Should you tell recruiters that you were laid off?
How upfront should I be about being laid off to recruiters?
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I would surely tell, why not? Also, if that was a layoff and left on good terms, you could provide references i.e. your EM or HR (if you had good performance ratings).
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yeah providing references should help, if a potential employer has any doubts, they could call and check
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I would definitely tell but only if / when they ask why I'm looking for a new job. Being laid off isn't being fired, and recruiters usually understand that many talented devs got laid off these days. For example, my teammate, a principal SDE with 20 years in the company, just got laid off. So I would not worry about sharing that.
