Background Investigations

I dont know about all companies, but we check your mvr, your criminal history (felony and misdemeanor) and your work history.

 

We verify at least 3 years. If for some reason there is not enough experience with in that 3 years, we may go back further, so we actually ask for a 10 year work history on the app. Most of this can be verified with your ssn, date of birth and a signature. If there is a period of time that you are self employed we may ask for taxes.

 

We have a few different ways to verify. We use a website to verify what we can, if there isn't enough info on there we try to contact the previous employer. If that doesn't work, we ask for some type of tax form. And if all else fails we may ask for written explanation of something that can't be verified. Keep in mind other companies might have a different process.

But I will tell you right now, the harder it is to verify employment history, the longer it is going to take you to find a job. Many Hr people/recruiters are going to wonder why so much of your history is unverifiable. And in order for a person to put that much work in trying to verify your work history, they are going to need to be extremely impressed in other areas (squeaky clean mvr and criminal history).

 

Not having tax returns is probably going to hurt you the most. They are going to want to know why you haven't filed. If it is because you have been unemployed, you should be able to prove that through unemployment or by having someone you know to vouch for you.

 

You should be ok then. Good luck to you!