I have applied for many of jobs after working with a company for 16yrs..with no luck (entry level) ....i feel that after 3 months of looking somethig is wrong...
2007-05-09 09:33:39 · 4 answers · asked by c.barton2521 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
A previous employer can only verify job description, salary and whether you are eligible for re-hire (this area being where more info is given than allowed). Anymore info can get you in trouble. I agree with the 1st answer. Have someone you know call in a fake reference check and find out what kind of information they're giving out about you.
2007-05-09 09:55:05 · answer #1 · answered by urbncwgrl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A friend of mine had the same problem... he thought that he was getting slandered by a previous employer. So I faked a call from a prospective company.
Now if your previous job was a very large company more than likely they will only let a refrence call talk to employee services and they will only give out your dates of employment and your attendance records, if it was a smaller company they will probably have you speak to your direct manager.
It turned out that my friend's previous company wouldn't even tell me that he did indeed work for them. I ended out speaking to an HR representative and they said that they would look into his employment and get back to me. They never did, and on a follow up call I talked to the same person and they said that they had no record of him working there.. an obvious lie..
In your situation I would say that 3 months is really not long to be looking for a serious job. I know people who have spent 6 months plus looking before finding anything.
My Aunt is a HR rep for a large company and she tells me that they ignore at least 75% of refrence calls on past employees because they just don't have the time to look into records. This could be what is happening to you. Unfortunatly this is not illegal. Companys are under no obligation to give another company any information about you if they don't want to. In fact there are some large coprprations who make it policy to never give information about past employees. It is just too much risk for them if they say somthing that could be considered slanderous.
2007-05-09 17:11:51 · answer #2 · answered by travis R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By the way, did you know you can sue your former employer if they give negative information about you to other potential employers? Most lawyers suggest that former employers only give title and dates a person worked at their organization, because they can be sued if they say something bad about you.
You might want to check with a lawyer on how to handle this.
2007-05-09 16:51:46 · answer #3 · answered by grad_assist 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have someone you trust call and do a reference on you.
A relative of mine was in the same position. I phoned the company and asked for a reference. I only asked the "allowable" questions and they offered derogatory information. It was the only way she was able to find out that she was being black-balled.
2007-05-09 16:38:13 · answer #4 · answered by dtccareerservices 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋