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 Post subject: Re: I've been Fired.
PostPosted: July 27 12, 7:49 am 
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They probably will ask about that gap, and it seems to me it would be a lot worse to be explaining why you left that job off your resume until confronted about it than to try to put it in favorable terms from the get-go.

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I got fired from a sorority once. And a bar, for letting this alcoholic waiter sneak drinks while he was working ... the day shift. That was the second time they fired me. The first was for telling the cheap ass waiters that they needed to tip me for making their [expletive] banana shakes as well.

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 Post subject: Re: I've been Fired.
PostPosted: July 27 12, 12:22 pm 
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It was a tiny company - how on earth would they find out about it and confront him?
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 Post subject: Re: I've been Fired.
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By saying, "So, I see there's a gap here in your employment record. What were you doing during this time?" and him not being willing to lie brazenly in their faces.

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 Post subject: Re: I've been Fired.
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cpebbles wrote:
By saying, "So, I see there's a gap here in your employment record. What were you doing during this time?" and him not being willing to lie brazenly in their faces.

He just graduated, searched for work extensively - was very frustrated about finding a job, for quite some time. Then, he got unlucky and worked for a bad company. I don't see why you'd want to address a negative as a first impression. Focusing on the job market briefly and then moving on to personal strengths and school accomplishments seems a better strategy. And I don't think that would be dishonest or unethical. If he worked there over a year, yes, I think you have to list it.
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I would be upfront about it and use it as a resume builder. Why is this a bad thing? I was under the impression it was a personality conflict and a not a performance issue.

"Yes, I was employed at Old Boy Schmutzpooza for 6 months. I was incredibly good at my job. This is what I did. This is what I learned. I'm not sure who I rubbed the wrong way, but I did and they went in a different direction."

I imagine it's a fairly small circle where a lot of people know other people. Not everyone likes everyone. If you say you didn't get along with a guy that other people don't get along with then it's not going to count against you....Hell it will probalby work in your advantage....

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Don't act like a showoff know-it-all at your next job.

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I [expletive] told him this would happen.

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