Would you hire someone who was dismissed at last role?

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#300563 18-Sep-2022 17:57

I was dismissed from my most recent role - honestly wasn't the right fit for either of us.

Company did offer reference but seems like a risk to future reference checks.

Leave job off CV or not when job hunting? I had great references from my previous roles I can use.

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#2969795 18-Sep-2022 18:05

How long were you at that role? A gap in the CV could look suspicous.

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#2969798 18-Sep-2022 18:23

Leave the role on your CV, but if queried as to why you left, just be honest - long as you were not ripping off the previous employer etc most hiring companies won't let it influence their opinion. My last role was getting a bit uncomfortable but ended up leaving due to redundancy (Large client I was looking after bailed ship) rather than any issues as such.

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#2969799 18-Sep-2022 18:23

Depends why. If it was for serious misconduct - probably not.

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#2969800 18-Sep-2022 18:23

Dismissed for what reason?

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#2969849 18-Sep-2022 18:38

Give us a reason and we can probably give you a quick yay or nay.

I've known people dismissed from roles who I'd have no problem hiring. Others, rightfully deserved to go.

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#2969852 18-Sep-2022 18:51

SirHumphreyAppleby:

Give us a reason and we can probably give you a quick yay or nay.

I've known people dismissed from roles who I'd have no problem hiring. Others, rightfully deserved to go.

"Your working style isn't the right fit for this company in this role". They mentioned I was great at certain areas and if they had a role open for those skills, then may be a different story but they need a particular skillset right now to help project growth.

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#2969853 18-Sep-2022 18:52

Journeyman:

How long were you at that role? A gap in the CV could look suspicous.

2-3 months.

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#2969855 18-Sep-2022 18:54

So were you in a small company let go under the 90 day trial rule?

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#2969856 18-Sep-2022 18:56

HandBrake:

"Your working style isn't the right fit for this company in this role". They mentioned I was great at certain areas and if they had a role open for those skills, then may be a different story but they need a particular skillset right now to help project growth.

Honestly, if you told me that it wouldn't affect my decision to hire your or not. I'd ask you about the skills you have and where you felt you didn't live up to expectations. It may even work in your favour. Our labour laws are too heavily weighted in favour of employees, and the difficulty dismissing people is one of the biggest challenges to simply giving people a chance. If more people simply agreed it wasn't a good fit and not working, there would be more opportunities for people to enter the workforce.

Just my $0.02. Many people won't agree with me though.

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#2969858 18-Sep-2022 19:00

lxsw20:

So were you in a small company let go under the 90 day trial rule?

Sure was

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#2969859 18-Sep-2022 19:02

HandBrake:

lxsw20:

So were you in a small company let go under the 90 day trial rule?

Sure was

I would hire you if you had the correct skill set...

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#2969860 18-Sep-2022 19:07

As others said, be honest. Sounds like your dismissal is not a black mark. But if the prospective employer thought you were not being honest that would be a job killer.

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#2969865 18-Sep-2022 19:52

HandBrake:

SirHumphreyAppleby:

Give us a reason and we can probably give you a quick yay or nay.

I've known people dismissed from roles who I'd have no problem hiring. Others, rightfully deserved to go.

"Your working style isn't the right fit for this company in this role". They mentioned I was great at certain areas and if they had a role open for those skills, then may be a different story but they need a particular skillset right now to help project growth.

It's fine. Obviously it's not ideal but providing you can openly discuss why the fit wasn't right then it won't really matter. Sometimes it just doesn't work out.

One or two quick hops is fine, the ones that concern me when hiring are the people who only ever last 12 months in a role.

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#2969869 18-Sep-2022 19:54

I would I you were the best fit for the role and taking into account the circumstances of the dismissal. Dismissal would not automatically exclude a candidate .

Here is a crazy notion, lets give peace a chance.

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#2969923 18-Sep-2022 21:35

It wouldn't bother me, if I liked you and you were straight up. You could consider listing it as a contract rather than perm role.

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