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Adding terminated employers to your resume?

 
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chachee99



Joined: 20 Oct 2004
Location: Seoul Korea

PostPosted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 10:29 pm    Post subject: Adding terminated employers to your resume? Reply with quote

Does anyone think it is a good idea to list a job where the contract was terminated on your resume or should it be omitted?

One question I might have to deal with is why my one of my jobs is only 7 months long while the rest where the rest are full year contracts.

However, on the other side i know they are going to ask why the contract was terminated.
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PeterDragon



Joined: 15 Feb 2007

PostPosted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 9:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you're applying to a public school or state university, they can-- and usually will--- pull your passport number and look up your work history.

In that case, if you don't mention a past, less-than-one-year employer, it's seen as disingenuous, because they can find anything you've omitted.

If you're applying to other private sector jobs though, what they don't know won't hurt them.
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lifeinkorea



Joined: 24 Jan 2009
Location: somewhere in China

PostPosted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 1:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have been to 4 schools in 2 years, so obviously I haven't always worked on a yearly basis.

1 year is a made up period of time. It has no useful purpose other than to attract anal retentive people.

If the school throws a hissy fit because you, oh my gosh, didn't work 1 year then what will they be like working for them? I would rather not deal with that.
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frankly speaking



Joined: 23 Oct 2005

PostPosted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 9:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Peter Dragon:
"If you're applying to a public school or state university, they can-- and usually will--- pull your passport number and look up your work history. "

Are you serious with this or do you live in a different world than I do?

It isn't that easy for anyone to just plug in your passport ID and check your references. Immigration doesn't work that way.

However, to the OP any school that you list on your resume potential employers can call your old school. If you don't list it, they can't call. People omit things from their resume all the time, but you might have to explain inconsistencies with the dates.

In Korea it isn't bad to have 10 years of experience at 10 different schools, but don't try putting that on a resume in the US. They will think that you are a flake who cannot keep a job.
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The Gipkik



Joined: 30 Mar 2009

PostPosted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 11:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I suggest you indicate you worked at the school for half a year or six months as that sounds reasonable. It's experience and I'm sure you learned a lot about teaching. That's more important to good employers, but the question about whether you are reliable and professional is also a valid one. What was your reason for leaving early? If the employer wasn't working out, that might not wash with some schools, but you could always offer a legitimate if not exactly true reason for why you left early. It all depends where you want to work next.
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chachee99



Joined: 20 Oct 2004
Location: Seoul Korea

PostPosted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 7:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Gipkik wrote:
I suggest you indicate you worked at the school for half a year or six months as that sounds reasonable. It's experience and I'm sure you learned a lot about teaching. That's more important to good employers, but the question about whether you are reliable and professional is also a valid one. What was your reason for leaving early? If the employer wasn't working out, that might not wash with some schools, but you could always offer a legitimate if not exactly true reason for why you left early. It all depends where you want to work next.


The school itself was poorly and the kids were out of control and the home room teachers did nothing. Plus, teachers were basically forced to participate in religious activities. I was teaching science to grade 6 students. All sources regarding evolution were omitted from the textbooks and i wasn't supposed to mention it because it challenges their religion.

I like said, the kids were absolutely rank. I understand that kids can be a handful, but I have my limits. I would be doing lesson planning and correcting assignments during my break around lunch time the kids would think it was funny to open my door and me to "*beep* off" then run away. Now I can handle words, but when they would come and throw rocks at me that was too much. When one hit me in the head I grabbed the kid who did it and marched him to his homeroom teacher she did absolutely nothing. However, he must have went home and told his parents that I grabbed him and the next thing I know the parents commitee filed a complaint against me and requested my termination. A few days later I received a phone call from the recruiter that offered me the position stating that I would be terminated at the end of the week.

Basically I found a new position and got a letter of release from the school to transfer my visa. It took a few weeks because I had to find a public or private school to transfer my visa otherwise I would have submit all my documents again meaning getting another CRC check done, which I didn't have time to do.

What's really sad is that every teacher who was under contract with the school left or refused to resign with them for another year.


I would like to work at a public or private school in Seoul. I filled out the application for SMOE, but one of the questions they ask is if I have ever broke a contract and the reason behind it.
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