For this week’s column, best-selling author Martin Yate advises readers on how to explain past career missteps. Yate, a career coach and former HR professional, takes your questions each week about how to further your career in HR. Contact him at the e-mail address at the end of this column.
It’s easy to avoid making mistakes and experiencing failure in life: just sit quietly in a dark room … and do nothing.
Making mistakes—experiencing failure—is an integral part of living your life. It’s how you learn and grow. Coping with those mistakes appropriately at work hones your professionalism.
