Employment History Question

Tell them you forgot an employer and give them the information..that way you dont have to worry

 

what about a company that you worked for in the past, but they have since went out of business. how do companies verify that information?

 

I usually just did the usual, when I filled out apps. in the reason to leave space, I say why and that they are out of business. I once was told by a potential employer to make a photo copy of the W-2.

 

correct.

 

I don't understand the focus on uninterrupted work history. There have been times when I wasn't going to be the better wage earner for the family, and someone had to be there for the kids, and that person was me those times. Are you telling me that this kind of reasoning doesn't wash?

 

Gaps in employment are usually a pretty good way to gauge work ethic. Especially so in this industry - drivers are in such high demand that there's really no reason why one should be out of work for any extended period.

A huge red flag is a gap after being fired or laid-off. It told me this guy was sitting on his rear collecting unemployment. Once the unemployment runs out then they'd come looking for a job. This is a patten I'd see on applications more often than you'd think.

 

What if you weren't collecting employment?

 

If you were NOT collecting unemployment compensation, it becomes UNVERIFIABLE unemployment. This too can raise a "red flag", as I have heard from both recruiters and truck drivers alike.

One question concerning this "red flag" is this: Were you, the applicant, serving any time in either the county jail or in a state/federal prison?
Another part of this question would be this: Were you, the applicant, on temporary probation/parole in which you could not leave an area for a certain amount of time?

Another question that would raise a "red flag" would be this: Were you, the applicant, just sitting home in your mother's basement and NOT actively looking for work or going to school? If the answer is "yes", many recruiters and truck drivers alike would consider this to be sheer LAZINESS on the applicant's part.

There are circumstances in which an applicant may have had, such as taking care of a family member as a spouse, child, or aging parent/grandparent. If this is this the case, per various recruiters and truck drivers alike, then a NOTARIZED letter or documentation is necessary to prove that you were not detained or just being lazy in your mother's basement.

The majority of all people have less than "perfect" records. However, trucking companies, often due to instructions from D.O.T., are required to do background checks on the applicants to verify their histories and whereabouts for "X" number of years.