Have you ever applied for a position at a company you’ve been laid off from? Is that weird? Not that I’m at all considering it, but I’m just curious if anyone has actually done it... (And why??) 🧐

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If you were laid off or a real reason - skip it. But if it was a reorganization or a ‘new leadership’ change then feel comfortable applying and call out the fact that you are a boomerang (don’t wait for the interview). Some cultures support it and others pass on it.

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If the place has high turnover why not? Sometimes a lifer will call it out, but not always.

I did. Never got an answer. Even knowing that I won pitches and awards after I left, they don’t let me back in. Sad.

I was once contacted by a recruiter at an agency several years after they had laid me off, (told my position was eliminated — it wasn’t), telling me they think I’d be perfect for that same position 🤦‍♀️

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