Making a Comeback After a Dot Com Crash
Many individuals are enticed to work for a startup company for the rush of the gamble. They enter with a hope that they will cash in some day when the budding company becomes a giant, however the gamble in this market frequently ends with a crash instead. Dotcom companies are going down in flames everyday. Does it mean doomsday for their employees as well?
Luckily, for most, being a product of a dot-com demise is not a sentence to a future of unemployment. This is actually in most cases far from reality. Other high tech corporations, such as Microsoft, who have thousands of positions open in Internet-related arenas, recruit many previous dot-com employees. In fact recruiters within the industry keep tabs on many internet company's employees and executives. When they receive the word of a company's failing health they send the information to their divisions giving them leads on candidates.
Despite the demand for internet talent and the fact that the world of technology does not penalize failure, there are some unspoken rules an individual should adhere to if they expect to successfully recover from the fall. Handling the situation properly could land a higher position and a raise, however improper positioning and one could be waiting for that offer for a very long time.
A previous dot-com employee may anticipate that a potential employer will view them as self-confident, ingenious, and independent. Frequently though the interviewer is much more interested in whether the candidate walked away with a clear understanding of why the company went under. They want to know that the candidate had their eyes wide open and that they have an understanding of the company's mistakes. An individual can rebound easily with proof that they gained invaluable experience from their previous employer. Ideally a candidate should not dwell on the circumstances of the late company's failure but highlight their contributions to the company and illustrate how under less than ideal circumstances they were able to sustain. An intuitive recruiter will hopefully focus on the candidates' ability to keep order on a sinking ship and recognize the potential of the individual in a stable environment.