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yeah, I'd think of removing that. It just looks bad. No one can tell if you are lying about it.
by NotSammyHagar 7y ago
yeah, I'd think of removing that. It just looks bad. No one can tell if you are lying about it.
- hbcondo714 7y agoYeah, a recruiter actually told me to add "downsized" but I see your point too.
- sloaken 7y agoI agree. A resume is not supposed to be so much a confessional as a brag sheet. If you are not proud of it, consider removing it. But be sure you have a cover story for the interview. e.g. "it was a job where so much went wrong. I learned a lot from it, like what I do and don't want to do, and that is definitely something I do not want to do again." Safe statements whose accuracy can easily be defended.
- ste456 7y agoremoving what? the entire CTO position? or just the bullet point that said it was due to downsizing?
- NotSammyHagar 7y agoboth things. cto is great, but you'll have to spend a lot of effort to explain your side of it and that you weren't removed by cause. if someone ever brings it up, then you explain, and say that you weren't hiding it, you were wanting to avoid wasting time on a confusing situation and you are happy to discuss it.
- hbcondo714 7y agoThe conundrum I have with this is not just removing it from my personal resume but also from LinkedIn. In my experience, recruiters and companies pay for the premium version of LinkedIn so they can see my entire profile even though I limit viewing to just my connections. I would like to keep the CTO role on my LinkedIn because I have connections, colleagues endorsing my skillsets and recommendations from the former President and a VP. If there is a discrepancy between a personal resume and LinkedIn, then that ends up being a "red flag" in the eyes of recruiters and HR.