If you got fired from your job, as embarrassing as it may be, DON’T LIE. It is not necessary to lie about your termination. What is more important is that you take responsibility for what happened and learn from it. Today, I got a call from a job seeker. She just got fired for the third time in 5 months.
That is a lot of firing. What is going on with this job seeker? That is the question. Why can’t she hold a job? That is a huge question and I don’t have an answer – yet. My first thought for …read more

Is it ever ok to lie? Not! Call them fibs, falsehoods, fish stories, tall tales, terminological inexactitude or whoppers, but what’s really true is that lying has become as commonplace as paper money. Have you ever lied to your boss? Don’t answer to quickly. Think about it for a moment. Is there ever a time you believe it is ok to lie on the job? Or to get a job?
According to a study by University of California, Santa Barbara professor Bella DePaulo, “people tell an average of two lies a day and that’s the ones who will admit to telling, …read more

“So, you’ve been laid off?” An interviewer asked this question of one of my readers. You might think, harmless question. Lots of people have been laid off in this economy. The problem is that this reader was not laid off. They were fired. So how do you suppose this reader should answer the question? Do you think she should correct the interviewer? Or should she just go along? Maybe you think it isn’t relevant. She is without a job and interviewer assumes she has been laid off, what’s the big deal?
Ok, I’ll agree with you for a moment. Long enough …read more

What do I do if I’ve been fired has become the most frequently asked question I get asked weekly here at Interview Chatter. The question is usually written in a comment on my most popular post, So You’ve Been Fired. I thought I would take a moment a restate some of my recommendations to people who have been fired.
My Recommendations:
1. BE Honest, Don’t Lie – I can not stress this first point. If you have been terminated from your employer for cause or without cause, you are facing a rather large hurdle. Dishonesty on your resume or application, will …read more