Been fired twice...

[greatbill23]

Hello all. I've recently tested for the position of Correctional Officer in my City/County. I am concerned because I have been fired twice from sales jobs that I have held over my 8 year professional life. I served as a residentail leasing agent for a property managment company, for just over 2 years. I burned out on the position and became disinterested and sloppy with my administrative dutys. As a consequence, I was fired. After working in a different sales field for over a year, I decided to give leasing & property management one more shot. I was hired and then fired only 60 days later, when the new company found out that the previous company I worked for had fired me.

Can anyone offer some thoughts to me on this? I realize these terminations won't help me, but will they hurt my chances? Also, given that the second job only lasted 60 days, I'm wondering if I should disclose it because it was so brief?

I appreciate any insight.

[Samuel]

Hello all. I've recently tested for the position of Correctional Officer in my City/County. I am concerned because I have been fired twice from sales jobs that I have held over my 8 year professional life. I served as a residentail leasing agent for a property managment company, for just over 2 years. I burned out on the position and became disinterested and sloppy with my administrative dutys. As a consequence, I was fired.

And if you were hired somewhere in the LE profession, the concern would be that you did this once, you might do it again - and, in public safety, if you become disinterested and sloppy, it could be a serious officer safety or risk management/liability issue.

After working in a different sales field for over a year, I decided to give leasing & property management one more shot. I was hired and then fired only 60 days later, when the new company found out that the previous company I worked for had fired me.

Why would you be fired simply because you had been fired at some time in your past? OR were you fired because you were supposed to divulge that information from the beginning and you didn't or told them the opposite?

Can anyone offer some thoughts to me on this? I realize these terminations won't help me, but will they hurt my chances? Also, given that the second job only lasted 60 days, I'm wondering if I should disclose it because it was so brief?

If an application asks you to provide your complete employment history for the past 10 years and that 60 day job happened during that 10 years, do YOU think you'll need to include it?

I appreciate any insight.

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[greatbill23]

Samuel, thanks for the thoughts.

When I applied for the second job, they didn't ask why I left the first.

Based on you comments, it seems that LE human resources determine that individuals that have been fired are, consequently, unsuited for LE work...?

I'm trying to understand how this process works. If this is the case, I don't want to invest a year or two in a long application process, only to find that I'm not qualified because of a small blemish on my resume. It appears that LE agencies have a large pool of applicants to pick from, and because of this, search for every small reason to determine an applicant to be disqualified.

[pafindr]

Based on you comments, it seems that LE human resources determine that individuals that have been fired are, consequently, unsuited for LE work...?
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How did you get that out of what Samual stated?

It doesn't mean that people that have been fired from previous jobs can't get hired for LE.
It means that the REASON they got fired can mean they don't get hired.
You do realize that a very large portion of police work involves paperwork. If you become sloppy and disinterested in doing said paperwork the result will be criminals being let loose because of it.
Also if you become sloppy in your police work it can cost you or your partner's life.

[McNulty]

I find it hard to believe that they fired you from the second job, after you worked there for two months, for no other reason than that they found out you were fired from a previous job.

Anyway, to answer your question - yes, that will hurt you. My advice is to get some stability in your working life, then start taking tests again. Working at one job for a good 5+ years will show your ability to hold down a job, IMO.