According to BusinessWeek: “…To say to a prospective employer, “You know, they fired me over at Acme Explosives,” is essentially to say, “We can just skip the interview, and you can focus on other candidates.” It’s job-search death.
It doesn’t matter how horrible the bosses were at Acme Explosives or how badly they treated you. Something about the words “I was fired” makes prospective managers’ blood run cold. They think the worst of a job seeker dismissed from his or her last assignment. As the words “I was fired” leave a job candidate’s lips, a hiring manager will likely feel an unwarranted kinship with the person who gave Mr. or Ms. Job Seeker those walking papers (or to use HRspeak, “separated him or her from the payroll”). In that moment, the hiring manager isn’t on your side: “As much as I like the person sitting in front of me, I can’t take a chance. How would I justify my decision if I hired this person and things went south?”
If you left your last job on less-than-sensational terms, there’s got to be a way to address that issue without summarily ending your candidacy, right? As a longtime HR director, I can tell you, there is. First, shake off some misconceptions…
“…There is zero requirement ever to tell a hiring manager or HR person that your previous employer let you go…
Find out more at http://www.businessweek.com/management/how-not-to-say-i-was-fired-08302011.html?campaign_id=rss_topStories
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