There's a strategic way to tell a hiring manager why you were laid off or furloughed because of COVID-19.
during your job search so that it’s clear you aren’t unemployed for performance-related reasons.
“I usually use that first sentence to say, ‘This is where I made my biggest impact. This is what I’m proudest of.’ It’s OK to tag a little past phrase at the end of that, saying your position was eliminated,” Franco said. , a job search coach with corporate recruiting experience, also said she recommended adding a one-liner at the beginning of your resume experience section mentioning that your layoff was coronavirus-related.
“There were certainly people who were jerks about it [in 2008], but that was not the majority, and I think that will be the case now,” Franco said. “But it is going to be important to show that you didn’t just sit and clean your house while you were gone. ... Whatever you are doing during the downtime, show that.”
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