Due to economic crisis and personal problems, I have been unemployed for over a year.
How does this affect future job interviews/applications?
Should I lie and say my last job ended after it really ended.
I work in Logistics
Best answer:
Answer by Frank
Don’t lie, because if they check, you’re screwed.
You don’t state your career. If you are dripping with qualifications and experience, they won’t mind the unemployment.
Try and do something productive during your time. Something that you can include on your resume / CV.
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Hi there,
First of all i will say you should allways tell the truth.
Getting fired due to an economic crisis is not a bad think for your next employer… i see it more as an oportunity to find good people.
If i was your next employer, i would not take you out of the list for that reason.
so, go forward!!! and good luck!!!
Dan.-
If you’ve been unemployed for awhile future employers will wonder if you’ve become a little rusty and lazy. I would not tell a lie about when it ended because 9 times out of ten they call your past bosses or ask for refferences who could possibly ruin everything.
what have you been doing during this time of unemployment? have you been going to school???
You’ll probably want to re-do your resume and create a functional resume, focuses on your skills over your work history. If you’re asked, try not to say “bad economy” it’s a broken record. Something about being laid off and having other difficulties forced you to take time out of the workplace sounds better.
Don’t lie about when you last job ended because your employment can be verified, so if you lie, you’ll get caught more than likely.
Never lie. You will always be found out.
Point one — be honest to yourself about why you are having such a difficult time finding a job. Unless you are brutally honest with yourself first, you will butcher the answer you give in an interview.
Employers understand that economic distress hits people and keeps them down. They will generally assume that unemployed applicants aren’t as “good” as employed applicants and those who have been unemployed for longer aren’t as good as those who have been unemployed for shorter times. However, exceptions exist — you can prove you are one of them. And…in a recovery when lots of jobs are being created again, you will be mostly competing against other applicants who are also unemployed (equal footing).
Point two — different standards exist for employees along the employment ladder. For those at the top, a year between jobs isn’t terribly unusual in good times, let alone bad times. For those at the bottom, more than three months is probably standard — assuming the employee can find a similar job somewhere until things pick up.
Honesty is not really the best policy. I mean come on if you were totally honest would you have been given a chance to prove yourself to them that you can do better???? No. Employers want perfect mindless drones that will eat, sleep, and breathe work 24/7, whether on or off the clock.