Should I put last job on resumeI' ve been working in the healthcare industry for over 13 years mostly in marketing, I found the dream job with no other competition, worked for 6 months and was now told I' m not a good fit, should I put this job on my resume since I know it was not from my efforts but maybe a personality conflict??? You don' t have to put it on your resume, but you will have to put it on a job application so either way it is going to come up. If you don' t have any other experience in the dream job, it is probably better to list it than not. Either way, they' re going to ask what you' ve been doing the last 6 months. I don' t know about you people, but I consider that a resume becomes a legal biding document, especially after one has been hired on a specific post. What I want to say is that a person can be fired just because he or she has lied in the resume, placing a degree higher that what he/she actually has, or states that he/she worked in a place and didn' t, or "forgets" to mention the fact that he/she has worked somewhere. So you' d better mention the job in the CV and rather be prepared to offer explanations, if asked for. The lie has short feet, it' s always caught. Section of post does not conform with Monster TOU When you fill out an application there is always an entire page dedicated to your declaration that everything you put in the application is true and correct. This is what you are signing to state that you agree that you can be terminated if there is anything you have lied about, embellished or neglected to state. If you haven't filled out an application before the interview and you are offered the position, your paperwork along with W-4, I-9 or whatever the tax papers are, plus you will need to fill out benefit papers if the company offers those AND it is at that point that you will agree that everything that you have said is true and corrrect or termination is a possiblility. The resume just gets you in the door. Granted, if you had listed something on your resume that was negative you probably wouldn't make it in the door. But at least once you are in there, you will have the opportunity to explain why you didn't include it. I had a temp job that I opted out early last July. I opted out because of the hostile environment. I don't put that on my resume, but when asked in the interview about the gap in my employment, I tell them about that temp position. The HR person is more interested in the temp agency than the company. Not that I asked, but I think it is because most companies believe the temp agency has the most information about what the employees work habits are. Actually, a resume is NOT a legally binding document. It is a marketing tool. Like a brochure. There are many styles and ways to format it and it is used to highlight your accomplishments and skills for this particular job. Lying on your resume would be changing dates to cover a gap, changing titles, claiming education you don' t have etc., but you don' t have to list every job you' ve ever held in your entire life on a resume. The application is a document that usually asks for specific information and usually requires you to sign that it is complete and correct. They should correlate, but they are not the same document. For example, I don' t list a year of part-time work at the fabric store on my resume. I' m an AVP and a Disaster Planner. I worked at the fabric store after we returned from living overseas and couldn' t find a full time job in my field immediately. I worked part-time in my field and part-time at the fabric store while my husband went to school. Clearly, clerk at the fabric store job has nothing to do with my "real" job or my "real" career. I do, however have to list it on an application if they ask for last 5 jobs since it falls into that catagory. If they ask for all jobs last 3 years, I would not have to list it since it was further back than that. I have never have anyone question why something is not on the resume that was on the application since it has always been obvious that the discrepacy makes sense. If it doesn' t make sense, they' ll ask you about it. If the answer makes sense, then no problem. | |
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