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Author: Eric Cope
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Subject: Re: OT - Explaining periods of unemployment on an application
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.
>>
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