I’m job hunting and could use some advice. I was let go from a sales role after six months and have been unemployed for about eight. My previous job had great metrics and solid tenure. Should I list the short role and risk questions, leave it off, or keep it as current and deal with it later? Curious how others in sales have handled gaps like this.

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Would depend for me on the reasoning of being let go. All that being said though, potential employers can still find out about your previous company. If you can address it in a positive light and bring some numbers with the great metrics, I’d probably leave it on. Just be prepared to answer what happened.

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I had a short stint too and kept it on my resume but addressed it proactively in interviews. Most people understood, especially when I could point to solid metrics from the role before that.

If the company uses sterling background checks, they can only verify through your W2s if it was last year, you could just say you worked the full year

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