Can I put my experience in a dead bank in my CV?
Good day Jarus. Thanks for the good job you are doing.
I once worked in an old bank (FSB) bank as a Teller. I put this as a working experience in my CV. I went for an interview somewhere and the interviewer was telling me that I have to remove it because it is a dead bank already.
Please what can you say about this. Is it true?
Thanks
JB
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I beg to disagree with the interviewer. There is nothing wrong in putting an experience with a defunct organization in a CV, for a role (teller) that had no relationship with the collapse for that matter. Abi na you collapse the bank? If you held a sensitive position in a collapsed institution and think you may not be able to defend it in interview, you may want to do away with that phase (tactical omission on CV is not an offence, lying is), but for a position like teller, I don’t think that is a minus. The experience counts.
If the bank was acquired by another, you may want to reframe that part of your CV to read:
- 1994-1998 XYZ Bank Plc (now ABC Plc)
or
- 1994 – 1998 ABC Plc (formerly XYZ Plc)
If the bank totally went under, no problem with putting it as well, e.g:
- 1994 – 1998 XYZ Plc (now defunct)
There is no harm if you don’t put ‘defunct’ too, and leave your interviewer to figure that out, or ask you.
Jarus
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@JB, Jarus has said it all. In addition, not all interviewers are trained or qualified to perform that role, but our corrupt system make it so. Therefore issues like what you said and other funny cases are definitely inevitable. professionals will never make such comment.
Definately true Moruf. What the candidate can offer should be of more concern and like Jarus said, if the candidate held a sensitive position that could be presumed to have led to the death of the company, then fine, interviewers may want to question in that line but tellering……huh…..check the functions and see if you can make do with it and fashy the rest
Yes, you can. The bank might be dead but your experience is VERY much alive.
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