Fire ‘till Your Guns Are All Empty

July 30, 2020

From now on im tellin jobs I was General manager at Toys R Us. Who tf they gone call

natural–blues:
That’s actually a wise move that many people do practice. Don’t have enough job experience, but need it to get the job? Put yourself down as having had experience in a position in a company that is no longer in business, especially if it closed years ago. They literally have no way of verifying this (do not do this for chains wherein only the store closed, but not the chain). It’s a good way to fluff up your resume, just make sure you put down a position wherein you used skills you already have.
For instance, you can say you were a Personal Assistant – typing, data entry, responding to emails, taking phone calls.
Or you were an entry level cashier/customer service worker. Retraining is simple at that point.
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Hi! Your friendly neighborhood background check verifications researcher here! It’s literally my job to complete background checks, meaning, I have to call to verify whether the information you enter into your application is correct, like whether you actually worked for the length of time and in the position at the company you say you did.

Just a heads up that a lot of big chain companies actually use outside verification service agencies in order to verify their employee’s terms of employment. What does this mean? It means that all of their employee data is housed off site so we don’t have to call the Walmart corporate headquarters directly to access your information. Our company just has to pay a fee in order to download that information from an outside system that Walmart contracts to hold those records; that way they’re not constantly bombarded with calls.

Now what does this mean for the average person? Probably nothing. I cannot speak for applications submitted for positions at places like convenience stores or places like that. Maybe they check up on your previous employers, maybe they don’t. Here’s the tip I’m here to impart to you all today:

If you’re applying for a job in a federal position (within the US), like a postal worker or anything at all that involves you working for the government, DO NOT LIE ON YOUR BACKGROUND CHECK. THEY LEGALLY HAVE TO VERIFY THE PREVIOUS EMPLOYER AND EDUCATION INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDE!

I feel like this should be obvious, but you’d be surprised.

Oh, also, the thing that prompted this: despite being closed, Toys R Us is in fact one of those big companies that uses an outside service to house their employee records so if your potential employer wanted to try and verify your term of employment, they potentially could.

Just so ya know! (:

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