It is not out of the realm of possibility that the previous organization is only giving salary and date of hire, but they also can answer the question of whether you are rehireable. You may want to verify with HR if they answer that question. If they say no you are not rehireable, without an explanation, that may be what is in your way. Which leads me to the third recommendation, you have to be honest with prospective employers. By your own admission you have not told them you were terminated. That alone is enough to take you out of contention for the position. You have not been honest, so they find out something happened, but you have not given them an opportunity to make an informed decision about your candidacy. In this market, that will hurt you in the hiring process. You must be up front. Tell your story, not all the gory details. Be accountable for what you did and take everyone else out of the story. It doesn’t matter what every one else did in this situation. It only matters what you did and didn’t do. Own your part, be accountable and talk about what you have learned and most hiring managers who hear a credible story about a mistake and your willingness to be accountable for your part will give you a second chance. Than when they call the organization and they say she is not rehireable, they already know why because you told them.

Lastly, you have got to pull yourself out of the funk. Without even looking at your resume, I know you are skilled. Stop looking at everyone else and focus on the person in the mirror. Who are you and what can you bring to another organization? Answer that question, allow yourself to be human, work through the anger, frustration of the situation and than move on. Move forward. For whatever reason it was time for you to leave the organization. Whether you wanted to or not, there is something else for you to be doing. Figure out what that is and get to it.

Please let me know how this all works out. I would love to hear the end of your story. There is a hospital waiting for you and what you bring, get out there and find out where it is. You have patients waiting for you!

Darlene

Apparently there were issues on the job, but there issues do not need to hinder you from getting a decent job. Release them and their foolishness. Forgive them and move on. If you were successful as far as productivity, that is what you need to discuss when you have the opportunity to interview for the next job opportunity.

I don’t know how many years of work experience you have, but as long as this wasn’t your first job (and even if it was), it will not be the “show stopper” when you are interviewing and competing for a new job unless you bring all the baggage that transpired on the job. Let it go and start looking at what you have done in the past to be successful with previous employers. Focus on that and learn from what happened in the previous job.

Please let me know if you have any additional questions.

Contact the hiring manager, not the HR person. If you have access to the person who will make the decision about your candidacy contact them. See if you can get in to see them again. How you do that will be interesting, but get creative. You want to meet with them again and share some information about your previous employment. If they will not see you (and that is possible), than you are going to need to have this conversation by phone. What you will need to say is what you said to me in the comment, “I was asked to leave my previous employer because I started a business outside of work. They told me they would notify me of how the separation would be processed. I did not find out it was processed as a termination until after I completed the application for your company. I am very interested in working for your organization and I wanted to let you know as soon as possible. I am happy to complete another application accurately if you will give me the opportunity. I am contacting you because I do not want to mislead you. I truly believe I am the right person for this opportunity and I never intended to lie about my separation from my previous job. I was a very good worker for them and I intend to be an excellent worker for you if you are willing to give me the opportunity.”

Understand that your one issue in having this conversation is that you have violated their trust on a legal document. If the hiring manager really wants to hire you, they may allow you to complete another application and “extend grace”. But it will come down to the hiring manager and the HR person to determine within the scope of their organizational culture, whether you “lied” to them intentionally. Some organizations are non-negotiable. No matter the circumstances. If they find out you lied, it is over. I am a woman of prayer. I pray about everything. I would pray before having this conversation and then bite the bullet and call. I would avoid the HR person if at all possible because, HR people think differently then operations people. The HR person will hear the story and want to follow the law to the letter – I am an HR person and an operations person. It makes me unique in the field of HR. Which is one of the reasons I write this blog. I know what HR people do, but I have a solid understanding of how to run a business and I know operations people and I give both perspectives on any given situation. The legal document is where your issue starts. If you can get past that with them, you may still have a great chance of being offered the position. Please keep me posted on your progress and let me know if you get the job offer. I would love to celebrate your story here at Interview Chatter!

Thank you for stopping by Interview Chatter today. I am happy to answer your question, but I need a little more information on the first termination that was unjust. Can you share a few more details?

Darlene

I am happy to help! Please feel free to leave a more detailed comment or send an email. You will find my email in the sidebar of my blog!

Darlene