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Getting Hired After A Job Separation

Bouncing Back from an Unplanned Setback in Your Career

Being let go from your job, whether a layoff, fired, or whatever reason, is never easy to deal with. But, that doesn’t mean you won’t be getting hired for another job.


Terminations happen for a variety of reasons. Downsizings, acquisitions, company closings, or just not fitting in with the team and the direction the leader wants to go. Even if the reason was because something bad happened, you can still turn things around with the right approach.


Most people aren’t sure how to handle the situation because they have never experienced it before. Once they get over the initial shock and start looking for the new job in earnest, they get some interviews. The tricky part comes next. How to answer the question, “Why did you leave your last job?”


How to Respond to "Why Did You Leave Your Last Job?"

It’s not a trick question. The interviewer likely has no idea yet. The question is a predictable, standard question asked in almost every interview. You know it’s coming. Have a great answer ready. Keep it simple, positive, unemotional, and short. Avoid the temptation to try and explain the whole back story. The more you talk, the more they start to detect an issue.


Endeavor Agency's executive career coaching professionals have helped hundreds of our partner clients overcome this tricky situation during their interview preparation sessions. It takes hard work and practice, but your career journey can get back on track after getting hired by your next employer.


Contact Endeavor Agency today for a conversation to see how we can become your career advantage.

About Endeavor Agency


Endeavor Agency is the nation’s leading agency helping individual executives, professionals, and physicians find the jobs they truly want. The combination of additional resources, expertise, and people helps Endeavor clients uncover more and better job opportunities than what they could access on their own.


Endeavor Agency helps rebrand clients to effectively communicate their value throughout the interview process and increase their odds dramatically of winning offers. Additionally, Endeavor Agency helps clients achieve better results in negotiating the terms of their employment agreements.


Endeavor Agency also provides executive coachingoutplacement services, and business consulting services. Endeavor can also help guide executives focused on the private equity and venture capital market segments.

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