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I ordered a copy of my background record and holy shit was it missing a lot of information. High schools jobs were listed, college work study jobs were listed,
by yardie 5y ago
I ordered a copy of my background record and holy shit was it missing a lot of information. High schools jobs were listed, college work study jobs were listed, 15 years of employment was missing, followed by small patches of employment here and there. My credit record was only marginally better, it didn't have any employers listed of my 14 years working abroad. If it wasn't on my CV no one would know. And since some of these companies were merged, acquired, or out of business it's very hard to track down.
HR can realistically only check your last employer because anything older than a few years may as well be made up.
- vitus 5y agoWell... yes and no. If it is indeed a "top company" that's still recognizable as such today, then I'd expect it to be around in some form. I imagine HR could ask you for a proof-of-employment letter if you said you worked at Microsoft and Facebook* for a couple of years but neither showed up on a background check. I imagine they'd be even more suspicious if you additionally didn't have any references from either company. * Feel free to replace with any other "top companies" of your choosing
- yardie 5y agoNo doubt you're right. I assume larger companies have a HR department that manage these things, have a formal process, and report this to the Number Line and other background services. But there are lots of boutique companies <25 employees where HR is the owner and they most likely don't subscribe to those services nor do they report into them.