If your prospective employer discovers that you misled them in describing your termination, it can damage your trustworthiness as a candidate and prospective employee. [substeps] It is vital that what you say would be confirmed by your old employer in a reference check.
[header] How to explain a job termination on application [title] Be honest about what happened. [step] It is critical to be accurate when describing the circumstances of your job termination. For example, if you were fired, you should not say that you were laid off.