Is there any way to find the dates of your past employment even when the place may be out of business?

Question

When applying for jobs with the state or some banks, they want to know the exact dates (no estimating) of employment, your exact title, and your starting & ending salary of every job you've ever held even if it was over 30 years ago and you only worked 1 day there. How in the world do they think you can possibly find this? Does anyone know if there are resources available? Don't know where to start!!! HELPPPPPPPPPP!

Answer 1

You can get a print out of your employment history from the Social Security Administration.

Answer 2

I had a similar issue when I was applying for a security clearance. I had to account for all jobs, and residences for the last 15 years and people that knew me at those locations. What they really want is accountability. It you worked at the Shoparama in June of 1997 for 3 days but you don't remeber which 3 days then estimate. Think about what you were doing before that, why you left and wher you went. If you got anothe job immediately after then the make the start date of that job the stop date of the last. If you were unemployed for a period of time then put those days down.

your credit report can show previous employers and past residences that may jog your memory. Also tax returns will have some of that information. It takes a few weeks to get past tax returns sent, but they'll do it.

The most important thing is to be as accurate as possible and account for each day. When in doubt start on the first of the month and go to the 15th or 30/31st of the month to help fill gaps.

They're not going to throw you in jail because you were a week off some random job you had 8 years ago. Like I said it's just an accountabilty things. Kind of big brother's way of asking where were you and who were you with. As far as titles and salaries only you really know what your title was and how much you made.

Answer 3

They don't care who you worked for!
They want to see if your work history is consistent, and if you improved your position or made lateral (side-way)moves. They also want to see how much experience you have. They especially want to know why you changed jobs. Were you fired?
Here is your history (as far as I am concerned)

7up bottling Company Saint Louis, Mo. Hired in while attending the Junior year of high school. Duties included unloading and loading the route trucks for following day deliveries. Held job until one year after graduating High school (August 1, 1970 - Oct 29, 1973) Line worker for B.F.Goodrich Co. (Nov. 1, 1973 - Mar. 8, 1980) Even if you had 5 jobs in that period. (don't report short term). Loan officer at B. and B. Motors (Mar. 12,1980 - Aug. 16, 1994). Get the picture? They are only going to check out the last couple jobs (if any)

Answer 4

If the place is no longer in business, then just pick an approximate date and use it as "exact". If they're not in business - it's not like any one is there to say differently.

And I can't imagine that knowing you started working someplace on April 12th, 1985 to June 25th, 1987 is more significant than knowing that you worked from April 1985 to June 1987. But if the robots need exact dates, and you don't know them - and NO ONE ELSE DOES EITHER...by all means - give them an "exact" date...

Answer 5

You could try to pull your credit report. A lot of times the places and dates are listed.