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To answer the OP's question, since you were fired from this last job, IMO it would be best to leave it off (because a prospective employer may want to contact them when during a background/reference check and they'll find out you were let go with cause).
Unfortunately, there are some employers who will wonder about and even turn you away because of your gap (New Jersey for example had to pass a law to make discrimination against the long-term unemployed illegal).
However, there are some ways in which you can address the gap if an employer expresses concerns about it. Here's a couple:
*If you're attending school, you can say you left the job from 10 months ago to focus on your studies.
*If you have a relative who's ill or disabled, you can say left the job to tend for your sick relative.
*If you have a friend or relative who owns a business, perhaps you can ask them to be a reference and say you worked for them.
I'm so sorry. I too would leave this job off your resume. But do, indeed, apply for unemployment and take any classes or any other help they offer to try and secure a position in your new environment. This kind of stuff happens to people who did nothing to deserve it. Hold you head high. I hope something better comes along for you. You must have a lot going for you if you were hired in the first place. Best of luck to you for a better future.
I agree with a PP, I'd apply for unemployment then tell any future jobs you were laid off and that it was due to a reduction in work force.
Same thing happened to me man, it sucked but I found an even better job and now life is better than before. When it happened to me I thought it was the end of the world, but thankfully it wasn't.
I doubt you'll get unemployment. If you do, it will be very low. You were unemployed for a long time and only worked two months.
This may not be honest, but I've done this before and it worked for me. I would give out resumes saying I'm still employed. What worked in my favor was that when I got fired from my old job, I was allowed to take off the vacation and sick time I had. As they didn't want to pay me for it. I was still "employed". I just played it cool on interviews. Thankfully, my former employers and boss had a terrible rep. It didn't raise eyebrows when I said I didn't enjoy the company environment any more. I would apply for jobs now and still say employed and then stop saying so in December. When people see you stop working in November, they won't know exactly when anyway. Your resume would say 9/14-11/14. It's not really lying. You worked the month of November.
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