Subj : Re: 3.5 weeks to being laid off again....
To   : Nightfox
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Tue Jul 12 2022 07:22:00

-=> Nightfox wrote to Utopian Galt <=-

 Ni> That can be difficult. :/  And I'd worry about some future employers
 Ni> seeing it as a bad sign if you've had a lot of short-term work at
 Ni> different companies on your resume.

I think if you preface it by including temp/contract work under a 
comprehensive "self-employed" block on your resume, so instead of a handful 
of companies, you include a business name, the total block of time and 
something like "Provided network, operations and architecture services to 
emerging-state pre-funding startups and mature IT organizations"

Paraphrasing my own resume there...

You can get past the drone who's worried that you're a flight risk.

He/She is really worried that a) they'll have to work to retain employees, 
and b) probably have a handful of short time stints on their own CV.

I had a VP of IT neg me into a manager position (advertised as a 
manager/director) position partly criticizing my lack of stability in jobs 
-- I'd been at a job no less than 2 years on my resume, with the exception 
of one company that folded. The kicker was that he had a half-dozen 6-8 
month positions on his resume!

I took the job, lasted close to 2 years before being "laid off" by his 
successor. He and I never got along, the company was on it's way down, I was 
a cost-cutting measure, and I had a letter of resignation in my folder when 
I went unknowingly to my separation meeting. I pocketed the letter and took 
the severance.

They shut down 6 months later to be sold at a bargain-basement price to a 
company that collected similar damaged niche brands. 

I ended up taking a job that came by a recommendation of one of my BBS 
callers, who'd worked there and was leaving to go back to school. That 
company ended up being acquired and I worked at the parent company for close 
to 10 years.







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