Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Things to do When you Suddenly Loose your Job

There are many reasons due to which you can lose your job. You can really find out many reasons behind this. However you cannot show it on your resume stating that you were fired. There can be many reasons behind this. However what ever excuse you will make, the recruiter will take it in a negative manner.
You will definitely have to do something to hide the fact in your resume otherwise you might find it very bad for your chances.

I would like to give you some tips to prepare the resume in this case. Some reasons are as follows. They are as follows:

  1. You should select the resume format that suits you and downplays the firing incident. Do not use the chronological format and try to use the functional format. This will include your skills but you should skip the name of the company where you learnt them. You should really not mention the employers name until the end of your resume.
  2. Never mention on the resume that you were let go. You should say that that the relations with the manager were not good, or you did not like the environment. No matter how you try to explain your dismissal, it will go against you because no hiring manager will take it positively. Hence it is better to lay emphasis on your skills rather than the company. I think you are getting my point. What I really want to say is that you might be working in some big company. You cannot really neglect their comment about you. Suppose you are fired then what can you do? You will really go in search of some new jobs. The best way to do this is by giving emphasis on skills. Smaller company really gives preference to the employees of the big company. But you will have to hide the fact that you have been fired otherwise you can go to any company; you will definitely not get a good response.
  3. Use dates of employment for your plus. You can write them down in reverse order and skip the employer contact number in each of them. Hence the recruiter whom you will submit your resume for a job might get an idea which can be positive. Pray to god that he does not ask for their contact number. Some time it does happen that they already knows them. This can really be a very challenging for you. Hence never try to tell a lie other wise the world is too small and you might be caught very soon. Hence be mentally prepared.

Keep some of these tips in mind and pray to god that something wrong does not happen with you.

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