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How does one get past unlucky work history streak?
Getting fired three times by three different companies in a year is a huge red flag to future employers, and to be blunt, there's nothing you can really do about that. You say that it's due to them ...
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How does one get past unlucky work history streak?
These are not high level jobs. They're in the sorts of positions where high turnover is half-expected and no one cares much about references or digs deeply into past jobs. Having said that, the ...
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How does one get past unlucky work history streak?
Regardless of what I say, I expect a potential 4th employer to look
dimly at the situation with the perspective that "if all these
employers had/have some problem with him, then it must be him.&...
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How does one get past unlucky work history streak?
user1532080's comment is the answer: Your references from a past job can be anyone you worked with at that job. You do not have to use your direct supervisor, or whoever it was that was directly ...
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How does one get past unlucky work history streak?
A resume is a sales pitch
Don't mention jobs you don't want to mention. A resume isn't a biography, and you are under no moral or legal obligation for it to be a complete list of everything you have ...
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Is it ok to provide a CV when a resume is asked for (US)?
A CV and a US resume are the same thing.
The most you might have to do is alter the CV to reflect American customs, and some of your wording to reflect American English. Other than that, you're fine.
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How to address contrast between current and past employment?
I think you should explain it exactly like that
We all had to get a survival job once or twice, and in my opinion, honesty is the best policy
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How does one get past unlucky work history streak?
Extra Interview & Application Work
You'll have to put in more work during the application process. Whether this be by applying to more jobs, thoroughly polishing other areas of value on your ...
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How do I go about adding a new job title to my resume for the same company, and do I even need to?
List them as a sub heading. Example
2/2020-current: HappyDog, Inc, Catsville
4/2023-current: licensed Vet tech
2/2020-3/2023: lead fur scratcher
For employments that are more than 5 years in the ...
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How does one get past unlucky work history streak?
Having seen close-up how the scenario in your job #1 play out a few different times in the USA at large orgs (not as a participant), I can tell you that "putting in a paper complaint" is NOT ...
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How does one get past unlucky work history streak?
Shady
Don't list your previous 3 employers. If they weren't government jobs then there is no way for a potential employer to know your work history unless you reveal it via resume, word-of-mouth, ...
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Is it ok to provide a CV when a resume is asked for (US)?
A résumé is a summary of achievements. The word literally means summary in English. It's not necessarily one page and many people use it interchangeably with a CV. But in theory it should be briefer, ...
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How to address contrast between current and past employment?
Especially if you don't want a similar job again be honest and upfront about it. It's going to get you declined from the jobs that are looking for someone to do more grunt work, and it's going to be a ...
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Is it ok to provide a CV when a resume is asked for (US)?
I think it depends on the field you’re in. If you are applying for a professional job that requires showing more than an “elevator pitch” of your experience such as professional projects, publications,...
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How does one get past unlucky work history streak?
The main points I'd suggest have already been covered by other answers, but one more thing that can help:
Volunteering
Non-profit volunteer organisations are often short-staffed. Depending on the role ...
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How does one get past unlucky work history streak?
Networking
You should start networking based on people who know you, then expand from there. The optimal goal is to have an informal chat with a person who has hiring capabilities.
Ask people in your ...
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How to present co-authored research paper whose idea isn't mine on a CV
As long as you are clear about identifying yourself as "co-author" instead of "author", you are fine. People that are familiar how academia works know that "co-author" ...
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