C.V when applying for a job

Matt_22

I started a new job I have only been there 7 weeks. But I don't think it is going to be a long term fit. I am wanting to apply for another job. Do I need to put this new job of 7 weeks on my C.V it doesn't really add any value work experience wise for the job I'm apply to. Thanks 

elsien

How else are you going to explain a seven-week gap on your CV?

Brie

Best to put it on there and hopefully the other information will get you to the interview.  Be prepared at that point to say you realised the job was a bad match for you and that you'd rather cut your & the employer's losses and move on rather than waste time and money on both sides.  Any decent company will def want to know what you were doing if it's more than a couple of weeks.  

Matt_22

So if I don't update it and just put my previous job as up to present it may cause issues later on? It would be awkward to get a reference I imagine from my new.employer. Were on good terms but the job sadly is not for me.

[Deleted User]

Matt_22 said:

So if I don't update it and just put my previous job as up to present it may cause issues later on? It would be awkward to get a reference I imagine from my new.employer. Were on good terms but the job sadly is not for me.

I would put your latest job on the CV and just say to any new employer that the job isn't what was advertised and therefore that's why you are now looking for a new job after only 7 weeks. Just make out as if it was advertised as something, you've got there and it's something else. They shouldn't ask the reasons why but if they do, make something up that makes you out to be good and the employer out to be bad for misleading you. As for reference from the 7 week employer, I wouldn't be too worried, when your eventual new employer sends for a reference from them, they can't by law give a bad reference. 

Cloth_of_Gold

Matt_22 said:

So if I don't update it and just put my previous job as up to present it may cause issues later on? It would be awkward to get a reference I imagine from my new.employer. Were on good terms but the job sadly is not for me.

If you are offered the job and you accept it they will then find out about your current job and the fact that you did not tell them about it will not look good imo. You need to be completely honest about it.

elsien

Matt_22 said:

So if I don't update it and just put my previous job as up to present it may cause issues later on? It would be awkward to get a reference I imagine from my new.employer. Were on good terms but the job sadly is not for me.

1. Telling porkies on an application form is generally  not a good idea. What if they ask your last employer to confirm when you were there, for example. 
2. You don't know how long it will take to get a new job - it could take a while
3. If you are on good terms then getting a reference may not be that awkward. Even if all it does is confirm start and end dates. 

General_Grant

matt1976 said:

Matt_22 said:

So if I don't update it and just put my previous job as up to present it may cause issues later on? It would be awkward to get a reference I imagine from my new.employer. Were on good terms but the job sadly is not for me.

I would put your latest job on the CV and just say to any new employer that the job isn't what was advertised and therefore that's why you are now looking for a new job after only 7 weeks. Just make out as if it was advertised as something, you've got there and it's something else. They shouldn't ask the reasons why but if they do, make something up that makes you out to be good and the employer out to be bad for misleading you. As for reference from the 7 week employer, I wouldn't be too worried, when your eventual new employer sends for a reference from them, they can't by law give a bad reference. 

Not a good idea.  
Don't "make something up" and do not suggest the employer misled you, at least not deliberately misled.
Do not criticise your employer.
At an interview be prepared to give a little more explanation about the job not being a good fit for you - as long as this is not something which is required for something for which you are applying.

And as for suggesting that an employer "can't by law give a bad reference" - wrong.  As long as it is truthful and does not mislead they can write something which another employer or the employee think is "bad".

DullGreyGuy

[Deleted User] said:
I wouldn't be too worried, when your eventual new employer sends for a reference from them, they can't by law give a bad reference. 

This gets dull... which statute states they cannot give a bad reference?


By law they can give whatever reference they want however should it be factually incorrect etc then they may be open for a claim of defamation. Generally speaking its not in your ex-employers interests to risk being sued, even if they gave accurate information and you really are a pain to deal with etc, and so there is the unwritten rule that a refusal to give a reference is code for that it would have been a bad reference. 

Matt_22 said:

So if I don't update it and just put my previous job as up to present it may cause issues later on? It would be awkward to get a reference I imagine from my new.employer. We're on good terms but the job sadly is not for me.

If you do that then when your prospective new employer gets a reference from the prior employer they will see you lied about still working for them at the time. Maybe you could get away with it by saying you just forgot to update the CV etc but it certainly wouldn't fly with all employers.

Working in FS we have to provider 3-5 years worth of references and for any gaps in employment of more than 4 weeks you need to provide evidence of what you were doing (eg if you say you were off travelling) and bank statements showing how you were supporting yourself. That then naturally catches those who "forget" to add the job they were fired from on their CV as the statements reveal the income. 

Savvy_Sue

DullGreyGuy said:

Working in FS we have to provider 3-5 years worth of references and for any gaps in employment of more than 4 weeks you need to provide evidence of what you were doing (eg if you say you were off travelling) and bank statements showing how you were supporting yourself. That then naturally catches those who "forget" to add the job they were fired from on their CV as the statements reveal the income. 

Happens in the NHS too: a bunch of us were made redundant earlier this year. One of my colleagues applied for a job before they finished work which then took a l-o-n-g time to turn into an offer and a start date. One of the issues was that the new employer needed an explanation of the 'gap' between finishing the old job and starting the new - even though the application form gave the projected finish date.