How To Answer Questions About Career History - Part 2

Submitted by mauzenne on Thu, 12/17/2009 - 18:10.
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This cast concludes Career Tool's recommendations for answering questions about your career history.

  1. TELL THE TRUTH! Truth is Not Your Enemy – An “Answer” Is
  2. Decide on an Answer and Practice
  3. Above All Be Honest
  4. Short, No Blame
  5. Matter of Fact Delivery
  6. Add In Follow Up Information
  7. Stop Worrying About It


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Submitted by stormspeed on Wed, 01/20/2010 - 14:22.

Catching up on podcasts...

I just had a chance to listen to part one and two of this topic over the past couple days.  Let me just say that even though I don't yet have anything that I'm horribly ashamed of in my career history, this was probably one of the best podcasts I have ever heard from you guys.  I loved it.  I came away from it very inspired.  Thanks for all that you do.

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Submitted by earroyo on Tue, 07/19/2011 - 16:33.

Question about employment status

Hello:

I've been listening to all the Career Tools and Manager Tools podcasts for years and every time I find lots of use in my day to day life at work.

It happened that I got called by an IT consulting firm a few weeks ago (May 2011) and at the time I was not really interested, but I took the call, then followed up with the interview process and finally got to the point of reference checks.

During this period, things at work also changed dramatically, and the company decided to restructure hence leaving me without a job and at the end of the hiring process with this company, which initially was cold and not in my radar but gradually evolved to be a solid job opportunity.

I am flying to meet with them tomorrow and would like to hear your advice about this, should I bring up the change in my employment status during my interviews tomorrow if this issue is not addressed?

Furthermore, how can I address this without damaging my candidacy to this role?  I fear that my disclosing at this stage (I perceive that right after the interviews, I could get the offer) could trigger further interviews and cross referencing and also get penalized in the offer.

On the other hand, the word could come out afterwards and that could potentially damage my credibility with the management.

Thanks in advance!