Question about May orientation

After starting a not-for-profit (and believe me, all this credit card debt proves it!) community bike shop, I took a 3 month hiatus in Hawaii, then was "unemployed" for a few months before applying to May. Thankfully, all my 5+ years of previous employment was solid. But that few months of gap nearly screwed me...

In a down employment market, where so many are re-training and applying for a new career, it bothers me that many companies want solid employment before hiring someone. Seems like they should recognize this and make allowances. And really, if I want to take 8 months off, I should be able without it becoming a negative.

Anyhow, just glad they hired me...

 

It's not a company policy it is a fed regulation. Though I guess I should not state that as fact, it's what I heard. All companies are doing it now.

 

i think it's fed regulation for dot jobs. company policy on non-dot jobs. if one needed a dot-job history, no newbie would be hired. as for company policy, i'm gonna start company training in a few days with another company..so i'm pretty sure it's depends on the company and is not an industry standard as of yet.

 

Well I start at gary in for orientation I put my work history down an after I talked the recruiter she said they don't check references y'all ever heard of that

 

Thurman1....I recently applied for May out of Brooks and know for fact they checked all my prior work references

 

Oh ok I don't know why Amy the recruiter from gary indiannia told me that she always sent me a pre hire letter but what does that basically mean cause my understand is that I'd doesn't mean ure hired yet

 

Pre-hire letter is a letter of intent if you meet all of their requirements, including the skills test at their facility.