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Help filling out job application.....Where it asks why you left your last job.....?
Here's the story....I worked there for almost 4 months before they did the employee background check & when it came back there was a dismissed 5th degree theft charge on my record, which I really wasn't aware of because I hadn't had a background check done for several years. It was from a bounced check that I wrote to WalMart for $30 something, which I paid in full plus all court costs within 30 days. Well, problem was w/ that charge on there I couldn't be bonded, so they had to let me go. What could I put on my application that would not make it sound so bad? Couldn't be bonded? Bounced check? Failed background check? (that's not good!) Any suggestions welcome?
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Perhaps it is best to simply say you were laid off. If the new place states they will do a background check, tell them upfront about the bounced check and simply say it was an oversight on your part and when you found out about it, you made it good along with all the charges. You should be ok as who among us has not bounced a check before. Pity the other job could not see past the charges. It could have happened to us all. Now if you do tell them up front, you take away their right to fire you over this because they knew it when you were hired. Good luck
- nightmusicLv 61 decade ago
My suggestion is to explain it without using any technical language. Don't say 'background check' or 'dismissed 5th degree theft charge.' Explain it in simple language as if you were talking to a person. 'I had to leave my job because I couldn't get bonded. I wrote a check to WalMart a few years ago for $30 and it bounced. I couldn't cover it right away because I wasn't working at the time. They reported it and I was charged. The charge was dismissed when I paid them in full plus court costs.'
If you try to make it seem casual it doesn't sound as bad. The other option is to not mention it at all. The laws are strict now about what former employers can say. Usually unless you sign some kind of release, all they can say legally is that you worked there during a certain time period. So you could just say something like you left because you weren't getting the hours you were promised or something. Just make sure when you fill out the application that it doesn't say something on top like 'by signing this you agree to allow us to contact all former employers' sometimes they have something like that or else they have something where you have to check a box yes or no 'May we contact this employer?' If you check no, it might look bad. If it were me I would just tell the truth as casually as possible.
- 1 decade ago
Where you fired from your last job for the background check? If so, just put "laid off" and they'll more than likely want you to explain it during the interveiw.