I think this is substantially correct from the employer's perspective. From a candidate's perspective, there is no upside to giving an extended explanation of a recent gap on your resume, for the same reason there is no upside to giving an extended explanation for why one left. https://twitter.com/jennskiezz/status/960740793630601216 …
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So what should you say about why you left your last job? I'd just straight-up steal
@tqbf here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9930311 >> I feel like I contributed everything I could contribute to that team and now I'm looking for a new challenge.Show this thread -
A variant of this: if you leave a company which is widely known to be a total #$()show, or an interviewer asks you "I heard your last employer is a total #$()show" to see how you react, understand that the goal in this conversation is not to provide free market intelligence.
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"Every place I've ever worked has some things I liked about it and some things I didn't, but that's the past and I'm focused on the future. What's it like working at
$FIRM?"Show this thread
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semi-serious question: is there a list of all these American professional norms anywhere?
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There really should be, shouldn't there.
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I don't understand your phrasing in the double quotes. Could you please word it differently?
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