · answered by yahooyou2 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think that it would be OK if you weren't at that particular job for very long (less than a month, give or take). Otherwise, you probably should list it and explain the circumstances during an interview.
2006-06-30 10:39:48 · answer #6 · answered by Ѕємι~Мαđ ŠçїєŋŧιѕТ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's unwise to omit your last job from your new job application; if you get hired and your new boss(es) find out of your omission--that can get you canned, fast.
It's better to be forthrightly honest, regardless of it's consequences. In your most confident and relaxed manner, explain this to your job interviewer, adding that "unfortuntately" you were not adept in deceptively ambitious office politics.
That should help you out. Good luck in your job hunting.
2006-07-03 20:12:11 · answer #7 · answered by Mr. Wizard 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely - They may ask why the dates of employment are not available - you can say took of for school, were being a homemaker, anything....
Unless they pull your TRW (Credit Report) I don't think it'll show up - Don't Know
2006-06-30 10:39:21 · answer #8 · answered by STARLITE 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I definately would! Your not supposed to but people do it all the time and so would I. As long as it doesn't leave a huge gap of time that makes you have to explain what you were doing for all that time.
2006-06-30 10:39:50 · answer #9 · answered by Cyn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if you can give a reasonable explanation of what you did during that time - without lying. Your future boss will find out eventually.
2006-06-30 10:37:35 · answer #10 · answered by no1home2day 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋