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catgoddess
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 Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 10:35 pm Post subject: Bad blood with previous employer |
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I'm currently in a job that I love and have recently been made aware that the company may be closing. I will receive an excellent reference from everyone here, including the partner of the firm who I report to. However, my previous job was not so. There was some major power playing which resulted in my resigning, and then being asked to leave before my two weeks was up. I was treated badly, really dislike everyone at the company (it was a small firm) and do not want to use them as a reference.
Do I need to include them on my reference list, or is it okay to skip them? I will include the position on my resume and have excellent references from all my other employers.
Also, is it sufficient to say in an interview that the job gave me some great experiences, but that we were not a great personality match for each other?(the group were all men and were very sexist).
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lilo
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Hi cat,
About your reference, usually, if the job appears in your resume (I mean you mention you had it), the new employer is qualified to call someone in there for a reference, even if you don't have one which is written. They might just call and ask so if you want to skip a reference, you might have to skip the job too.
Stll, you can be straighforward and mention your job and take the chance and don't mention the reference (if you think it could discredit you). |
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julian
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You can say that what the job offered wasn't what you expected and you can motivate your resons by saying you want to evoluate professionally. The skipping thing....Don't you have like ANYONE in that firm that can offer you good references?
Allright....I saw there that you've said something like you were asked to leave before your two weeks....what two weeks? were you in probabtion? 'Cause if it's so, then you can't mecessarily call it a job. |
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Katja144
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