Questions about job applications

[Squareroots]

Someone asked me these questions and I don't know the answers, never having worked in Human Resources.

The first: When listing former jobs, does a person list ALL jobs or only those during the past ten years??? Especially if there is no way to add a resume.

Next: If there was an involuntary departure, is that listed or omitted, will it show up on the employment history of a background report?

 

It's strange that human resource people do not agree on those answers.

[Mrs. Jack Russell]

I think each place might be different. When I worked for Cobb hiring police officers/911 etc, we required that they go back 7 years on employment. We wanted to know what they did the the last 7 years. If they were unemployed or in college we wanted them to list that too.

 

As far as the involuntary departure, we would require that, but had no way of checking into it if the person didn't list it. But there was always ways to find out like asking some of your other employeers, friends, family, references you list. Not listing a job that ended this way would be a diqualifier for Cobb and the person would never be allowed employement with any Cobb department for leaving it out and/or lying and not listing it.

 

I wish you the best in your job search.