If you were laid off from your tech sales job because the business model was a complete failure and no one hit quota for about a year - what are you telling future employers? Are you staying honest or fudging some numbers?

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Try not to put down previous employers. Say you were impacted by restructuring and shifting business priorities were outside your control.

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In this market you’re gonna have to fluff. They are going to understand that macro trends are forcing companies to scrutinize budget making quotas harder to hit . Just paint the picture that the company overhired

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Lie and say you hit your quota. Employers only care about metrics and don't make the effort to understand the context as far as what obstacles you had to face which justifies you no make your numbers.

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It’s always better to be honest. Personally, I don’t expect people to have a perfect record and am also interested more in what you learnt from the experience and what you might do differently next time.

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I love that. Where do you work? Are you hiring? 😂

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Hmm, maybe talk about your lifetime attainment to make the numbers more palatable? If the previous FY was better, use some of those instead?

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Unfortunately that was the case for my entire 1.5 years of being there. My previous exp was in sales but in a very different business model. It is a good point though - I could speak to that experience more

Be honest but don’t give all the details. Use metrics like “top 10%” or “number 2 in role” instead of 40% to my 1.5M quota…

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Correction: TC 51.3 has 15% variable.
Experience: 11 years (Marketing & Brand Manager)

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