Because it isn’t the responsibility of staff members if the c-suite management make dumb decisions. And no one knows that better than managers themselves.
The managers interviewing you at BestBuy aren’t gonna blame the managers at RadioShack for RadioShack going out of business. If you think being a retail manager is not enough of an accomplishment to put in a resume then this meme just isn’t aimed at your tax bracket.
Me. I worked at RadioShack right out of high school. It shows that even as a dumb teenager, I already knew what I was talking about enough to help people with their electronics bullshit, and it shows a long history of it. Now, it’s a bullshit retail job, and as such doesn’t show up on my resume all the time, but it’s still relevant to those who know what that store was all about, even to its bitter end.
I’ve put failed companies on my resume. It ain’t my fault they went out of business and anyway it provides something to talk about. I can always claim that I’ve learnt lessons from the experience (the lesson learnt was that when the company looks like it’s about to go tits up, you start applying for new jobs because you ain’t getting that final paycheck)
Who would want to mention any of these tanked companies on their resume, not really an accomplishment.
Because it isn’t the responsibility of staff members if the c-suite management make dumb decisions. And no one knows that better than managers themselves.
The managers interviewing you at BestBuy aren’t gonna blame the managers at RadioShack for RadioShack going out of business. If you think being a retail manager is not enough of an accomplishment to put in a resume then this meme just isn’t aimed at your tax bracket.
Not just manager… REGIONAL manager. For a national chain.
That’s not a position to sneeze at - you’re in charge of some major money and logistics at that level.
Me. I worked at RadioShack right out of high school. It shows that even as a dumb teenager, I already knew what I was talking about enough to help people with their electronics bullshit, and it shows a long history of it. Now, it’s a bullshit retail job, and as such doesn’t show up on my resume all the time, but it’s still relevant to those who know what that store was all about, even to its bitter end.
I’ve put failed companies on my resume. It ain’t my fault they went out of business and anyway it provides something to talk about. I can always claim that I’ve learnt lessons from the experience (the lesson learnt was that when the company looks like it’s about to go tits up, you start applying for new jobs because you ain’t getting that final paycheck)