Just filling in a new job application and would welcome some help. I have got to the part that says reason for leaving, now I think that if I put " for more money" or "to further my professional career" all sounds naff. Any one got any ideas?
I was very good at getting the jobs I thought I wanted when I was foolish enough to think I wanted them by answering questions in the way they needed to be answered. So...........You could give em bullshit.
These days I try to answer honestly on the basis that I dont want to be in an environment that requires me to pretend to be what I am not day after day after day after day after..... (A sure route to unhappiness)
Good luck.
If you left for a new job, it's perfectly acceptable to put "Reason for leaving - better pay and prospects."
I like to go with......
My position became untenable when I finally realised the depth of my contempt for my colleagues.
LOL stag
Have u been reading my CV at
Not sure if this is too late, but when I read it I reached for a couple of books I got when I last changed jobs ( only done it once since leaving school, so I needed all the help I could get! )
One of the books says if you don't have a rational reasonable reason, use one of these, apparently an employment industry formula known as CLAMPS
Challenge: you weren't able to grow professionally
Location: the journey to work was unreasonably long
Advancement: you had talent but there was too much other talent ahead of you
Money: you were underpaid for your skills and contribution
Pride/Prestige: you wanted to be with a better company
Security: the company was not stable