My resume has 1 year of substantive work experience in a small firm followed by a 2 month work in a fairly large defense firm. Things not working out and need to reapply. In this situation, do I leave out the 2 month work and ask if my former boss of 1 year would let me list his firm as having worked there until now? Or do I apply with the 2 month job on the resume?
Thank you for the input.
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Re: list new firm on resume or delete it when applying?
The bolded is nuts. If you want to lie on your resume (which you shouldn't in any case), don't bring others into it.Anonymous User wrote:My resume has 1 year of substantive work experience in a small firm followed by a 2 month work in a fairly large defense firm. Things not working out and need to reapply. In this situation, do I leave out the 2 month work and ask if my former boss of 1 year would let me list his firm as having worked there until now? Or do I apply with the 2 month job on the resume?
Also, at some point, you're going to have to disclose your work at the "fairly large defense firm" for conflicts purposes. You can't just pretend that it never happened.
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Re: list new firm on resume or delete it when applying?
I should have clarified that i wanted to ask my former boss for contract work for minimum wage or just work for free like an internship for the purpose of putting it down as having worked there recently.rpupkin wrote:The bolded is nuts. If you want to lie on your resume (which you shouldn't in any case), don't bring others into it.Anonymous User wrote:My resume has 1 year of substantive work experience in a small firm followed by a 2 month work in a fairly large defense firm. Things not working out and need to reapply. In this situation, do I leave out the 2 month work and ask if my former boss of 1 year would let me list his firm as having worked there until now? Or do I apply with the 2 month job on the resume?
Also, at some point, you're going to have to disclose your work at the "fairly large defense firm" for conflicts purposes. You can't just pretend that it never happened.
Do I have to disclose my firm upfront right now on the resume? Or if I leave it on, is it a big red flag for applying with only 2 months at my current firm?
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Re: list new firm on resume or delete it when applying?
List the firm. If you're asked, tell them it wasn't the right fit for you. It's easier to explain you trying to leave a firm that isn't a good personality fit than you trying to concoct a lie to cover it up.
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Thank you for the tip. Is this a genuine yellow/red flag or am I being paranoid?
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