justlittleme01
Junior Member
After a months long probationary period my employer decided not to 'keep me on.' He mumbled something about teamwork, without getting into details. I'd like to say I learned from this, however I had no warning anything was wrong - I think he felt I didn't fit in (and once in the union it would be literally impossible to get rid of me) He said I can resign if I wanted so I did. However, now there's other issues. Please assist!
1. Have you ever been dismissed from a previous job or resigned in lieu of dismissal?
Do I have to say 'yes' since that is the honest answer? Will the potential employer even take a look at my application after that!?!?
2. I filled out an application and under 'reason for leaving' I wrote, "relocation"
Will they contact my employer to verify this? I am hoping the call would just be passed on to HR and the HR person would just say my salary and verify I worked there and resigned. On the application I had to check if they can 'contact this employer'. I check marked 'yes' since I thought 'no' would be very red flag. For my references I did not list this previous employer - that's probably red flag enough though. I have an interview in the near future!
Any advice? Thank you. From the USA.
1. Have you ever been dismissed from a previous job or resigned in lieu of dismissal?
Do I have to say 'yes' since that is the honest answer? Will the potential employer even take a look at my application after that!?!?
2. I filled out an application and under 'reason for leaving' I wrote, "relocation"
Will they contact my employer to verify this? I am hoping the call would just be passed on to HR and the HR person would just say my salary and verify I worked there and resigned. On the application I had to check if they can 'contact this employer'. I check marked 'yes' since I thought 'no' would be very red flag. For my references I did not list this previous employer - that's probably red flag enough though. I have an interview in the near future!
Any advice? Thank you. From the USA.
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