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cyril · Newbie Joined: 19 Nov 2007 Posts: 2 Career Advice: +0/-0

Hi,

Please tell me reasons for leaving a job!Recently I got customer care executive job position in a very renowned company. After working for 2 months, I just realized that I have taken wrong step by joining this company. I do not like my boss behaviour. He is very rude, short tempered and hostile towards me. He generally criticizes me in public. I do not want to do this job. I am looking for another job.
But my problem is that what reason should I give for leaving my current company in job interview.

Cyril

lexa10881 · Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:47 pm Post subject:

Say that you were uncomfortable in the work environment or that you did not feel the goals of yourself and the company coincided? That is a nice way of saying that things were not working out.

http://www.cvtips.com/preparing_to_resign.html

Pauloz · Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:57 pm Post subject:

cyril

If nothing else you're getting a sort of broad spectrum audit of how not to manage people from your resident clown.

The last thing that anyone in customer care needs is lack of support from management, let alone public criticism.

When asked your reason for leaving, in addition to lexa's suggestion:

You might want to mention that you're sure you can do better in terms of career prospects in the job you're going for, to deflect the conversation back to the subject of you getting the new job. Dwelling on it would be an own goal.

This is a tricky point, because as your previous employer, that jerk of a manager is a potential source of information about you.

You can't badmouth the hopefully soon to be former employer, but if this guy's as negative and critical as he sounds, he might just talk you into a job with another employer, who would be naturally wondering why he was running you down.

Actually, your discomfort and non-coinciding goals might pay off.

Good luck

Mark McCormick · Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 4:16 am Post subject:

Cyril,

You have a few choices on what you can do. One option would be to ride this job out for 6 months or 1 year and then quit. At this point, you could say that although you had early concerns, you wanted to give the job the benefit of the doubt and unfortunately, it did not work out. This option gives you a little more credibility and makes you look less fickle. The knock on this is you would have to keep working there for at least another 4 months and you risk reduced performance evaluations if you hate your job.

Another option would be to quit the job and simply not include it in your resume. This would only require you to have to explain away the 2 month window. If you have other experience, this may be a suitable option.

Final option would be to use the ideas mentioned in lexa's post.

Ultimately, you should pick the one you feel the most comfortable with and would be the most comfortable stating in an interview.

Hope this helps,
Mark McCormick
www.interviewquestionsandanswers.org

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