I Really Need Some Help... PleaseHi all, I really, really need some help. In April of this year, I was let go from my first job out of college as a marketing research assistant. At the time I was let go, the company had just lost its largest client and there was going to be an office reorganization. Because my manager at the time felt I was underreporting, I was put on a 90 probation period so I could improve my performance. 30 days into that period I was let go and this happened at the same time the office lost its largest client. I really disliked that job and was planning on quitting anyway, but that is not were the issue lies. In July, I applied and got a job as a claim handler with a large insurance company. In the previous employment section of the application for the job I listed my old part time job which I had for 8 years and my latest marketing research job. There was a spot that asked to list why I wasn't employed at my last job and I put down 'Let go during loss of biggest client and office reorg'. Over a month after working at my new job as a claim handler, I received a call from someone in the employee relations dept. saying that there were some differences that came up when they did my background investigation about why I was let go from my previous job. Basically, to make a long story short, I resigned from this job because my prev. employer said I was let go because of performance and I put down on my application that I was let go during loss of biggest client and office reorg. My question is what do I do now? Do I put my last job on my resume or is it not relevant since I only worked there for a little over a month? Also, if I apply for another job, do I list my last job as a former employer? If so, what should I put for the reason that I don't work there any longer? Lastly, what do I do if I don't put this last job on my resume or as a previous employer and during my background check, my next employer finds out that I worked there and I quit after only a month, then what do I do? Please, I am feeling very lost right now and any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Please feel free to email me at mafortino@yahoo.com Thanks everyone!! Okay, first, edit your e-mail address out of your post. Believe me, you do not want the hurricane of crap that will blow your way. Second, contact the previous employer masquarading as a potential employer checking your references. Or have a friend or family member do it for you. Find out what exactly is being said. They may not have said the words "let go because of bad performance". They may have said "underperformance". Which may or may not mean the same thing to different people. Third, change your reason for leaving to something a bit more generic. Your reason was too specific and it led your new employer to believe that you were let go because the company was switching departments and personnel into different positions. Yours was eliminated during the process. So, you essentially "lied" to this new company and that is why they let you go. A reason such as this would have been more appropriate for your situation:
This would lead me to believe that because of the client pulling out, the company could not afford to pay all of it's employees and so had to cut back on the ones who were not adding the most to the company's bottom line.
You have to list all jobs on your application if that' s what they ask for. If they ask for all jobs last 3 years, or last 3 jobs or whatever they ask, that' s what you have to provide. Then, you have to be honest. You didn' t resign from that job, they fired you (while you were on a performance plan no less), so you knew you were lying when you said what you did. Don' t lie, especially about things that are so easy to check. We can help you explain things if you want, but outright lying is always going to come back to bite you, as it did here. | |
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