Problems with applications- Reason for Leaving last employment

kr15snw

You dont have to have 'Good English Skills' to get a job. Yes it helps in certain career areas, but it is not a requirement for all.

Dont worry, I left my last job because I had a similar problem. I was working on the tills doing the same hours every week for a year, then the new boss came in and everything was changed. He tried to move me to a different department with no warning or training and my hours were swapped around. When I told him I could not come in as they clashed with my uni lectures I was simply told to 'make a choice'. Well I chose uni and left. When my new boss asked why I left my last job I told them that they changed my contract without informing me or asking me to sign it. When I finally saw the new contract my signature was not on it and so I dont think this meant it was valid?

Be honest to new employers, but if you dont want to give full details then dont.

Best of luck

CFC

ilovemycats wrote: »

It's not attitude. It's called NOT BEING OWNED BY YOUR BOSS, and going into work everyday and taking pride in what you do. Something quite unlike the experiences you'll have with oh, however many threads raised today complaining about something or other.

If you're only here to throw criticism about then what are you even here for? Oh, that's it isn't it, to complain about something. Which is why you have however many hundred posts and I have forty. Hovering over a website where everyone is continually complaining about something, or looking to make your next dig is a bit sad really.

It's called attitude. And you keep on showing it...I do pity your employer.

zzzLazyDaisy

Don't feed the troll. I am a qualified solicitor, and I can say for certain that any applicant for a position as trainee solicitor wouldn't need to state that they once worked as a till assistant at Tescos. Op is defo a Troll, in my opinion.

LittleVoice

kr15snw wrote: »

You dont have to have 'Good English Skills' to get a job. Yes it helps in certain career areas, but it is not a requirement for all.

I think you had missed that the OP had written: "i'm now 3rd yera Law and will be applying for traineeships soon"! Good English Skills should be essential there.

But OP does have troll-ish appearance.

Bamber19

zzzLazyDaisy wrote: »

Don't feed the troll. I am a qualified solicitor, and I can say for certain that any applicant for a position as trainee solicitor wouldn't need to state that they once worked as a till assistant at Tescos. Op is defo a Troll, in my opinion.

I can assure you i am no troll, i can also assure you that when required, my English skills are second to none. Direct yourself to the time of posting, 3:55am, a time at which i am not at my sharpest, It was a while ago now so my memory of what day it was isn't strong but i was also perhaps drunk, which hasn't been an obstacle in the career path of many a solicitor. Many firms to which i've applied for summer placements have the same form for Summer Placements as Traineeships, many of these asked for a full employment history, and considering my age and that of the average applicant for these positions it would be expected that the only employment history we'd have would be part time student jobs. Secondly the point was not so much about declaring to law firms that i had worked in Tesco's (It was Somerfield actually) but rather that if i fail to get a summer placement (for which, if student mentors are to be believed, getting an interview will depend on a combination of employment history and personal statement) that i would have to get a part time job classed somewhat higher than cashier in a supermarket so that when it came to traineeship application i would have a beefier, more respectable employment history.

Bamber19

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

Do you really think that any future employers will actually care about this? Your standard of written English and bolshy attitude are likely to be far greater problems for you in your future career!

As addressed in my previous post the written English (although it was typed, written is always perfect) was down to the time, possible inebriation and actually not being overly concerned about the typing for which i can only apologise to anyone who had trouble reading it. As far as attitude goes, generally i'm fine, I went into the "job" there showing respect to my superiors, but for me respect is a two way street. I felt i had earned their respect but it became apparent i was not going to be treated like i had. Secondly I was studying contract law at the time and despite only being 1/2 way through the module was convinced i knew it all and "they can't do this" and "they can't do that" the reality was that i should have waited until now when i'm studying employment law. Finally, and as harsh as it may seem, i believed i was more intelligent than my supervisors, i still do to be honest so i didn't want to accept being talked down to and told what to do by them. CFC i feel no pity for my future employers as i'm much more likely to show respect to, and not have a complex about being smarter than a senior partner in a law firm.

xjlmummy

Hi Bamber,
Some years ago I left a post as a clinical manager after a clash with employers over my role. I've always written in my CV:
"I left after a disagreement with the management; I will provide details if required. I learned staff management, crisis management, and discovered my personal values base."
I've rarely been questioned on this but potential employers who have asked have been satisfied that I was honest enough to put it in without making a song and dance about it.

As for English skills, hey I have a Ph.D. and am a published academic author, but I have been known to make typos!

S.x

Bamber19

Hey, thanks, i can fully understand people being critical of my English, but not when that is all they want to do, although as you've said it's more typos than anything else "jsut" instead of "just" etc., purely by a result of having hands that want to type too fast. Thanks for the suggestion i think i'll try something like that, I guess i've always been slightly wary of saying something like that for fear of it instantly giving the impression that if they employ me i'll cause problems and not cooperate which would never happen provided i was being treated equally to other staff members and being asked/told to carry out duties that were within my contractual obligations, neither of which was the case in Somerfield.

Savvy_Sue

Even when you're sober you don't seem to have heard of paragraphs, just a few of them would have made your first post infinitely easier to read ...

although that's possibly the law training creeping in ... not a profession noted for making itself easily understood! :rotfl:

Good luck with the job hunting anyway.

xjlmummy

To be fair, I think there have been useful bits of advice in the posts but when one is feeling sensitive about a situation it is easy to pick up on the petty and negative!

e.g. "I left my previous employment as the conditions of my contract were revised and no longer met the position I had applied for. The job was only ever intended to be a part time job for a short period to provide a source of income and an experience in the workplace."

"If you were a student at the time or shortly thereafter I would just say you left to concentrate on your studies."

"You have nothing to worry about. You sound young. And most people don't even start work properly until their early 20's. I think that you're focusing on things that aren't there. Rise above it."

"any applicant for a position as trainee solicitor wouldn't need to state that they once worked as a till assistant"

Anyway, it's done now, so move on and good luck in the future career. Maybe you could do some voluntary work to have something positive to focus on in your applications?
S.x