When a job application asks your reason for leaving and you are still employed there what is the best way to answer?

Answer 1

Just be honest. For instance, you might say there was "No Career Opportunity". That's usually the best answer, especially if you quit. It's honest, truthful, and you don't have to explain everything in detail.

• If your employment was a contract, just put, "End of Contract."
• If you were laid off, you could put, "Laid Off."
• If you don't think it matters, then "No Career Oppourtunity" will suffice.
• "Idle job, I like challenges!"
• "I am looking for better prospects and a better work environment."

Answer 2

Answer honestly. That's what all employers are looking for. Just because you were fired doesn't mean you won't get hired.

Among the specific suggestions:

• There was no scope for upward mobility
• Better opportunity
• Unresolvable conflicts
• Not enough hours
• Personality conflicts
• Staff reduction/budget cuts

Other opinions:

• They're probably only looking for honesty. If I felt the need to cover it up a little, I would blame it on downsizing, but honesty is the best policy.

• Be honest. Be prepared to explain (ex. refused to perform certain activities to unsafe working conditions). Was not able to keep up with pace in that type of job due to health issues- ex. repetitive stress injuries. Could also restate question:"My position was terminated in 1995 at xyz because, however, I really enjoyed working there." Never speak badly about previous employers- no matter how much they sucked. Because new employer wouldn't want you leaving and speaking badly about their organization. Good Luck!!!

• I have not received any employment opportunities since I have been honest stating the reason I was let go. On the application I state "Let go for a personal problem would, like to discuss". I always explain in the interview that "I was let go for a personal problem that affected my attendance. The problem is resolved, I am willing and ready to return to work. I am always told the position was given to a more qualified individual. I don't believe this response. I am continually told that a past employer cannot say I was fired. Is this true? Or can I say that there was a lay off? Please respond, Thanks

• You see, a non-decisive answer provides for others to think of Other important subjective things. This also provides time for you to evade a decision making reply,that gives away In-depth idea of your attitude. It is not so easy to be like that.

• A previous employer can say you were fired. However, They can't state anything more. like Why, when, what happened and so forth. I have not had any luck either with being honest. Getting fired sucks. Time heals I guess.

• Employers can provide any information that they are asked provided by applicable local or state law. You can provide whatever reason you feel necessary regarding the situation or reasons of why your employment ended, but if you allow the potential employer to contact your previous employers, you open the door for criticism and you could be caught in a lie, providing that you fasified the nature and reasoning of your employment and the circumstances on how it ended. The best resolve always that if you left an employer on uncertain or unresolved terms and for reasons that you don't really want to disclose, simply state that you left the employer to seek further career opportunities and advancement and decline if they ask that they can contact the previous employer. If you give permission for them to dig into your past employment, you are subject to the nature of your employment, and the actual information you provided, and if the don't match each other, the prospective employer is going to know you lied and is probably not going to hire you.

And to the person who posted the answer stating they never get hired for being honest, from what I can gather from the information you provided is that you were fired from your job for an attendance/performance issue. If that is what you put on an application for a potential employer, of course you're not going to get hired, heck i wouldn't hire you. Employers are looking for dedicated, punctual, and honest people, not individuals who are terminated because the couldn't meet company attendance policies or performance standards.

• It is untrue that an employer can answer any information that they are asked. Confidentiality allows that unless a written release is signed by the former employee, the only information that can be provided regarding your employment is a confirmation that you were in fact employed there and whether termination was voluntary or involuntary. Without a release, they cannot provide any details on your termination even if asked.

• It is true that they can provide some details. They can see that you were an excellent employee or that you weren't that good. They won't lie. They cannot confirm or deny you were fired; however.

• If it is your most recent employer and within 2 years, the employer CAN give any information. If it is not within 2 years and isn't your most recent employment, the employer can only give dates of employment and whether or not the separation was voluntary or not. These laws may vary slightly state to state, but 9 out of 10 times this will hold true.

If you are honest I am sure you will have at least 95% chance of getting the Job!

Answer 3

Ok this sounds terrible, but say NO (whether true or not)-for employers sifting through many applications, a YES to this question is an automatice file #13 for your application. Sorry to give such unscrupulous advice, but HEY, this is sort of a trick question. It's used to "weed out " "bad" applicants, but usually the only people to answer it honestly are ironically the "good" ones! Hmmm.... If you have been terminated from a previous job, you answer yes. DO NOT LIE ABOUT IT. You can always say position was terminated, or simply "let go". Never put on an application "disagreement with management" or something similar to that, even if that was the reason you were let go. If I see "disagreement with ..." on an application, as a potential employer, I would think that you have a problem with authority. If your new job happens to run a background check on you, whether it be now, or a year from now, your termination will show up. And if you lied on your application, you can terminated from you new job for lying.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

If you say exactly that then I am sure they will understand.

Answer 6

It depends on the answer but you should tell the truth because the bosses like honesty

Answer 7

Truthfully. To do anything else is illegal and if an employer ever discovered that you had lied on a job application, you could be fired.

Answer 8

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