I hate my job

irelandrover

I have been in my current role for the last 5 months. I am working as a production Engineer. The role is not at all what I expected and I have really grown to hate it in that time. I was seriously misled about the role in the interview stage.

I am almost fully certain that I will leave the job now and will start applying to other roles. I now have a much clearer idea of what I want in my next job. I would not leave the current role until I have a new position secured.

My real question is how to deal with this 5 month period on my CV? Do I be honest and explain in the motivation letter how this 5 months better enabled me to see what it is I want in a role. Do I just leave it off the CV? Any advice would be greatly appreciated in this situation. I would be particularly interested in how other people dealt with this type of situation

paulmcgrath

Keep it on your CV.

Just show the benefits of working there and experiences gained. (Im sure there must have been some).

When approached to speak about it in the interview, be honest and explain it wasn't an area you could fully commit too and now you are focused on where you know you will be best suited.

Or something to that effect.

Glass half full.

BostonB

In two years time I'd leave it off if not relevant.

For now you have to use it in a positive way. Valuable experience, opened new opportunities.

Zeek12

Take some positives from it. Be able to show that you learned some new skill or gained a valuable experience there, and ideally, if you could get a reference from the company too, even better.
There's nothing necessarily wrong with walking away from a position that you're unhappy in. It shows future potential employers that you are decisive and you know what you want, and you're willing to do what it takes to get that position rather than just "coasting" along in an un-fulfilling job.

jennyrec

Definitely leave it on your CV.
Ireland is a very small country and you will cross paths with people from this company, or people who know you worked there, in the future and having an omission like that on your CV can raise unwelcome questions. As everyone else said, talk about it in the most positive manner possible and focus on what you've learned so far - even if that's just learning what you don't like and don't want to do!

tbh

irelandrover wrote: »

Do I just leave it off the CV?

I don't see why you would. I might ask you why you were leaving after only five months, and you might say something like "well I quickly discovered that it wasn't the area I really wanted to be in, I got some good experience but my passion and my ambition is better served by the position you're advertising".

And I'd think to myself "wow, fair play to your man, he's not willing to sit on his arse".