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I have never heard of a company handing over a personnel file. I certainly wouldn't do it. Even the FOIA excludes personnel records from public records requests.
Will someone explain to me why is it so important for potential employers to know what you were doing between jobs? Gaps of employment 30 days or more require explanation. But why? What business is it of theirs?
Will someone explain to me why is it so important for potential employers to know what you were doing between jobs? Gaps of employment 30 days or more require explanation. But why? What business is it of theirs?
I don't know, and "I've been job hunting during my gaps and it took awhile to secure employment" is not a valid excuse either. So what else can you say?
Will someone explain to me why is it so important for potential employers to know what you were doing between jobs? Gaps of employment 30 days or more require explanation. But why? What business is it of theirs?
Most times that question only comes up if they already decided you are not the person they want to hire so they are trying to find a reason to reject you. I been on several interviews since 2000 and I was never ever asked that silly question about employment gaps. And if that question did come up I probably would have ended the interview since that question wasn't relevant to my qualifications for the job.
I don't know, and "I've been job hunting during my gaps and it took awhile to secure employment" is not a valid excuse either. So what else can you say?
Maybe you can put a career summary at the top of the resume that highlights your skills and accomplishments. And that would take attention away from any gaps in between jobs because the career summary would promoting your qualifications for the job. The career summary was stood out so much at the top of the resume that most interviewers thought I was already employed.
It was for a regional utility company....I was just taken aback that they want to view my social security record. Since I left off my last job on my resume, I declined the interview, I just did not think I could spin leaving off my last job on my initial resume AND being asked to resign from my last employer.
I can't lie on an application, if I did get the job I would be so paranoid they would find out and I don't want it hanging over my head.
Just disappointed that I was screened out without even a meeting; but they do operate nuclear power plants so I guess it is best to be detailed in your hiring, even for the finance people.
I think that is your answer right there. Most likely this is preliminary info they will use to do conduct a background investigation. This would be fairly normal for government or critical infrastructure jobs.
Are all jobs like that? To an extent, yes. Like some other's have indicated, whether or not you've been fired and job history is very standard.
In the end though I think they should be able to ask whatever questions they like. That actually will help you gauge what they're like as well. Sure, we all need jobs, but we don't need them from unscrupulous people/firms.
They're real applications. Real illegal and real nosey and you have the right to not proceed.
Today's companies seem eager to fire...they know they can hire someone else for the same or less who will be the same or better than the next person, so why not? It saves the company from pesky raises and other benefits.
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