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I feel like it’s the exact same thing
I was recently laid off and my experience has been the opposite for whatever it’s worth. People are getting let go everywhere at the moment and telling people you were laid off (as long as it wasn’t a firing) seems to be a good way to break the ice. Humans are generally good people and want to help if they can.
It’s old advice. Layoffs happen all of the time, it’s bizarre to not have a straight conversation and rename it to something else.
Nobody likes reading cliche LinkedIn phrasing, let alone hearing it during what should be a personal conversation.
“Laid off” is the correct, human way to go. Always speak plainly in those situations.
(Especially since layoffs have been happening every other week for the last 2 years)
Maybe for account people or in more formal industries, but as a creative presumably being interviewed by a creative you can be more honest and less corporate in your answer.
The CD will know it’s a layoff anyway, and a good cd knows layoffs happen and has probably been laid off at some point in their career, values honesty, and can empathize.
How would that even work? "I left my last job due to a reduction in force?" Sounds a little weird to me...
I said I was apart of the layoffs and restructuring in my interviews just to be transparent and not to be around the bush and got the job!
This is always the way. Obvious BS sugarcoating will never make me want to hire you. In fact, it accomplishes the opposite.
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it’s just reframing the experience in a different light. “I didn’t quit; I took an opportunity for career growth unavailable from my former position.”
This doesn’t sound like a layoff?
Chief
Best phrases is “unforeseen changes in business” “scope was reduced”
Chief
And “Restructuring”
Client budgets changed
When it’s happened in the past I didn’t lie but didn’t bring it up - I just said I’d been at the prior place long enough & that there was a lot of turnaround & that I wanted to explore something else. It’s not an inquisition, you’re not being audited. If you feel comfortable sharing, go ahead, but I think subconsciously people connect it to performance which it’s not necessarily at all - (like not everyone was laid off clearly so why were you). Obviously reductions in labor happen, agencies lose clients, such is life.
No one cares. Everyone gets laid off, everyone does layoffs. Your work and connections speak for you.
I say I was laid-on. Much sexier
Unless you’re laid off. The other reason sounds like you got a promotion. Two totally different things. Not really a big deal it happens. Recruiters are getting laid off. No shame.
Be a human. It’s a layoff. But not for performance. We all know.
“impacted by restructuring” or workload had decreased
Technically, the legal definition of layoff is different from RIF. The former is a temporary situation where the latter is long-term or permanent. These days, there is no shame in losing a job. Use whatever words you want. The only negative one is “fired”, because that suggests wrongdoing on the employee’s part.
Chief
What does termination mean?
Well...you're definitely not a copywriter!! 😂