tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579284890902840419.post3470599328684973092..comments2023-12-13T08:45:02.282-06:00Comments on On the Job by Anita Bruzzese: Keep Job Desperation Under ControlAnitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07673125042097858304noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579284890902840419.post-60830469749485336262008-01-03T12:43:00.000-06:002008-01-03T12:43:00.000-06:00Please, feel free to quibble with me anytime. "Mut...Please, feel free to quibble with me anytime. "Mutual agreement" has always been the standard advice from experts I've spoken with, but you raise a good point. Still, I'd avoid saying "fired" at all costs since only the most open-minded interviewers would try and get past that to find out the real reasons why. With so many candidates on the job market, my guess is that a hiring manager would take the easy road and just move on to the next candidate once he thought there were any potential problems in the employment history. I do think your "let go" is a good alternative.Anitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07673125042097858304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579284890902840419.post-46885369949564319312008-01-03T11:56:00.000-06:002008-01-03T11:56:00.000-06:00You offer some good advice here, Anita. However, I...You offer some good advice here, Anita. However, I have to quibble with you on the issue of being “fired” versus leaving by “mutual agreement.” I know someone who was fired but who stated in a job interview that he left a previous job by “mutual agreement” (or something close to that). The hiring manager found out through another channel that he was, in fact, fired, and, presumably because of that, didn’t offer him the job, for which he had been a strong candidate. To me, “fired” connotes you were terminated because of something you did (e.g., misconduct) or didn’t do (e.g., some of the duties of your job).<BR/><BR/>As an alternative, “let go” would be a softer way of saying you were fired, especially if you lost your job because you didn’t agree with your managers or leadership, or they felt you weren’t working out in the position and believed the best alternative was to terminate you.<BR/><BR/>Any hiring manager who has a hard time with the word “fired” is severely limiting his or her options in filling a position. If I were to hear from a candidate that he or she had been “fired” from a job, I’d at least want to know why. The answer would tell me a lot more about the person than a mere 5-letter word.<BR/><BR/>Thanks and Happy New Year!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com