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Dubsholla · Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 7:07 am Post subject: Termination and work experience.

I was terminated from my previous job justifiably, and I am in the process of looking for a new job.
I've been advised that leaving out my previous job as work history is by no mean lying or against the law, but my problem is that my previous job gave me valuable customer service experience. When I apply for a job that requires such experience, I have noticed that conceding my previous experience obviously makes employers uninterested.

My question is, should I put me previous employment on my application as CS experience, or would it hurt more than it helps? Legitimately, does an employer care more about the experience gained, or the fact that I was fired?

Thanks.

Robin

All of us run into a bit of tough luck occasionally and every thinking human being knows that. If you've been fired and I was reviewing your job application, I would be more interested in why you were fired. Was it a one off indiscretion, a disagreement, or was it something more serious like stealing as an employee?

If it was a one-off problem that didn't indicate a long-term problem, then I'd be happy to consider your other skills and experience. However, if you'd been on drugs, assaulted a fellow employee or something like that, your application would be dead in the water.

In any case, you should be honest with your next employment prospect and not get into any deeper water by lying and getting caught. Most firms can fire people who are dishonest in stating facts during their selection. If you've had a serious problem, tell them how you have changed and learnt from the experience and if they give you a go on probation, you'll prove your worth.

Good luck.

Dubsholla · Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 5:43 pm Post subject:

What happened was I asked a fellow employee, who was also a very close friend, to break a company policy. It was not an extremely significant policy, but it was policy none the less, and I thought that it could help me obtain a large sale... I kinda weighed the benefits over the disadvantages.
Anyway, my plot was discovered by a supervisor, and I lied to keep my co-worker out of trouble, seeing as I felt obligated for putting him in the sitaution. I was then caught in the lie and suspended for further investigation. I was only terminated after I did not return the calls of my manager to come in and discuss the situation with the entire company.

Robin · Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 3:53 am Post subject: Make it a Positive

Okay, so the spin I would put on it was that you were so keen to get a sale that you side-stepped a policy and was fired for not complying with it. However, you learnt from the mistake; you thought the policy wasn't that important initially, but now realise that it was important to the firm.

In future you would, of course, follow all of a company's policies.

You should be able to recover from this indiscretion without too much trouble.

Good luck.


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