Not Putting A Previous Job on CV

flyingbanana_2

Morning,

I am wondering if someone can give me some advise?

I have started a new job, currently in probation and to be honest not getting on with the role at all mostly down to my manager. In fact I am quietly looking at other opportunities out there as my manager is refusing to help me and plus I feel he is trying to set me up all the time and make me look bad!

A funny thing happened yesterday and I will give you the short version! He went to a meeting, with a colleague, and in the other office they had some old magazines floating about, etc and he picked one up and in there was a mention about me moving from one company to another. Nothing unusual there you might think however i never put this move on my CV as I was only there for a couple of months and of course he has no idea of this and so asked questions with this other colleague.

The thing with this though, is this was a 2 year old magazine and this move i made was deep into the past so most normal people would not really care but i am scared that he is going to use this against me as he doesnt like me or get on with me now.

What is the best thing to say when he asks me why it wasnt on my CV? He is going to accuse me of lying on CV and lying to me, etc, etc and being on my probation i am nervous that he might want to just say lets parts ways. Now I am looking at other opportunities it is just I would love some advice on what to do for the best.

Being on probation what rights do you have? I have this feeling that you are not a full time employee until your probation is completed!

Thanks

cazziebo

How did you explain that time on your CV? If you have said you were working elsewhere (eg expanding the time spent at other employers to cover) then effectively you have been dishonest in your application and your employment could be terminated - possibly immediately.

I'm afraid most people wouldn't class 2 years as "deep in the past", and if a candidate has lied about one aspect of their history, there would be a concern that other untruths might emerge.

In your first year of employment, you can be dismissed without recourse to a tribunal with exceptions in cases of discrimination.Your contract may set out a process to be followed during probation.

With any luck, nothing will come of it and things will settle down. If he does mention it, just say that you were there for a matter of weeks, it didn't work out, and you've written the time off as a bad move.

Can I just add that the hiring process is a pain, and a huge distraction for most managers. For that reason, most managers want new hires to work out. Is it possible that he is not trying to set you up, but trying to teach and mould you into the company's way of working so that you result in being a successful hire? Try to understand where your manager is coming from and you might find something good about working there after all.

flyingbanana_2

Thanks cazziebo, I really appreciate your answer.

I was only in this position for 2 months and it was just before Christmas and I didnt expanding time at other employers, i was lucky when i left and joined as i left at the beginning of one month and join at the end of a month so it gives the impression on my CV that there isnt really gap and plus I did actually take some time to decorate and work on a new property but that doesnt really matter.

I know 2 years isnt deep in the past, but for my career history it is and something that a normal employor wouldnt care about as it doesnt affect the work i actually do now.

The only reason i am nervous is how my manager is with me and the fact that he might use this to cut ties with me. In all honesty though, i want to leave and hope to have another opportunity lined up very shortly, something i think the company suspect anyway! I just want to leave on my time and not feel like a school boy, which this manager makes me feel!

I totally get your point about the hiring process. I find the hiring process both frustrating for employor and employee. I mean who actually likes the process of going through the interviewing stages, etc?!?! It is also costly for the employer if it doesnt work out and plus the person is left with a short stint on their CV which they have to explain in interviews, etc.

The thing with my manager is he is a live to work guy with no friends and no social life. He sends me emails at 1am in the morning and then asks me why i havent responded to him at 9am in the morning. He wants everyone to work like he does and i do not trust him as far as i can throw him! He records everything from exact times emails were sent to what time people leave and come in, etc.

Zazen999

Hmm.. he sounds like a detail kind of person rather than bigger picture - so it is best to speak in those terms......

For the cv; I'd say as it lasted only weeks, not even 2 months, it really wasn't worth trying to fit into your 2 pages of A4 cv.

For the emails not answered by 9am; I'd say that you'd be happy to start work earlier for additional remuneration. OR say you've read it, you are just considering your answer.....and it might take a reread once you are back in working hours......