I was forced to resign from my former job as a senior manager because of a sexual indiscretion with a lady friend in my office and have been job hunting for nine months since then.
How do I explain this to prospective employers?
2007-11-07 01:24:08 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment ➔ Administrative and Office Support
In response to Grace's poser, I was seduced by a lady friend who I assisted in getting a job. I however accept responsibility for my actions and am paying dearly for them.
2007-11-08 01:16:23 · update #1
As others have said, the company can't say why you left. And, if you resigned versus getting fired, they can't say anything negative at all.
Spend some time thinking of general and vague ways of saying why you left, like "The company was moving in a direction I couldn't align myself with, I felt I could no longer stay there and keep my sense of self." You aren't insulting the company, you aren't really lying, you are being vague in a way that suggests that you really don't feel comfortable getting into it, for the company's sake.
If the interviewer asks for more or pushes for an explanation just let them know that you really don't feel comfortable getting into the details and don't feel it would be appropriate to talk about the other company.
About the job hunt taking so long I would say that it was due to a few reasons:
1. Taking time to really take stock in what you want to be doing, where you want to go, and how you want to focus your career, take care of some family and personal issues, etc
2. Do some really in depth field research in that particular area that you are interviewing for (helps to really research the company before the interview)
3. Have interviewed and applied to companies and are simply waiting for responses. If you were with the last company a long time you can make a little joke about it taking you a while to really get back into the job hunt frame of mind ( "I tend to grow where I'm planted, so being back in search for a job has taken a little time to get used to, but I think I have mastered it now, hahaha" )
2007-11-07 04:40:55 · answer #1 · answered by turtle78jgw 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You don't. Anything you say will count against you. You are not required to say anything and all they can ask when calling your former employment is that you worked there from when to when and that's about it. Is this why you've gone so long w/o work? Stop telling them everything; they have no need to know and you're shooting yourself in the foot.
You will have to explain why you left, of course, but you can pretty much say anything plausible. Hours, pay, etc. weren't to your satisfaction.
2007-11-07 10:05:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't mention it at the interview. You can include the last job in your resume but don't put it as a reference. The gap for the job hunting has to be explained though. Here are possible choices you can lie about.
family situation-death, illness, children, seniors
2007-11-07 03:34:30 · answer #3 · answered by raindropbluesky 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't go out of my way to explain why I was fired - come up with some general statement that's true, but doesn't get specific. If they ask for specifics, about all you can say is that it was a very personal situation and would not happen again.
2007-11-07 02:13:12 · answer #4 · answered by Judy 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Well, they can't ask your former employer why you left. Really they can only find out how long you worked there and what your job was.
2007-11-07 01:37:05 · answer #5 · answered by licketychick 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
yes, you need to say that it was a mutual decision. Both parties thought it was for the best. as to a reason say personal.
2007-11-07 02:46:26 · answer #6 · answered by jade4e83 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Why would you?
2007-11-07 16:39:07 · answer #7 · answered by Grace 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋