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chocoraisin
post Mar 3 2011, 03:13 PM

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hi..saw this thread and would like to ask for some opinion:-

Below is my work experience and reason of leaving:
first job: (5months) : leave due to no senior, all senior suddenly left.
second job: (1 yr): salary low, no increment
third job: (10 months): leave due to given different job scope from what been offered
forth job (current)(5months): thinking of resign

What i wanna ask is that,i been working in such a short term. if i resign again from this company which is only 5 months. will it affect my resume? or the reason i give as long as its strong it will be acceptable?

Appreciate for the advise

chocoraisin
post Mar 3 2011, 11:02 PM

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Added on March 3, 2011, 4:10 pm

To be very honest, your CV doesn't look really impressive in an interviewer's eyes - here's what I can tell you when they read your resume - that you are not reliable and that they cannot depend on you to stay on the job you applied long enough to contribute to the company.

For most companies, they would want to retain their employees as much as they can (except for the under-performing ones) and in this present age, it is very hard to find a good and reliable staff at a reasonable price. Did you know that it uses up a lot of the managers'/HR's time selecting and interviewing people trying to get the right one? and imagine that when they found the right one and within a couple of months, they have to let him/her go.

Even though you might thing that your reasons are acceptable, but to be frank again, they might not to the interviewers. For example, you mentioned that in your first job, you left because all your seniors left, so why did you leave as well? Was the company not doing very well? Did you suffer any pay cut or non-paid salaries?

Secondly job ... salary low and no increment - chances are, you might end up in the same fate at the company you applied to.

Third job ... ok this looks pretty reasonable .. cos there was a mismatch in the job scope - but you should've cleared this out during your interview before joining the company.

Fourth job ... thinking of resigning - what's the reason? Is it valid enough to convince the interviewers with your reason?

I would suggest you stay on in your fourth job to prove your worth unless the reason to leave is due to drastic circumstances (e.g. boss/company mistreating you, you are victims of harassment, etc). If you said that you current job is another case of job scope mismatch, it is advisable that you clear the requirements out during the interview so that you won't run into the same situation again.
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Thanks for the advise.

first of the company .. i hav to leave as i find that there is no one to teach me how to do my job and my boss had no time to teach me.. thus, i hav to leave or else it wil like waste of time. second job, salary just too low to survive. i would agree that same fate in some other company but the job i get for the 3rd is much more higher.. the third job is that when i go in work for first day , after i sign the offer letter and so on then onli realise this is not as what i interview for.

the current, reason of leaving cos i did some mistake my work (small mistake, everyone say so) my boss angry me until today.. its been 2 months. feel like she hinting me to leave. but of course i wont say so.. i wil say to change a new job which i plan to do something is different from my current job.

will it be sufficient?

This post has been edited by chocoraisin: Mar 3 2011, 11:04 PM
chocoraisin
post Mar 4 2011, 11:49 AM

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QUOTE(iamwho @ Mar 4 2011, 11:27 AM)

Added on March 4, 2011, 11:43 am

Let me try to put this as nicely as I can, but I still have to be honest with you ... when you mentioned that you expect your senior to guide you in your first job and because they left, you felt abandoned as your bosses were to busy to entertain you. Truth to be told, this is how corporate world is like - you are on your own mostly and are expected to maneuver your ways around to get things done (with minimal supervision) because everyone's just too bz manning their own rice bowls. Of course, you will be considered lucky if you have a certain individual who is willing to spend time going through your job with you, but in most companies, you won't have such luxuries. I have changed a few jobs in my life, and I have learned a great deal about being independent in some of those jobs, though I did have the privilege of being coached one on one as well.

So if you tell the interviewers that you could not do your job on your own and you needed a lot supervision - they will potentially strike you out of their candidates list.

2nd job .. still sounds more reasonable because as a company, they would have researched on salary scales for different types of job scopes and if they learned of your low salary scale, they may consider your candidature

3rd job ... ok, you got your expected pay, and found out that the job isn't what you asked for. Chances are they will ask this "why didn't you clarify this at your interview" - you need to prepare "bullets" for this.

current job ... everyone makes mistakes and it is unfortunate that your boss is not a forgiving and open-minded boss. This is a tricky situation, but, is there a chance you can have a one on one talk with your boss about this to clear things up and get things moving? If you like your current job, then I think this approach is worth considering in order to maintain your job and stay on for at least a year to prove your worth. If you mention that you plan to do something else which is different from your current job, this is what the interviewers will think - "but you have not stayed on long enough to see the entire scope of the job to come to this decision". It also goes to show that you are indecisive of what you want to do ...

Try the approach of talking to your boss in person and show him/her that you really like what u are doing and that your mistake should not hinder you from progressing further on the job and from fostering a good working relationship with your boss. If all things fail, I supposed the only way out is through resignation and I don't think you should lie about this to your interviewers. You can tell your potential interviewers about your situation, but put it in a short and professional sentence that tells the interviewers of your professionalism of approaching this matter on the job.

I wish you all the best in your future undertakings.
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thanks for the advise.. really long..

yea i was planning to have a talk to her soon , as this situation is really stress. I just feel i this job is not suitable for me anymore.. but i will try to have a talk to her and see hows the things goes on.

thanks again

 

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