I was working at this trucking company as a payroll clerk for the past 2 months. I quit Fri, because he boss and others acted like she didn't want to help me and I should already know what I was doing. I was new to that career field. I always met my deadlines and didan accurate job to the best of my abilities. The boss she is 28 and I'm 27, is a total *****, always yelling and cursing, making degrading remarks to me and about me to other employees. I confronted her in a professional way a week before i quit and the situatuion didn't improve. She made a comment to one of the drivers that "we were short on clerks and hired a new one and she isn't doing a very good job". She made a hostile environment to work in and I didn't want to be in that environement. I quit and sent a letter to her boss and to the southest regional, saying all that in a professional way. But I don't have much clerical experience and need the experience. Should I put this work experience on resume or leave it off?
2006-09-24 09:41:52 · 11 answers · asked by soccermidchik 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
You screwed up. You shouldn't have quit before you found a new job. If you're looking for a job, you can put your current job on your resume but tell them not to contact them because you don't want them to know you're looking for a new job. And, you may be overestimating how well you were doing your job. I'd say don't put them on your resume because you only worked there 2 months. Employers are looking for long term employees. I hope you learned from this experience, and good luck to you.
2006-09-24 09:48:05 · answer #1 · answered by kimmyisahotbabe 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
put it down on your resume, but just dont give them as a reference,if they ask why u left you could just say it was only a temp job or use what a previous answer has says about there being no opportunity for advancement.
Whatever you do DON'T bad mouth them to a prospective employer even if they were jerks. You wont get hired cos the employer will think that if you leave them you'll bad mouth them too. They'll also think that there are 2 sides to every story and may be reluctant to believe what you say.
2006-09-24 10:22:05 · answer #2 · answered by ash1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't put it on your resume. The duration is too short and a prospective employer will always have doubts about the truth of it. Plus, if and when your prospective employer contacts your last boss for a reference, she may easily kill your chances of being hired even if all she says is "not eligible for rehire". If they ask what you've been doing in that time period, just tell them that you have been seeking work. Jobs are scarce, people with little experience are turned down all the time, so it is unlikely they will think it peculiar.
2006-09-24 10:00:09 · answer #3 · answered by pessimoptimist 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. And if you are asked in an interview why you left after 2 months be honest but tactful, saying something like "The work environment became so unpleasant that it was affecting my performance." If they ask more, simply say that you'd prefer not to discuss it.
This tells them that you are a) upfront and b) not a whiner or a tattletale. Don't explain and don't make excuses.
If your prior work history does not contain a lot of short-term employment, the fact that you didn't stay very long will not be held against you.
Gaps in your work history are a lot more difficult to explain than short term employment ;-)
Good luck.
2006-09-24 09:54:29 · answer #4 · answered by blueprairie 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If she was negative towards you while you worked there, imagine how she would be talking to another potential employer.
I would not mention it at all. I don't think that 2 months of experience will make or break you.
If feel you absolutely have to mention it because you did some office work, then be prepared to tell what happened to the position.
Don't potential employers ask if they can contact your former employers? If that question is asked, then say no and explain why.
Good Luck!!
2006-09-24 10:48:24 · answer #5 · answered by geminisista 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i wouldnt put it on a resume because most likely the people who get the resume will call for a reference and if she was as bad as you say she would probly give you a bad reference and also most employers want to hire people who are going to stay with their company and working two months at a place is not showing a good work history
2006-09-24 10:01:48 · answer #6 · answered by jna1105 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would leave that one off. I understand how you feel, but a future boss may not see the whole picture. If you put it down and explain why you left, then they may see what had went on as boss bashing when you describe the situation. If they ask what you did in that time, just say took some time off for family matters or to travel.
2006-09-24 09:46:31 · answer #7 · answered by cfoxwell99 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you quit, I'd put it in and when they ask why you left, just say there was no advancement opportunity within the company or that you were not challenged enough because you like diversity and are ambitious to move up within a company, something that was not offered in your last job.
2006-09-24 09:48:36 · answer #8 · answered by DELETED ACCOUNT 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. don't want anything with that short a duration. new boss may see you as a problem before you get the job. best to just do your best at your new job and not reference last one. what would they have good to say about you if called for an endorsement? probably not a good idea.
2006-09-24 09:45:42 · answer #9 · answered by luhist02 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its ok to use jobs that youve quit for a reference so long as you gave sufficient notice. If you didnt then dont use it, thats more important than time you were employed.
2006-09-24 09:57:33 · answer #10 · answered by A. Grigs 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋