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I feel as though I owe you at least a cup of coffee as a thanks for all the tips you've given out.
Partly due to your advice, I landed a student-correspondent job last June in the Akron Beacon Journal
features department. I have the job until Saturday, when I
unfortunately get laid off. Now I'm preparing to apply for summer
internships and am back reading through tips.
I'm just a student correspondent (Here, it's like an internship, but I can only work 20 hours a week.). I graduate in May.
Here's the question: How in the world do I explain being laid off in my resume? Do I even mention it?
Dan
I'm sorry to hear you lost that 20-hour position.
Certainly, it's understandable, given that the B-J reduced
newsroom staffing by about 25 percent, starting with the newest people. You didn't have a chance.
But a resume is typically not the place to explain why you leave a job.
Do that in the interview. In the case of students, the question will
seldom be asked. If it is, you have a good answer.
