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Working Around Bad Luck on the Resume?

Posted by Cliff on from the explaining-your-experiences dept.

Dodger asks: "A year ago I was laid off from my job after 2 1/2 years, shortly after the product I was working on shipped. Later that year, a company moved me 1500 miles from Texas to California, to start working on a promising project, just to have the plug pulled by the corporation that funded it five weeks later, which resulted in another layoff. Now, there's a period of job seeking followed by a five week period of employment, followed by the current job seeking period on my resume. When the companies I interview with ask about that situation I simply explain, while trying not to whine or complain. What do other Slashdot readers do to make 'bad luck' (or bad employer choices) look less bad on their resume, and sound less bad in interviews?"

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  1. fake it by MichaelPierce · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    fake a longer period

    1. Re:fake it by Omega996 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      how do you know for sure, though?
      Maybe she's got you faked too. hell, this poor guy's married to her, so she probably doesn't even make the effort to make it real for him. but for you, maybe she still doesn't want to crush your ego, especially if your lust is new. seeing as how you're on slashdot, and posting as an AC, the odds are that this is your first time for sex as well.
      she probably tells you you've got a big dick, too. just remember, you can't trust a woman who fakes an orgasm. who knows what she's going to lie about...

  2. Or this: by orthogonal · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Now, there's a period of job seeking followed by a five week period of employment, followed by the current job seeking period on my resume.

    Get the interviewer to empathize with you, by noting that we all make mistakes, now and then: "Who'd have guessed those hippies wouldn't pay me $699 for something they could get a better implementation of for free? But hey-hey, honest mistake, right?

    "I mean, we expected everybody to settle out of court, just to get us to go away. Imagine my surprise when David explained that IBM has so many lawyers on retainer. Really, who'da thunk it? Honest mistake, right?"

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  3. Re:If anyone knew by Graemee · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So, that's how you get first post!