The Right Way to Go
So I got laid off last Friday from my job, and like before, I’ve hit the street filling out applications for all kinds of various places that I hope would have the courtesy to hire me. This is a process I despise, naturally. I mean, who wouldn’t hate this? I do admit that filling out applications is easier than it used to be, with most of them being online now, but it’s still a major pain.
Here’s my conundrum, however. On every application there’s always a question that asks, in some form or another, whether or not I’ve ever been terminated from a job. It’s a fair question, but I’m having a crisis on whether to answer it honestly or not. Yes, I have been terminated from a previous job, but I don’t believe that should disqualify me automatically from the one I’m applying for. I believe that it may doing just that though.
I have been answering “yes”, of course, because I believe honesty is always the best policy, but I can’t help but wonder if this is what’s been keeping me from getting the jobs for which I’m applying. Should I tell them “no” on the application, and hope that it never comes up again? Or should I continue to be honest in the hopes that it really shouldn’t matter that much? Are employers really judging me for this, or am I just being paranoid? They are more than welcome to ask me about it in the interview process, and I’ll be completely honest, but so far I haven’t managed to get to that point. I’m really getting frustrated.
I do think being honest is the right way to go. I just don’t want it to bite me in the ass.