olivia242 wrote:Hi,
I'm an experienced IT Project Manager but through no fault of my own, I have 2 recent short jobs on my CV. One I had to leave as they were not paying me and the other I was retrenched as part of a company restructuring.
The last event was in September and I have applied for around 160 jobs with very limited success. I guess everyone looks at my CV and sees a job hopper where on the previous pages, I have average employments of 3 to 4 years.
Why not state on your CV the reasons you were retrenched? That would remove any initial doubts.
+1JR8 wrote:olivia242 wrote:Hi,
I'm an experienced IT Project Manager but through no fault of my own, I have 2 recent short jobs on my CV. One I had to leave as they were not paying me and the other I was retrenched as part of a company restructuring.
The last event was in September and I have applied for around 160 jobs with very limited success. I guess everyone looks at my CV and sees a job hopper where on the previous pages, I have average employments of 3 to 4 years.
Why not state on your CV the reasons you were retrenched? That would remove any initial doubts.
Do you not find that you can get easily unstuck at interviews with this approach, if you're constantly changing your skills and experience?BnJoe wrote:Hi Olivia,
I'm not sure how you do your applications, but when I write one, it takes me at least two hours to adjust the CV according to the jobs needs and the cover letter, perhaps also change the attachments. To write 160 is kind of a lot, do you always use the same? I wouldn't consider it if it sounds like a mass sent out one.
Also, are you stating these two recent jobs in your cover letter? Why not explain the reasons and then strongly focus on your strenghts and achievements in the previous jobs? I think it is difficult with two short assignments, but certainly not impossible.
Surely this is common sense....Do you not find that you can get easily unstuck at interviews with this approach, if you're constantly changing your skills and experience?
Is this common practice these days for job hunters to spend so much time adjusting ones credentials, and has it been more successful in getting interviews in the first instance?
Just curious...
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