sacked for gross misconduct need help!!!!!

catflea

Bigmac. Going through any form of disciplinary is a tough. (I was investigated for GM is a previous job and was suspended for a number of weeks whilst investigations took place - it was part of an allegation made against a group of us and I'm confident I would have come out of it mud free)

The suspension acted as a kick up the backside I needed to change jobs. I used the time off work to apply for other jobs and got a far superior role and left during the suspsension period. Suffice to say that I did not mention the pending GM investigations or suspension to the prospective employer and as nothing ever happened with it I dont have to.

You were crazy to steal from your employer in the first place (underlying reasons acknowledged) and its now come back to bite you, as it was always going to. Biting the hand that feeds you is never clever.

If you want a job, dismissal for GM is not a good thing to put on application forms. If I were you I would try and find a course for a career change (one of the ones like on the telly earn&learn....) and you can then use that as a reason for leaving - change of career....

Whatever happens your previous employer will say Gross Misconduct if a reference is taken though!

Take this as a very strong lesson learned the hard way and start getting applications in and move forwards. Theres no point at all in complaining about how you were treated by previous employer as nothing will come of it.

Were your previous employers pressing for charges or not?

SueC_2

This is a tricky one, and I don't pretend to have the answer, other than not to tell an out and out lie (eg, travelling for 6 years) which you wouldn't have a hope of substantiating.

How about putting 'illness' as the reason for leaving on the application form? If the rest of your application is strong enough, you may still get through the door for an interview (it is, after all, perfectly possible to make a full recovery from many illnesses).

At the interview you could then openly and frankly go into more detail. Addiction is after all an illness.

If I were recruiting someone with your history, as well as needing to be sure that they were going to be the best person for the job in practical terms, I would also want them to prove beyond all reasonable doubt that their problems were behind them and that they truly deserved a second chance to put their life back on track.

For this reason I would strongly recommend that you do as many courses as possible, and get as much 'professional' help as you can with your gambling problem. Tackling it alone is all very well and good and commendable, but the involvement of professional organisations will carry more weight in the eyes of an outsider.

It's not going to be easy, and I fear you will face many rejections, but persevere and hopefully you will get there in the end. Good luck.

bigmacman

well im still freinds with some1 who does work there duno wether she could do a reference for me my girlfreinds mother works in same sort of my ex job i could say she was my manager or colleague at that job as she know wat jobs i would do.

bigmacman

thanks sue c that helps alot i think if i put personal reasons as reason for leaving if they do ask more if and when i get a interview i can explain my suituation and what im doing about it
e.g going to college for maths english and IT course and im gettin counselling for my addiction.
thanks

ah7386

One thing to think about is the presentation of your CV. Can you get someone to help you with the design and layout and well as the text? Some people advertise CV writing services in local papers.

Employers not only look at the content of a CV but they also take a good look at the presentation.

A poorly designed CV may end up in the bin.

A well presented CV with good use of language will help. Im not saying it will paper over the obvious cracks in your employment history but you need as many plus points as you can get.

Mention it to your new English teacher - it would give them a great topic for a lesson.

All the best.

bigmacman

i think my cv is pretty good my girlfreind helped me with exciting words in it and that and i got a template cv from a website so i think that is all ok thanks for the advice.