| Topic Name: |
Fired/Laid off for no reason |
| Message Name: |
Fired... |
| Date Posted: |
10/26/2001 |
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I was fired from a job in February for non-performance. I decided to have shoulder surgery that I had postponed for a long time. That was six months ago. Now I am ready to look for another employment. My question is this should, I include this job in my resume? If I did include it as my current position, will the employer check after I am hired. If they did and found out I was fired and I had not
disclosed this - could they renege on the offer? Is this common practice. Any advice welcomed.
disclosed this will they
renege on the offer? Any
opinions welcomed. |
| Message: |
I believe you really have a two part issue. If you are worried about not working for the last six months for shoulder surgery, I don't think that would keep you from getting another job. If you are honest about why you were not working for that period of time, you shouldn't have a problem. I certainly wouldn't hold it against anyone.
The real issue is being terminated for non-performance. If I were you, I would write the company that you worked for a letter explaining that you only authorize them to give out information regarding dates of employment, salary, job duties. Unless your prospective employer makes you sign a release that your past employer will have to fill out, this should not be a problem. I do receive a lot of these releases to complete and send back. They usually will ask for a lot of detailed information, particularly around the reason you left. Most HR professionals know that you can give an honest reference for someone if you can back it up. You may be out of luck if this occurs. I give every detail I can to prospective employers if the ex-employee has authorized it -- good or bad.
The only other advice I could give is that you may want to do some temp-to-hire or contract-to-hire assignments for an agency to find your next job. If you are working for a company and they can see what you can do, I would think in most cases, past employment would not be as much of an issue if you meet their performance requirements.
As far as a company reniging on an offer, this would happen usually only if the company made you sign a document (sometimes also found on an application) that lets you know that they will continue to verify the information you have provided and they reserve the right to terminate you if they find out you have made any false statements.
Hope this is helpful.
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