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3 month probation review - terminated

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  • #32
    Flinty997
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,614 ✭✭✭✭Flinty997


    I've interviewed people lots of people who left jobs early because it wasn't working out. If it's a blip on an otherwise normal CV then who cares.

    Different case if someone has lots of short jobs and gaps.



  • #33
    chrisfroome
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55 ✭✭chrisfroome


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118924880#Comment_118924880

    Thanks. Great advise.



  • #34
    chrisfroome
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55 ✭✭chrisfroome


    Hope everybody had a lovely Easter break. I certainly did but am terrified at the thought of looking for work again. I have told my wife and a few others but advising my close friends that I am looking for work is something I am unable to do. I do not know if it is to do with the stigma and how this position ended.

    I have decided for AR/Credit Control work that I will leave my last job in but put a positive spin on it - 3 month contract, cleared the heavy arrears etc & they could not afford me. This is the area that I am hoping to stay in.

    For the jobs that do not involve credit control, I am going to leave the job out. Would it be best to leave this off my Linkedin profile or it is worth setting up a new profile or is this even possible?

    Appreciate the previous comments and any thoughts around this issue.



  • #35
    bucketybuck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,985 ✭✭✭✭bucketybuck


    What are you going to do if they pick up the phone and ring that company to check? And find out that you lied on your CV?

    Thats something I do frequently. The references given are always going to be favourable to the the candidate so I look elsewhere, I just ring the place and see who I get. Thats assuming I don't already know somebody in that company of course.

    Its one thing to gloss over a few months, quite another to completely misrepresent what happened. Its wasn't a short term contract and you didn't leave because they couldn't afford you, if that gets mentioned in a phone call the old company will immediately pick up on it and your potential new job will be going in the bin. And it will get mentioned, because the obvious question that will be asked is "Why did he leave?".

    Saying that a role didn't work out can be explained, but what you are suggesting is so easily disproven and will absolutely cost you a job if discovered.



  • #36
    Flinty997
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,614 ✭✭✭✭Flinty997


    No pain no gain. New adventure is always daunting. That's normal.

    I've never found Linkin that useful. Can't advise on that.



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  • #37
    GoldFour4
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 5,101 Mod ✭✭✭✭GoldFour4


    I wouldn’t go down the route of having it on some CVs and not on others/LinkedIn tbh. Better off to be consistent across the board.

    The positive spin on might work but if they ask for a reference from the previous employer you could be in difficulty. Presenting such a positive experience from it might seem on then if you say they can’t give you a reference.

    We’ve had temporary credit controllers for mat leave etc but



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