Do you omit bad work references from your application?

Question

I.E. From places you quit (maybe even after 2 days or less of working) or that you were fired from?

This may be a completely retarded question, but I'm curious what everyone else does.

Duh, I meant bad job histories! Sorry for that misunderstanding. I left one out on an application once and they found it through some kind of background check resulting in me not getting the job. So that's why I asked if it's better to just omit it and hope they don't find it or go ahead and add it and hope they don't pay too much attention to it?

Answer 1

I would omit it if I felt I could get away with it. They could perform a thorough background check and probably bust you. I have heard 70- 80% of resumes are fudged one way or another. That doesn't make it right, but we are talking about putting food on the table here. I am not talking about fabricating jobs or telling tall tales, but a deletion of a job you had for a year or two is probably worth it.
I suppose you will get some uppity, do the right thing bs, but we live in the real world.

Answer 2

I got laid off from a job after only two months (it was a horribly run company and they assigned me to a task that was a bad match for my experience and abilities). My Dad had the opinion that it was better to have a two month stint of employment on my resume than nine empty months, so I left it there. It wasn't an obstacle to getting other jobs (actually, the owner of my next company knew and disliked the CEO of that one).

Answer 3

yes as long as it is not a long time because then there would be a large gap in employment history. I manage a restraunt and the two things that I look at as far as work history is 1 how long they tend to stay at one place and 2 if there is long gaps between jobs ( 6 months or greater )

Answer 4

Legally, they can't just call up all past employers and talk to whom ever they choose. So listing past jobs is very different from references, don't mix this up or it will look like you have employment gaps. Giving references is giving permission to talk with these people, listing past places that you have worked only allows an employer to verify that you worked there when you say you did and for how much money

Answer 5

Well certianly you omit them. Do you think that the places would give you a good reference? Don't lie about places you've worked, but don't advertise the bad ones either.

Answer 6

I only use people that I have known and trusted for many years that I know by working with them for an extended period or more than one occasion. My biggest reference is the director of my acting group because she knows me very well and I've been with the group for three years.

Answer 7

I worked somewhere for 2 weeks as a 2nd job. I am NEVER putting that on my job apps in he future cause that kinda stuff looks realllyyy bad.

Answer 8

Absolutely!

Answer 9

Only include places that will praise your work.

Also best to leave out:

Jails
Prisons
Half-way Houses
Drug Rehab Clinics
Brothels
Opium Dens
Crack Houses

Answer 10

Absolutely! Omit, omit, omit.