Job hopping due to bad fit?

[Anonymous]

In the last 10 years I spent 3 with one family, 5 with another and 2 with the third. Over the last 6 months I left 2 jobs for bad fit. I'm usually very good about picking families, but these last 2 times it seems my radar is off. Would it look bad to leave these jobs off my resume or put them on and explain why they aren't references?

[Anonymous]

I'd maybe leave one out, and put the other one down, and if the question comes up say it was a bad fit you wanted to end things before everything got too serious.

[Anonymous]

MB here. I would ask what you have been doing for the last six months if you had nothing on your resume then.

[Anonymous]

I can absolutely guarantee, double your money back, that no parent will scrutinize your resume enough to notice if you don't put them down.

[Anonymous]

I would leave them off. I take time off between jobs typically 6-9 months and I've never had an issue with employers caring about my breaks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can absolutely guarantee, double your money back, that no parent will scrutinize your resume enough to notice if you don't put them down.

Wrong.

Like the other MB, I would absolutely ask about the gap. Any parent who doesn't want to know the work history, and who doesn't pay attention to multiple short tenures or unexplained gaps, is a fool.

That said, OP - i think the advice to include one at least is good. You have lots of solid tenure on your resume, and presumably good references from them? If I were interviewing you I would want to know why the last two weren't a good fit. So spend some time trying to figure that out, or at least in trying to come up w/ a way to answer that question that doesn't seem flighty.

I've been a victim of a short tenured job because I picked poorly - so I would understand, and I would respect your honesty. If I sense you're trying to cover something up (like pp seems to suggest) then I would be concerned and it could easily put you in a more questionable position.

Good luck.

[Anonymous]

Since it is only six months, I would leave them out.

If you really need to explain a gap in your resume, you can always claim you had a family emergency out of state or that you were taking a class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Since it is only six months, I would leave them out.

If you really need to explain a gap in your resume, you can always claim you had a family emergency out of state or that you were taking a class.

So you're recommending to start a prospective new relationship w/ lying? If I'm interviewing and I sense deceit you are out of the running. ESPECIALLY for a nanny position. One of the top non-negotiables is honesty and trust.

So you'd better be an excellent liar on the spot, and prepared to sustain a lie over the long-term if you choose this approach.

People rarely lie as well as they think. The interviewer might not be sharp enough to catch it, but that's a risky bet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since it is only six months, I would leave them out.

If you really need to explain a gap in your resume, you can always claim you had a family emergency out of state or that you were taking a class.

So you're recommending to start a prospective new relationship w/ lying? If I'm interviewing and I sense deceit you are out of the running. ESPECIALLY for a nanny position. One of the top non-negotiables is honesty and trust.

So you'd better be an excellent liar on the spot, and prepared to sustain a lie over the long-term if you choose this approach.

People rarely lie as well as they think. The interviewer might not be sharp enough to catch it, but that's a risky bet.

You must be new around here. Employers are entitled to nothing from nanny, not respect, common decency, and absolutely no information about their private lives. If PP wants to tell them she took a class when she did't who cares.

[Anonymous]

I can absolutely guarantee, double your money back, that no parent will scrutinize your resume enough to notice if you don't put them down.


Wrong.

Like the other MB, I would absolutely ask about the gap. Any parent who doesn't want to know the work history, and who doesn't pay attention to multiple short tenures or unexplained gaps, is a fool.

That said, OP - i think the advice to include one at least is good. You have lots of solid tenure on your resume, and presumably good references from them? If I were interviewing you I would want to know why the last two weren't a good fit. So spend some time trying to figure that out, or at least in trying to come up w/ a way to answer that question that doesn't seem flighty.

I've been a victim of a short tenured job because I picked poorly - so I would understand, and I would respect your honesty. If I sense you're trying to cover something up (like pp seems to suggest) then I would be concerned and it could easily put you in a more questionable position.

Good luck.

Another MB here.

I agree with PP. I would absolutely ask about the gap. Sure, the nanny candidate could lie, but if I suspected she was lying, I would probably be disinclined to hire her.

If you include both positions and explained why they weren't a good fit, I'd have more respect for you and that honesty would definitely be a plus and increase the likelihood I would hire you.

In any case, good luck, OP. I hope your next position is a great fit.