Work history question

The basic thing they are looking for is that you haven't been fired for theft, drug use, poor work attendance, poor work performance, etc, so if they are looking to hire reliable workers, they will most likely call everywhere you've worked recently. They assume gaps are intentional omissions and they'd like to know why. Some carriers take background checking very seriously and spends lots of man-hours doing this, others not so much.

 

month and year is all I do. can't remember much else.lol

put it all down. if there are gaps, before you got married, just say you didn't work. they get all kinds at trucking schools. people with DUI's, major wrecks, serious felons.
you'll be fine.

 

Most companies wont bother too much with job hopping as a teenager. They understand that most times its a part time job due to school and such. They will want to know if you left under good terms or if you got fired though. The job hopping usually becomes a no no after you get out of school and start working full time. They want to see that you are reliable and they wont waste money training you just for you to quit within a month or 6.

For the gaps, you'd just write unemployed. They want to know every month since your first job.

 

Generally a three year job history is all you need, to start, but to your question of can they see everywhere you have worked, the answer is... if they want to. Tax records exist, if you received a W-2 or a 1099 from an employer, they can find out.

They will not know how much you made or any other personal info, but they can find out you worked there.

 

month and year should be fine and when it comes to gaps just put in an explanation that you were in school or whatever just don't LIE ! that will kill you right out of the gate . they can and most will look at all of your background

 

We live in the information age, a prospective employer will look to see where you have worked and if there was any criminal issues in your background through employment investigation. As stated explain gaps and do not lie. Even if the dates are a little off list every former employer, as a young person many former employers will not hurt you however if a prospective employer finds a job you had but did not list on your application that may send up a red flag to them. Good luck!

 

Yep, I have worked quite a few jobs that required fairly extensive background checks. All I ever provided was month and year and have not had any issues, i'm not even sure my months were all that accurate...