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09-07-2009, 08:56 PM
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Pro Freedom. Pro America. Pro Women. Pro Choice.
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""Prolife"=Anti Woman."
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What can your ex employer tell a potential employer?
What can they say?
Thank you all!
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09-07-2009, 09:17 PM
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I don't know for sure but I remember (mid to late 1980s) an HR guy at the big aerospace company I worked at then, tell me that all they tell them is date started and date ended. I'm not sure if he said they also tell them pay starting and ending. I don't think there was any mention of reason for leaving.
Probably doesn't help much, but that's what I vaguely remember.
One thing to add to the thread is a lot of job applications ask "May we contact your [past, present] employer?" If you had a problem with one of them, then what do you do? I suppose if you did you should still say OK, because saying NO sends a bad message. At least there's a chance the potential employer either won't call or the old employer want say anything bad.
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09-07-2009, 10:16 PM
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There is an excellent answer to this question in another thread here:
http://www.city-data.com/forum/work-...taff-no-2.html
Read post #13 -- it's quite comprehensive! |
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09-07-2009, 10:47 PM
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The "Other Topics" Mutt
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Many companies will only give out your date of hire, when you left the company, and if you are elgible for rehire. Beyond that they usually require a signed release from you stating what information they can give out on you. My current employer required me to give them permission to request several things from my past employers including a copy of everything in my personnal file. Have no idea what they ended up actually asking for from my past employers.
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09-08-2009, 02:30 PM
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This might sound bad, but there are ways companies can imply things about a former employee just in answering that simple question about whether or not someone is eligible for rehire.
There is the nice simple "No, that person is not eligible for rehire at this time", or the more sinister "Oh, no, no, that person is not eligible for rehire, would you like the number for our corporate personnel department to verify the reason for involuntary termination?"
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09-08-2009, 02:36 PM
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Legally they can say anything they want as long as it's factual and without personal bias.
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