How many times do we have to see the following thread? I have already counted 3!
Background check question
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ok, so I fully understand that I am probably going to get ripped for this, but I could use some serious feedback mixed in. Here is my scenario: I was just given a verbal offer for a med. equip. position. I worked for a big pharma company from 2003-2004. Then I went back to school for a year. Shortly after that year, I had some family emergencies that forced me to go back to work. I successfully landed a new pharma job in the summer of 2005 by stating on my resume that I was still employed with the company that I left in 2004. Not a problem at that time because I didn't give permission to contact my "current" employer. However, now that I am in line for this new position, and my resume shows that I don't have any gap in employment, will that year off show up on the background check? I called my previous employer under the guise that I was checking employment dates for a potential employee and they said that they could only verify what I have for information already. I told them that the "candidate" had stated she worked there from 8/2003-8/2005. They told me that the start date was correct, but for the end date that the month was correct and the year was wrong. What should I do if after conducting the background check, I am questioned about this little indiscretion? Can I simply say that it must be a typo in the company's system? It is obviously too late to backpedal and explain the going back to school thing. Any help would be more than greatly appreciated.
