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Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
This question seeks to reveal how forthright you are about the conditions through which you left your previous employer (whether you were fired, quit, laid off, etc.). They are also curious on what terms your employment was severed, amicably or acrimoniously.

Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
Focus on the positives. Don't reveal anything that would paint you in a negative light. If there were reasons which might sound defamatory towards yourself or others, try to keep those details to yourself. For example, when someone has outgrown a position and it isn't advancing their career, looking for career growth elsewhere reveals a dedication to one's well-formulated career plans. Not burning bridges, and revealing professional appreciation for what you gained from your previous employers can go a long way toward exhibiting emotional maturity.

Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
"When I interviewed for my last job, it was a temp assignment. After they saw my work ethic firsthand, they offered me a permanent role in their company. I explained to them I had clear goals, and it seemed the position they offered me only took me so far down my career path. We recently reached a crossroads, and I ultimately decided it was time to continue down that path elsewhere. I gave them two months' notice and have fully trained my successor. I am grateful for what I learned and the relationships I've built."
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