[ SECRET POST #3961 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3961 ⌋

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(fandom: My Brother, My Brother and Me)


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[Neil Gaiman's "Good Omens"]


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(Minami, YoI)


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Comments

Re: Jobs!

[(Anonymous)]

If you messed up (and it sounds like you definitely did), own it without making excuses or rationalizing your behavior.

Dude, no. Just no. I mean, yes. To themselves and their friends and their therapist they should absolutely own this and stop making excuses. On a job interview? Unless they are flat out asked "Did you get fired from your last job? And if so, why?" do not volunteer that information.

OP "feels" that interviewers wonder why they left their last job. If they wonder, they'll ask. That's the point of an interview. If OP really feels to bring it up first, "I'm looking for new opportunities and the chance to expand my role as [insert job goal here]" is nice and non-incriminating without being a flat-out lie. If the interviewer actually asks why they left (most won't unless there are other red flags), "they eliminated my position" is enough to let them know that leaving was involuntary, but not "they fired me for downloading porn on the company server" or whatever the hell they did.

Job interviews aren't confessionals; they're sales pitches. When you're selling something, you don't showcase the flaws.

Re: Jobs!

[(Anonymous)]

nayrt

You missed the part where they said "if a prospective employer asks".

Re: Jobs!

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, but even if they ask why you left your last job, a job interview is not a time to be "open and honest" about how you screwed your last employer over and got fired for it, but you've learned your lesson and are a better person now. That's what therapists and friends are for.

Re: Jobs!

[(Anonymous)]

NAYRT but, I mean, what course of action are you endorsing?

If they ask why you left, you have to say *something*. Do you just straight-up lie? Do you try and spin and find a way to turn shit into gold? What do you do?