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 <
timbogart@yahoo.com> 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
(text/plain)