My friend got sacked from her job. She is due to have some interviews next week. Obviously she is able to start as soon as possible (and she needs the money), but if she is to make the new employers believe she is still in employment, then she would have to say that she would have to give her employer's a months notice of her departuture. What should she do? Is there anyway around this?
2007-08-28 02:51:53 · 17 answers · asked by ezmarelda 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Honesty is the best policy. If she starts pretending to have a job and her P45 shows otherwise, then they're going to smell a rat. There is, too, the matter of a reference. Suppose the prospective employer phones her last place of work to make enquiries? Is there any chance of her signing on to do temp work and coming up with a convincing reason for having decided to part company with her employers?
2007-08-28 02:58:37 · answer #1 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Make no bones about it. Say she can start immediately. Say that her previous employer and she did not see eye to eye and she was given notice. Different firms look for different things ... don't go into detail about the sacking. Look for the positive things (why she wants to work for this company rather than the others she has interviews for ... oh, make it known that she has other interviews but not with whom)
Things that seem negative can always be played down and even turned into an advantage.
2007-08-28 03:01:18 · answer #2 · answered by Owlwings 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She should be honest and say she is not currently working. If she wants to use her old employer as a referee they may actually mention they have sacked her. Maybe she needs to speak to her old employer to see what they would say about her? She shouldn't lie about leaving rather than being sacked - that would look bad for her if it then came out down the line.
2007-08-28 02:56:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Depends why she was sacked doesn't it - if she's crap at her job they'll find out soon enough if they take up the option to check for references.
Best way to deal could be along the lines of there being a personality clash with the manager or the like - it happens and they will understand that - not everyone gets on.
2007-08-28 02:57:21 · answer #4 · answered by jamand 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
why not tell the truth to the new employer - if she is asked at all? or she could just say that her old employer ist willing to let her go sooner than a month.
my private opinion is she should rather tell that she can start immediately.
for some employers that's a big plus.
good luck anyway
2007-08-28 03:06:56 · answer #5 · answered by Nova 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not usually a good idea to lie at an interview. If asked, she could state that she is unemployed at the time, or between jobs. If anyone checks references, they will find that she is not working anywhere and wonder why she hid the fact. Creating a mythical "month's notice" will give the appearance of her not wanting to work right now.
2007-08-28 03:06:08 · answer #6 · answered by fangtaiyang 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would your friend make the new employers believe she's still employed in the first place? Doesn't make sense. She's been fired, there's no need to give a resignation notice.
2007-08-28 02:59:56 · answer #7 · answered by Glen B 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Your friend is setting out on a path that could get very complicated. But if she wants to pretend, let her say she has to give two weeks notice and that she has one weeks leave due. In one week then, she will be free to start the new job.
2007-08-28 03:14:05 · answer #8 · answered by Timmytommy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't see how this will work because they will want a reference from her last employer????
obviously they will either refuse to give her one or they will write one saying she has been sacked!!
What exactly has she been sacked for??
If its not to bad she may as well just come clean in her interviews
2007-08-28 02:55:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Oneway would be to apply for agency work and get a few short term jobs that way bringing along with it new "last" employers, and putting a veil over the past
2007-08-28 03:01:19 · answer #10 · answered by Andrew D 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋