![]() If you worked at a job longer, then it generally will make sense to include it, as the omission will cause a large hole in your career timeline which may be a deterrent to you to even get chosen for an interview. You will have to be prepared to be asked about the gap when you get an interview. You will have a gap in your timeline on your resume, but it may be short enough that when a person reviews your resume (either recruiter or hiring manager) it does not cause any red flags. There are risks for this type of omission. Personally, I think it is better to include the information on your resume. I am not saying you should but that you could. If you were at a job for a short period of time, say one to three months, then you could omit the job from the resume. ![]() If the job is in your field, then you will need to make a decision based upon your tenure at the job. As an example, if you had a part-time position for supplemental income and you were terminated from that job, you may not want to put that job on your resume, even if you had not been let go, as it is not germane to your job search. Therefore, a decision has to be made if the position that you lost is relevant to your job search. What should be put on a resume are those jobs and accompanying achievements that are relevant for the job one is seeking. What is put on a resume is always up to the candidate. So how do you position yourself when you have been let go from your job? What do you put on your resume or say to someone that asks you about it? This is going to be situational depending on what happened. So yes, being fired can be a short-term setback, but it does not have to be a career killer. Obviously they went on to have successful careers in their field. Some pretty famous and successful people have heard those words “you’re fired.” A list of those people that have been fired includes Steve Jobs, Oprah Winfrey, Bill Belichick, and Anna Wintour. ![]() These people were at senior levels within an organization. 91% had found a new job that was as good as or better than the one they were forced to leave. In the book, The CEO Next Door: The 4 Behaviors that Transform Ordinary People into World-Class Leaders, the authors tracked 2,600 executives that had been fired. ![]()
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