Taliesihne posted:
Badjar, I intend to use the same strategy at the live interview that I did at the phone interview, which is to stress the positive and talk about the future and not the past.
The reasons I've listed and will be listing for wanting to leave have nothing to do with my current employer. I've chosen to focus on the things that my prospective employer offers.
As an example, instead of saying 'My current employer has gotten to corporate', I said 'I'm looking too return to a more intimate development environment as I'm happier and more productive in one'.
Essentially, the tact I am taking is that I am happy now, but could be happier somewhere else.
But I appreciate the advice. It's good advice. I was just wondering how you square that with not allowing them to contact my current employer.
Badjar, I intend to use the same strategy at the live interview that I did at the phone interview, which is to stress the positive and talk about the future and not the past.
The reasons I've listed and will be listing for wanting to leave have nothing to do with my current employer. I've chosen to focus on the things that my prospective employer offers.
As an example, instead of saying 'My current employer has gotten to corporate', I said 'I'm looking too return to a more intimate development environment as I'm happier and more productive in one'.
Essentially, the tact I am taking is that I am happy now, but could be happier somewhere else.
But I appreciate the advice. It's good advice. I was just wondering how you square that with not allowing them to contact my current employer.
Contacting your current employer jeopardizes your current job. That's why most applications say "may we contact your current employer" and in most cases people say no. And using it as a bargaining chip is stupid, even more so in this economy.
You have proven you have no loyalty and are a "flight risk". There are few companies who will reward that. It works in contract consulting and at very high levels but if you can be replaced you will be. Never mind that they have no loyalty to you...that doesn't matter in today's world. It's not really about loyalty, it's about risk. Once they know you are looking....you are a risk and a "bad investment."
Once an employer knows you are looking your status changes forever. If you have a current reference from your company you can trust that is one thing but a plain old HR check?
Besides, it's not just company policy that says they (current company) can only confirm your title and length of tenure, it's the law. They are not allowed to give a reference. So..why risk it?
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