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Job application form - reason for leaving.
27-08-2010, 1:56 PM
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Job application form - reason for leaving.
Im filling in an application form and cant for the life of me think of a good reason for leaving, not because the job is great but because I cant really put the actual reasons for leaving.
I dont think me putting the manager is useless and the pay is rubbish, is something that would go down very well on an application form really.
Arghhh my minds gone blank.
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27-08-2010, 1:57 PM
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Im filling in an application form and cant for the life of me think of a good reason for leaving, not because the job is great but because I cant really put the actual reasons for leaving.
I dont think me putting the manager is useless and the pay is rubbish, is something that would go down very well on an application form really.
Arghhh my minds gone blank.
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I felt that I wasn't able to reach my full potential in that particular job! 
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27-08-2010, 2:02 PM
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If you're leaving a company because your manager is rubbish and you're undervalued (which is going to be one of the main reasons quite frankly) then, I agree, presenting your potential new employer with something so negative might not reflect well on you.
Just say that you're interested in new opportunities. This is particularly credible if you've been in your present role for some years. Everyone gets a bit stale if they work at the same place for a long time. Fancying a change so that you're reinvigorated and feel enthusiastic about working again is no bad thing and will be perfectly acceptable to a new employer.
"Growth for growth's sake is the ideology of the cancer cell" - Edward Abbey.
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27-08-2010, 2:04 PM
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Career advancement.
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27-08-2010, 2:05 PM
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27-08-2010, 2:06 PM
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27-08-2010, 2:14 PM
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I was caught giving my bosses secretary one on his desk and she happened to be his wife!!!  
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27-08-2010, 2:15 PM
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27-08-2010, 2:25 PM
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Because I'm really interested in doing X... something that the new job will involve.
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27-08-2010, 2:28 PM
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I was caught giving my bosses secretary one on his desk and she happened to be his wife!!! |
Did you get a rise for that whu? 
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27-08-2010, 2:31 PM
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"After (however) long in the job, I felt it was time to move on and explore different challenges and expand my horizons."
"I left due to personal reasons"
"I left due to study committments"
"professional growth"
Delete as applicable.
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27-08-2010, 2:34 PM
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I was caught giving my bosses secretary one on his desk and she happened to be his wife!!! |
I think you may have mis-read the requirements of the Performance Incentive Scheme whu 
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27-08-2010, 2:42 PM
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27-08-2010, 2:42 PM
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This is one of those situations where you need to give as short an answer as possible as well as saying something completely positive. The more you say the more questions they may ask. If you put something along the lines of "seeking new challenges" or "professional growth" that puts the spotlight on the actual work and sounds like you are looking to progress professionally. If you say something like "personal reasons" that sounds like you are covering up something. If you did leave for personal reasons then be more specific, eg if you left due to a family bereavement then say so, rather than leave it enigmatic.
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27-08-2010, 2:47 PM
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In both senses of the word I'm sure! 
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27-08-2010, 2:48 PM
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27-08-2010, 2:49 PM
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Because I'm really interested in doing X... something that the new job will involve.
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ie shag the interviewer
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27-08-2010, 3:33 PM
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the salary wasnt commensurate with my skills.
Get some gorm.
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27-08-2010, 3:43 PM
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the salary wasnt commensurate with my skills.
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.... or in the case of the McDonalds worker ....
"The calories weren't commensurate with my scales!"
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27-08-2010, 3:56 PM
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i put career advancement
i meant sick of being paid peanuts to be treated worse than a monkey
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