What would you say to a recently terminated/fired employee? What is the MAIN AD
What would you say to a recently terminated/fired employee? What is the MAIN ADVICE you would give
to him/her? Be factual in your response.
I would tell a terminated/fired employee that h/she has a LONG, UPHILL , being lucky if h/she will ever be employed again. First of all, h/she is considered damaged goods by any prospective employer. Employers want employees who have stellar, impeccable, & UNBLEMISHED work records. Employers DON'T want prospective employees who have been terminated/fired as the latter is considered blemished. They are also considered to be problematic & no employer wants a problematic employee as h/she is considered a liability. In their eyes being terminated/fired is equated to being a minus in their corporation/company.
Also, being terminated/fired is viewed as a stigma. This stigma is going to be the proverbial black cloud following a terminated/fired employee. No employer wants to have anything to do w/a terminated/fired employee. They also view such an employee as the ultimate failure. They know that this employee is lacking for if h/she was not lacking, h/she would not have been terminated/fired. If they hire such an employee, they would be taking quite a gamble & they do not want to take such a gamble with negative odds stacked high.
Terminated/fired employees do not become successful. They have to take whatever is dished out to them. They have sealed their fate regarding future jobs & careers. Terminated/fired employees oftentimes have to take jobs far below their educational & intellectual potential because they are viewed negatively by prospective employers. That is a fact of life which terminated/fired employees MUST accept. They really have sealed their doom career wise. The thought that people who are terminated/fired get better jobs is a myth. They get WORSE jobs! They are/will be in a proverbial hell which they cannot leave.
The first thing I would say is: "It's not the end of the world."
Take some time to grieve your loss and then decide what it is you really want to do. Sometimes getting fired is the exact impetus it takes to get someone to leave a job they were never really happy with.
Ask yourself: If on some level you quit before you were fired.
If your former employer was a large company most HR department's common policy is to only tell prospective employers your date of hire and when you left the company. Very few large companies give out details regarding the reasons why you're no longer there.
You can tell all prospective employers you had saved some money and decided to resign in order to seek a different type of a position rather than put in a "half-hearted effort" at for your former employer.
Naturally you would list only references who would give you a glowing report. Another common tactic is to say your former company had a round of layoffs. Never state you were fired on any job application!
Only the rich and famous can get away with being fired without having any stigma attached while being considered for new jobs.
Apple once forced Steve Jobs out of office. Presidential candidate Carly Fiorina was fired from Hewlett Packard, NBA and NFL coaches get fired by one team and hired by new teams. Howard Stern as well as other celebrities have been fired or had shows canceled.
It's not over until (you) say it's over.
There are some things that can make it more challenging however.
If you were at the last company for several years, you're over the age of 45, you're unwilling to network, or try doing some things outside the box. Whether that means dying your hair, signing up as a temp, willing to accept a pay cut, try a different industry, or even starting your own business. Don't stay at the "pity party" too long.
You're not the first person no are the last person to ever be fired! Keep knocking on doors until you get a yes.
Every ending is a new beginning!
'If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse.' - Jim Rohn- ARaineyposted 8 years ago
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