say things like you wanted to leverage some time off for personal development projects or small business opportunities. Eric On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 9:57 AM, JD Austin wrote: > Since it is vague interpret it in the way that best suits you :) > Don't say anything negative about yourself if you can help it lest they > filter your application to the trash before even interviewing you. > I think in such situations LESS is MORE :) > > On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 09:53, Tim Bogart wrote: > >> All, >> >> Please forgive me for my stupidity, but I've never been able to wrap my >> brain around this one. >> >> I am filling out an application for a major corporation and on it they >> wish me to provide dates of unemployment for the last seven years. That I >> get. The part I don't get is that they wish me to provide an explanation >> for those periods. Explain what? Why I was unemployed? I got laid off, or >> the contract expired or I got fired from the previous position. Or, why I >> was unemployed or why I couldn't find work? I dunno. Am I to explain why a >> company didn't want to interview me, or hire me, or didn't get presented >> with my resume? This one just dumbfounds me. To me, this is just a stupid >> way to word something. Oh, and by the way... nobody answers the help line. >> Nice... >> >> Any thoughts? >> >> Tim B. >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >