If you were fired or laid off, Don is going to tell you how you can explain to a prospective employer that you were laid off from your last job. People get laid off. There's nothing you can do about it.

So, if you were let go, Don gives you a few ideas that you can use to tell employers that it really wasn't your fault. And one of the things that you really want to come through, to be crystal clear, in your answer as to why you were let go or why you're laid off is to let them know that it wasn't a result of your professional performance.

• You want to let them know it had nothing to do with you.
• You want to let them know that your performance was excellent.
• Let them know that your boss thought your performance is great.
• You want to talk about how much you liked working there.
• You want to talk about how much you enjoyed what you did, you enjoyed the people.

So, you want to make it clear that it had nothing to do with your personal performance.