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Unemployed & job interview - what do say the reason you were unemployed?
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Unemployed & job interview - what do say the reason you were unemployed?
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"I decided to do some consulting."
Seriously, the formal word for Fired is simply "Discharged"
Most of us have been there at one time or another, in my case refusing to either kiss asses or stab backs. The ones who did best at that miserable place were adept at both.
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
"I was too good looking and my presence was too distracting for the female employees."
whatever the truth is.
Best place to buy !
Bronze Associate member
there are 6 million unfilled jobs in the usa now. a lot of people are quitting just to get a better, more high paying job
What is the actual reason? I find it hard to believe they wouldn't do some follow up searching if you have been unemployed an extended period of time.
I was let go because of my coin collecting addiction.
You should always answer truthfully but at least in NY, employers are not allowed to ask.
There are plenty of characterless excuses; blame it on someone or something beyond your control. Most employers expect a typical reason, so you can frankly say so without barring a future job.
**Be honest, or you might get sacked quickly.
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This is an instant law suit gotcha type stuff, that I had to train new hires of mine when they got ready to conduct interviews.
While outside the purview of interview questions, there is this that will haunt you quickly:
Prospective company contacts previous company and asks these questions, all perfectly legal:
Start and end date of employment.
Is this person eligible for rehire.
If the answer to 2 is no, then many companies stop having any interest at all.
Best interview I had with a person who had been fired. I worked for a large company, excess of 50K people, as a manager, and this person had been fired from our own company years earlier. Yet, he was cleared by HR to interview.
Question? Why were you terminated? I punched out a guy in the cafeteria, but he had pissed me off. I got fired, but he did not.
Question? On your resume, you list a felony conviction that is still active. What happened? I shot a guy 3 times, because he pissed me off, but he lived. 10 year probated, Attempted Murder.
Well, at least he was honest, and actually interviewed well. I decided to pass on him, citing teaming /working with others issues.
The cover for what to do if you do not like how you lost your previous job.
Get a friend to create a sales tax entity, in Texas, or already has one, it is free.
Put your starting date equal to your old release date on LinkedIn.
Have him "hire you" and give you some job description.
When you interview, still be working for the "company" but since the economy is booming, you are looking around,
Your friend can give a excellent reference.
Laziness?
Dave
Truth is the best policy. What job field do you work in? Is it possible (if you don't get the job) to do some freelance work for a while and call yourself self employed?
Other - Toad Stool offshored my job to Russia.
The whole worlds off its rocker, buy Gold™.
BOOMIN!™
Wooooha! Did someone just say it's officially "TACO™" Tuesday????
Retiring at 55, what day is today?
Office Christmas party?
Govt. pays me more not to work?
Clowns give me the creeps and I can't stand working with them?
I've never been unemployed.
I was too busy tweeting. Oh wait, my mistake, it is someone else that is too busy tweeting!
You could always say you signed a Non disclosure agreement.
There is always a job somewhere as long one is willing to work.
I quit.
You should never be unemployed if looking. Grab any part time job you can to show drive and responsibility while on the hunt.
I was with the company way too long.....made too much. Replaced by an recent college grad that would work for 1/4 of my salary. Company let every man above age 50 go for a new young female....
That would have been my answer.
Instead I just retired and called it a game.
bob
"They filled my job without my knowledge while I was in prison."
But the real answer: The Truth. Once you have figured out "The Truth", you can sugar coat it to make it sound better, if required. Nobody will blame you for putting the best light on it....but you face a world of hurt if you flat out LIE.
Everyone was a child at some point. Sure you have.
Retired !!!
My Division doubled their revenue and tripled profit each year, but the company did not provide commensurate salary and benefits. Now, I'm looking for another company for which the same can be accomplished.
I made the insinuation that the head of HR/corporate attorney (how's that for stacking the deck against the employees?) didn't understand the difference between a Right and a Privilege. Voting was one, a Driver's License the other. He didn't appreciate it when I told him to read up on the Constitution.
Not a multiple choice question. Now a days employers try to verify everything you say through social media so it's possible they know the facts before they ask the question. The truth is easiest to remember and employers are getting desperate anyway so if you're qualified, they need you.
I hired myself. I could never afford to fire me.
Here's a warning parable for coin collectors...
I was terminated so many years ago that most members were not even born yet. In 1973 I was doing research on snow augmentation on the Bridger Mtns of Montana. "Supposedly" I was let go as Nixon cut back in the research funds. I now realize that was bs and they felt I was not supporting my position. Fortunately or unfortunately I ended up at the State of Montana Air Quality Bureau doing their computer work and writing reports on air quality status. I worked there some six years and then went into consulting and eventually started my own air quality/meteorology consulting service of which I ran for some 30 years and retired from. It was a very enjoyable profession. I now am unemployed hauling hay and horse manure for my wife and niece in their horse training business. It does not pay well but can have all the lawn fertilizer I could ever want.
I am self employed by swinging my hip during evening hours
Oh I did not answer your question correctly......
Wow! I do not know what to say regarding that photo. I live a very, very long way from there. And right now anyone dressed (or undressed) like that would freeze to death. That is assuming I did not come to their rescue. I have never been to Hawaii and probably never will, however, I am not sure my old heart would survive. Still absolutely nice to view and dream.
@Zsmartie
I decided not to post mine because a very reason you've mentioned above
Upon reading the OP's thread title: Why does the 1977 Johnny Paycheck tune "Take This Job and Shove It" come to mind.
Best answer is: I found out unemployment paid better than my job.
BTW, I have never collected a dime from unemployment.
the company I worked for sold some of their stores and unlucky the store where i worked got closed down
1997-present
You're a dancer? What club do you work at? I'd like to catch your act sometime.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
Looking for work..
Doing roofing and shingles..
Last employment was..
Writing Burma Shave Jingles!
Yeah right ....... all the coins they tossed on top of those tugged under my garment ?
Many years ago I was caught in a 'downsizing'...That was painful, but really served to put me in a better position and led to my work in other countries. Cheers, RickO
Oh I think you answered it OK....
I started working on day one. It's not easy being a pain in the ..., but the benefits are good.
I was too busy with my coin collection to give a cr@p about this stupid job.
BHNC #203
the top execs. wanted more money for them self so i and others were let go. bend over here it comes again
If you wish to hold on to your job
It's wise to first hob and then nob
Lest the boss find a way
To wreck your Friday
And give your job over to Bob.
Burma Shave
Here's a warning parable for coin collectors...
I will be so glad to retire here very soon. I wish they would fire me tomorrow. I made my millions. > @johnny9434 said:
That’s why I despise management people. I don’t even associate with family that is management. I’m a hard core union member. They always get theirs in the end though.
The acronym is BOHICA.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
The coal mine closed, then the manufacturing plant closed and shipped all the equipment to China, then the movie production company shipped all the work to Canada, then the school district hired an outside contractor to drive the school buses, then the political survey company found that no one would answer their questions anymore, then ...
Red is the rose..
Blue is the violet..
Don't sleep on the job..
Unless you're a pilot!
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