So you got hired straight out of school, and then let go because you weren't fast enough at working with a non-trivial technology that your employer knew (or should have known) you had little experience in? That doesn't seem reasonable to me at all.
My advice would be to not worry about this and simply job hunt as if this didn't happen. You may need to explain the situation to prospective employers. Mismatch between the job you were hired for and the actual job seems like an honest and succinct description of what happened.
I agree with this advice. Also, maybe focus on mobile jobs for now. while unemployed look for some courses in tech you might want to learn. Also, go to your college and see if they have some placement services.
Thanks for the advice and encouragement. Like I said, this happened today, so I'm not sure I'm being the most fair to the company. It's a very small company, who I'm sure need to be employing people with a much faster turn-around time than I had. I completely understand their issue with my productivity, and I've been trying to improve that so that it's not an issue with future employment. I was likely also not the best at seeking help when I should have.
Regardless, I appreciate the advice. In your opinion, should I keep this job on my resume?
I'd say the opposite, put it on your resume because at this point it's experience that makes you stand out compared to other fresh graduates. Any and all experience is important to landing a job at this stage of your career.
Say you started or finished a couple of months earlier so it looks like a 3/6 months contract and tell employers that the contract wasn't renewed because they ran out of work, which is probably half true anyway.
You shouldn't lie but this is massaging the truth in your favor ;)
I agree with putting it on your resume. This is great experience if you can be honest in your self reflection. Ie realize remote only is probably not a good idea for your first job out of school. Realize that you’ll need mentorship. Etc.
I have no problem leaving the job off the resume (“resumé” means “summary” not “comprehensive”). If asked you could say that you listed all experience that you felt was relavant. But personally I think it is a valuable thing to have listed.
However, I strongly discarded with the parents suggestions for “massaging” the resume. Those sugggestions are pure lying. There is a big difference about highlighting certain aspects of a career and stating things as fact which are not true.
You can just say you took some time off to relax after university, travelled and/or worked on some personal projects. Should be sufficient explanation, nothing strange about that.
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So you got hired straight out of school, and then let go because you weren't fast enough at working with a non-trivial technology that your employer knew (or should have known) you had little experience in? That doesn't seem reasonable to me at all.
My advice would be to not worry about this and simply job hunt as if this didn't happen. You may need to explain the situation to prospective employers. Mismatch between the job you were hired for and the actual job seems like an honest and succinct description of what happened.
I agree with this advice. Also, maybe focus on mobile jobs for now. while unemployed look for some courses in tech you might want to learn. Also, go to your college and see if they have some placement services.
Thanks for the advice and encouragement. Like I said, this happened today, so I'm not sure I'm being the most fair to the company. It's a very small company, who I'm sure need to be employing people with a much faster turn-around time than I had. I completely understand their issue with my productivity, and I've been trying to improve that so that it's not an issue with future employment. I was likely also not the best at seeking help when I should have.
Regardless, I appreciate the advice. In your opinion, should I keep this job on my resume?
Given the short length on the job I don't think it warrants even putting on your resume. It will probably do more harm than good.
I definitely don't want to lie to potential future employers, is there a particular way I should handle any questions about the gap?
Nobody will ask.
If they do: you took some time to relax after school.
I'd say the opposite, put it on your resume because at this point it's experience that makes you stand out compared to other fresh graduates. Any and all experience is important to landing a job at this stage of your career.
Say you started or finished a couple of months earlier so it looks like a 3/6 months contract and tell employers that the contract wasn't renewed because they ran out of work, which is probably half true anyway.
You shouldn't lie but this is massaging the truth in your favor ;)
I agree with putting it on your resume. This is great experience if you can be honest in your self reflection. Ie realize remote only is probably not a good idea for your first job out of school. Realize that you’ll need mentorship. Etc.
I have no problem leaving the job off the resume (“resumé” means “summary” not “comprehensive”). If asked you could say that you listed all experience that you felt was relavant. But personally I think it is a valuable thing to have listed.
However, I strongly discarded with the parents suggestions for “massaging” the resume. Those sugggestions are pure lying. There is a big difference about highlighting certain aspects of a career and stating things as fact which are not true.
You can just say you took some time off to relax after university, travelled and/or worked on some personal projects. Should be sufficient explanation, nothing strange about that.