less than impressive companyHere' s one that has probably been asked before, but here goes.... What would be considered the best way to disguise your previous employer on a resume? I have spent 13 years working for a local construction company whose owner did not have the best "name" in town. (didn' t use the most ethical practices, etc...) I' m worried that when an prospective employer finds out who I worked for, they assume guilt by association and pass over my resume. I guess what I' m thinking is that my skills and experience are being discounted by prospective employers due to the company that I used to work for, even though the people I worked with and myself probably had to work harder to accomplish the same level of expertise, because of his reputation. Any Ideas? What' s the best thing to use on the resume other than the name of the company? I see where you aim at but unfortunately, you cannot skip the name of the company entirely . Usually, it should appear in two places: work history (experience) and references. You can definitely pass over the references because you can either eliminate the reference coming from your previous employer or just write something like "references available upon request" HOWEVER, why not try to compensate for the possible "damage" the name of the respective company would bring to your image with your experience and skills? I' m sure you are aware of how a good resume should look like and of the fact that impressions can be twisted just by using the proper words. Use dissimulation to distract the attention of the interviewer in another way.
Why not simply state COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL on your resume? Using the last post for a reference - which would be least desirous? A resume with "Company Confidential" or one with a company with a terrible name for itself. Do you think that "company confidential" would get an automatic pass over when it sits in the pile of prospective interviews? thanks for the help! Take this for what it's worth, but there was a company who I worked for, it was short lived thanks to a micromanager who accused me of being argumentative when I was pointing out a means that would save him money in the long run to accomplish the same task. I ran into a recruiter who recognized the company, and this company didn't have a good reputation. As soon as I mentioned the name of the company, she knew exactly who I was talking about. The same recruiter also said that other recruiting firms knew the companies repuation, and as such they refused to deal with them. So in that case, it lent me credibility with the recruiter, and I also found who hired another contractor there who I heard went through a like situation. Having said that, I had another instance where I worked for a very large and well known company. No sooner I got there, my position was eliminated due to some internal politics. A recruiter asked me what happened, so I told her what happened. She told me that her husband happened to work for the same company, and in the same field. He said the exact same thing to her on other ocassions that lined up perfectly with what happened to me. My point is, be professional about it, but be honest. If the company has that bad of a reputation, it's very possible that other area employers know the reasons for other employees wanting to leave the same place. Pending the circumstances, one employer will talk to the other about what company does what, etc. It may not be as bad as you think though the company you work for is that bad. | |
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