Can employers see past work history (I did not provide)

[MeltedLemonade]

I stayed at a job for only 4 months, and I applied for a new job and went in for an interview and said that in that time I was focused on my college classes and not working. Will they be able to dig up where I worked?

[the vampire of time and memory]

how would they? maybe in china

[C4Warr10r]

No. They can only use what you put on your application, and then they can only ask whether you are eligible for re-hire or not. If you don't say where you worked, it's jut treated as a gap in employment history, which is never good. College classes are a pretty good excuse.

[Angel]

In theory they can if they really wanted to but generally it comes down to your professional footprints and the companies details. I.e. what displays when you search for your name or company.

Credit check is a way to trace a person's history.

[Ray Rook]

They actually can depending on the job. Background checks do show a lot of information. It just depends on a lot of things.

[Phénomènes Mystiques]

For leadership positions, they will look at your credit report and job (past employer) history as well as criminal and civil infractions (this also goes for jobs working with the elderly or with children but not limited to; sensitive security clearances, police force, etc...) - for entry-level employees (or jobs not working with the public/schools/elderly/children/sensitive security clearances) they will see your previous addresses and criminal history report but not your past employers - the jobs that involve schools, elderly, sensitve security matters will look at your entire life plus credit history, past employers, and even traffic violations.

[bAd a!m]

Depends where you are in the world. In Europe, every work contract for normal hired positions (as in not CEO, CFO, COO) must be registered with the National Employment Registry of that country for tax and retirement purposes.

It is easy for a company to check someone's background, as long as he was hired legally.

If someone works based on negotiated contracts, mandate, or other form of employment which is commision based (like work in real estate, or insurance) there's almost no way to check, except for calling all companies and asking about.

In the US, if you report the person for suspicious terrorist activities, someone from the letter agencies will be able to track down the employment history, but you won't have access to that.

[vkobe]

Originally posted by MeltedLemonade:

I stayed at a job for only 4 months, and I applied for a new job and went in for an interview and said that in that time I was focused on my college classes and not working. Will they be able to dig up where I worked?

if you dont share this info, nope they cant

also depend of your job, but if it is just a little job nobody care you are fine and your new employer cant know your past job

of course it is alway possible someone who know you betray you, but i think you should be fine, i dont think someone going to do ♥♥♥♥ move against you with that

[admiral1018]

Generally no, if you worked for a private company. If you worked for the government, there will be a public record of it that other government agencies can see.

[76561199540158642]

its easy they ask you for a social number in america, this number is linked to all previous employment , it has record of where you worked and for how long, this information is easily obtainable by employers

[admiral1018]

Originally posted by Golden Unicorn:

its easy they ask you for a social number in america, this number is linked to all previous employment , it has record of where you worked and for how long, this information is easily obtainable by employers

What is the central database that you think maintains records of everyone's employment and is searchable by SS number?

[agu]

If they really want to they probably can but it wouldn't be economically viable to screen a candidate like that for most jobs that aren't top security

[bAd a!m]

Originally posted by Golden Unicorn:

its easy they ask you for a social number in america, this number is linked to all previous employment , it has record of where you worked and for how long, this information is easily obtainable by employers

This is only available if you're with the FBI. Or CIA. Or NSA.

Not public access.

[Ray Rook]

Originally posted by admiral1018:

Originally posted by Golden Unicorn:

its easy they ask you for a social number in america, this number is linked to all previous employment , it has record of where you worked and for how long, this information is easily obtainable by employers

What is the central database that you think maintains records of everyone's employment and is searchable by SS number?

The IRS, but it's not accessible to everyone.

However, the elephant in the room getting ignored is all the compiled information online in the people searches and things like that. You can tell them to not keep your information though, but most people don't.

[Fosty]

I stayed in a job for 1 month and put it on my resume.

[Morkonan]

Originally posted by MeltedLemonade:

I stayed at a job for only 4 months, and I applied for a new job and went in for an interview and said that in that time I was focused on my college classes and not working.

"I'm sorry, but I can't include that particular information due to having signed an NDA."

Done. ;)

Of course, lying on a job application is likely grounds for dismissal, so... just leave the blank there.

Will they be able to dig up where I worked?

Would they be able to or would they even try? They might be "able to" but it's doubtful that they'd even try. (Some companies do hire actual "real-life" private investigators who specialize in very thorough background checks for high-profile hires.)

As others have noted, for Gubbermint Jobs, they will find out and it's definitely never a good idea to lie to Teh Gubbermint.