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Need advice from my HR colleagues...I have a BA in Finance and been in HR for about 10 years. I was a HR Manager (Generalist, department of 1) at one company and about 9 months ago, I accepted a Gener
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Need Resume Advice from HR pros
posted at 11/11/2008 6:44 AM EST
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Need advice from my HR colleagues...I have a BA in Finance and been in HR for about 10 years. I was a HR Manager (Generalist, department of 1) at one company and about 9 months ago, I accepted a General Manager position with a smaller company (a dental lab). Thinking that I can leverage my finance education with my HR background. I had 7 managers report to me and a total of 62 ees. I had P&L responsibility in all areas including sales, marketing, production, shipping & receiving, accounting & finance and of course HR. I led 2 successful marketing campaigns, introduced technology that led to immediate savings, and was working on a host of other projects. Then the bombshell came...the owner came to me and mentioned "we want to move in different direction" and so my position was eliminated (he took over the dental lab...rather never really relinquished it)...all that work I did.
Anyways, 9 months on the job does not look too good on a resume?! Or so I think...would I leave this time frame blank and explain at the interview? Should I put the nine months on and explain in the cover letter (is the cover letter read anymore)? Or perhaps some other strategy? Thoughts? Suggestions? Opinions? |
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Need Resume Advice from HR pros
posted at 11/11/2008 6:52 AM EST
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I would never leave a job off a resume or application, at least within the time frame covered. If discoverd later this could be considered falsificaiton of an employment document. If your position was eliminated I would called it a RIF. |
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Need Resume Advice from HR pros
posted at 11/11/2008 9:03 AM EST
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I would not leave the position off the resume either. Personally, no matter what explanation you gave me later in the interview, I'd think you were trying to hide something by leaving it off in the first place. Not to mention that appearing unemployed for 9 months could hurt you just as much as having a job for such a short time.
I like your idea of putting it on the resume and explaining your short tenure in the cover letter. |
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