They are just trying to find out if you were unemployed for any length
and that you didnt just take a hike or somesuch i guess. This is a new
one to me as well.
On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Eric Cope <
eric.cope@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 <jd@twingeckos.com> 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 <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.
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