Thread regarding Cisco Systems Inc. layoffs

NEVER put a reason for leaving on you CV or in your covering letter. A good future employer should be focused on why you want to work for them rather than why you no longer wish to work for someone else, and if you are asked the answer is ALWAYS a positive one like “I learned a lot but it’s time to stretch myself in a new role”

bunch of quiet, meek young staff in 20's and 30's with almost no skill or experience without any motivation/passion for work, without expertise

Meek? Mention anything on social justice and watch them morph into fire-breathing dragons - especially the “women”.

I was LR'd, along with most of my dept. It's always an easy discussion....most employers know that Cisco has LR'd tons of good people. I worry more about having Cisco on my resume to begin with. Cisco used to be gold on your resume....not so much anymore.

Ok Boomer

Actually you can write on your resume anything you want. If you'd like to put a reason of planning to leave the current company, just go ahead.

Especially if you worked for more than seven companies, which is definitely considered to be a lot and hiring managers or talent acquisition tend to think that you're just a job hopper, you might want to put a reason of leaving each company, including the current company, so they can tell in the screening stage what happened to you throughout your career.

Also, if you worked for less than a year, or trying to apply for companies and still working at your current company for just a few months, you should put a reason of leaving on your resume (of course with a position reason). Otherwise, they will just decline your application.

Dont give a reason. I was interviewing with a company and the interviewer happened to be an ex-cisco person. After talking to me, he made sure, he got me out of that hellhole.. yes, he literally told me that!

yeah - not a good idea. That basically shows/implies that you approach things from a negative standpoint. I would focus on positives. No matter how bad things are/were there are positives.

Honestly you don’t need to give a reason; they’ll see Cisco on the resume and automatically know why you are leaving. Just doesn’t come up anymore.

"Should we just honestly say, "it was a culture of incompetence and incapability?"

Oh boy ... quite ironic this post. Badmouthing your previous employer is guaranteed to make a very poor first impression about you. But then again, maybe this is a blessing in disguise for your next employer. Actually, please write this on your resume: "I was so underutilized at Cisco, my vastly superior intelligence felt insulted every minute that went by. During my tenure I do not recall meeting anybody more useful than a chocolate teapot. Did you know the 'i' in Cisco stands for incompetence? Let me correct that, it stands for incapability. Unless you're utterly useless yourself, you will come to the conclusion that hiring me is the only thing on your to-do list today." Let us know how it goes!

I’ve never put a reason for leaving a company on my CV, although it usually comes up at interview.

Generally, I’m charitable about my previous employer. The last thing you want is to create the impression that you are high maintenance or a troublemaker.

But each to their own I suppose.

You do now write resign reasons in your resume. If it comes to the table it can be discussed during your interview and you never talk thrash about your previous employer. Time to use the Bullsht engine to generate an answer, and saying you go away because you want positive reasons xyz

Dude, you never say anything like that on your CV/Resume. You simply state you left Cisco because you wanted to "pursue opportunities in other areas of IT/Cloud/Security" or whatever. You will not even get an interview if you slate an earlier employer like that.