Tips on How to Answer the question on Why did you leave your last job?

This is always the topic and issue of the day for me. I have clients that get laid off, fired, pushed out because they fell out of favor and are forced to resign for reasons unknown to them. Does this sound vaguely familiar.  It’s happened to me and most people I know. Ok so here is my advice. 1) Don’t ever give them any information they don’t ask for. 2) Don’t ever lie 3) Always be positive and never let them take you down a negative path 4) Prepare your answers and rehearse with your coach, friends or family 5) Make sure you have processed what happened to you especially if it wasn’t your fault, so you don’t bring a lot of emotional charge/baggage to the situation/interview, so if you are not over it, figure out how to get over what happened to you. 6) And don’t worry too much because most of us that have been in business for over 15 years have experienced some type of problem or issue with a manager or boss that hasn’t liked us and vice a versa.
I hope this helps.

A great answer for those who don’t have a college degree..

During the interview process, sometimes you will be asked if you have a college degree, oh and by the way an AA degree is a two  year college degree. The reason I mention the AA or AS degrees is because  many of my clients dismiss their two year degrees. Ok enough about that. Most clients that I coach, who don”t have degrees feel very ashamed of it or inadequate. They fear that it will hurt them and squelch their chances of getting a higher salary or a better job. One of my favorite clients from London told me that when he is asked the education/college question that he replies like this, “yes, you are correct, I don”t have a college degree and I am no different than Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, and Michael Dell in that regard, and I think for similar reasons, that we are highly intelligent doers rather than academics, we got smart on the job.