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Never apologize, never explain (was getting fired)
Subject:Never apologize, never explain (was getting fired) From:Laurence Burrows <burrows -at- IBM -dot- NET> Date:Thu, 11 Mar 1999 14:54:31 +1100
Andrew Plato wrote:
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You wouldn't tell a new employer that you had an unfulfilling sex life,
that you pick your nose, or that every Friday you get lazy and don't work
hard. So why tell a new employer that the last job didn't work out?
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Because:
a. who cares (unless the job is for an Escort Agency or as a WH intern)?
b. the interview will reveal most gross habits of the interviewer/ee if it
runs over 30 minutes.
c & d. any reference check worth a damn will reveal that you're lazy /
been canned.
The point here is honesty. If I need an employee / business partner to do
their best by my company and the client(s), then trust is the key. And,
lying by omission is still lying.
