I've been Fired.

[Michael]

Sorry to hear the bad news, AK. That's a real bummer. Hopefully your job experience will help you land a better situation.

[AdmiralKird]

Sorry to hear the bad news, AK. That's a real bummer. Hopefully your job experience will help you land a better situation.

The problem is I have now been fired from an entry-level position after only six months. I am at a loss as to whether I am in a better place now than I was before in a depressed job market. Before I was not being hired for inexperience, but now I have both inexperience (why I was let go) and I am someone who was flat out fired for inability to perform. How am I supposed to carefully articulate the reasoning for my dispatch fully without sounding like a discouraged employee?

I find it really funny while I was being fired my boss told me I was "smart enough to do anything want" yet they have to replace me with someone better...

[phins]

As a manager at a financial services company I am shocked they would leave you in the office to be able to even finish the project.

When I fire someone, they are taken to HR and I box their things for them while they wait and are then walked out of the building immediately while their badge access is turned off.

Since you've only been in the position for six months, I'm assuming the CPA in your avatar is not accurate (though the JD/MD part probably gives that away)?

Hope you land on your feet my friend...in your next interview you will want to address the situation honestly and have a creative answer for the reasoning.

[AdmiralKird]

The MD, etc is a joke based upon Planet's (I think her's) posting many moons ago was a joke about how people had predicated their employment based upon peoples' overt display of certifications on linkedin. At no point was it ever to display arrogance or anything upon other people' qualifications, nor to claim any of the qualifcations listed.

[AdmiralKird]

My head hurts.

[planet planet]

I'm sorry to hear that, AK. The first place I'd start when explaining the situation to the next employer is the % of billable hours you outlined.

[docellis]

Why bother even putting them on your resume? It was just 6 months.

[Radbird]

I think you can talk around it, put a positive spin on it (I had the best billable hrs %, etc. etc., but it wasn't the right environment for me. Leaving allows me to concentrate on finding a better fit for my skills...). Probably not the best example, but you get the drift.

Sorry to hear about your situation. Most of us run into career glitches. I've been with the same company for 25 years and took a new position almost a year ago - and I've never been unhappier. I'm going to actively start looking to get out, but given today's downsizing environment, internal transfers are difficult to find. I'm just hoping I can find one before I get caught up in a layoff.

Here's hoping you can look back on this as something that caused you to land in a better place.

[Hungary Jack]

Really sorry about this Kird.

[phins]

The MD, etc is a joke based upon Planet's (I think her's) posting many moons ago was a joke about how people had predicated their employment based upon peoples' overt display of certifications on linkedin. At no point was it ever to display arrogance or anything upon other people' qualifications, nor to claim any of the qualifcations listed.

Sorry for the confusion on the credentials/designations.

Pretty good advice given in here. There's no reason you can't turn this experience into a positive, and most often your previous employer won't say anything about the reason you were let go. I'd explain your functions and descriptors and spin the experience into a way in. From there, if you find a strong company, you'll find a manager who realizes that when you hire and develop stars, they make you look better and are the best thing for your career.

Good luck to you, and PM me if there's anything I can do to help.