I have been applying for jobs and have not had much luck and I am pretty sure it is due to my poor employment history most importantly a job I had a few years ago and had to quit do to ending a bad relationship and losing my vehicle we shared. I do not want to put this on my resume or applications since its sounds like I would be unreliable or have personal life issues. Does any one have any suggestions as to a more elequent way to put this????
You don't need to put your reason for leaving a job on your resume. Just put down the job and your responsibilities. Were you there for a really short time? Like less than a couple of months? If so, you can just leave it off altogether.
Put down your responsibilities and achievements, no need to say a reason. During the interview, you can say you left due to personal reasons.
In the meantime, do all you can to volunteer, take some online courses.... anything that you can do to update your resume and give you good professional references.
My church offers free career counseling to anyone. You can either just get some basic information (like interview/resume/cover letters/job hunting tips) online here:
https://www.ldsjobs.org/ers/ct/articles/job-search-tip-sh...
Or you can actually go and take a free career workshop that teaches tons of things on marketing yourself and job searching, it offers group support, networking ideas and skills, resume help and even some career counseling. You can find on in your area here, you just need to call to set up an appointment. My husband did the workshop when he was suddenly laid off and it helped him greatly! And like I said, it's free and open to the public:
https://www.ldsjobs.org/ers/ct/articles/the-career-worksh...
(to find one near you go here)
https://www.ldsjobs.org/ers/ct/find-a-center?lang=eng
You can see the workbook they go through here:
https://www.ldsjobs.org/Static%20Files/ERS/English/Career...
Consider working for a temp agency. This will give you a variety of experiences and a look at different businesses. It's a good way to "dip your toe" in the employment waters, and get used to working again. If you are ALWAYS on time, work hard, show great attitude and apy attention to what goes on, someone might actually want to hire you permanently. At the very least, you'll get valuable experience to draw on when interviewing for a permanent job.
Good luck,
Dawn
I would tell anyone who is having a hard time finding work to go to the employment office and see if they have any programs where someone can enroll to help them find a decent job. They often have resume classes, how to fill out an application correctly, how to dress for an interview verses just filling out and application, these kinds of classes.
If you have no higher education then I will suggest consider getting some financial aid and going to school. It certainly can help one to find a better job. It also will make the money scrunch easier to get through these troubled times.
If you think the skills and work history is relevant, by all means, include it! No need to give a reason for leaving!
